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Lack of quality spinner costs Australia (0)

India-Australia matches are becoming increasingly tight contests - and the first Test in Bangalore wasn't any different.

Winning the toss in the sub-continent has always been very important but on tracks like the one at the M._Chinnaswamy_Stadium, it's almost a must.

Australia did the expected by choosing to bat first and piled on the runs. One could argue that with the scoring rate, which hovered around three runs an over instead of the four we're so used to seeing when Ricky Ponting's side are batting, that they weren't really finding it easy going.

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