Australian captain Michael Clarke says he will not be doing Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar any favours when the fourth Test resumes at the Adelaide Oval today.
India is 2 for 61 in its first innings in reply to Australia's declaration at 7 for 604 and will be looking to star batsman Tendulkar to lead a fightback.
Tendulkar will resume day three on 12 and will be chasing his 100th international century, but Clarke says the Australians want his wicket.
"No, I certainly won't be showing him any sympathy," he said. "We're there to win the game, we're there to take 20 wickets.
"He's a wonderful player as I've said before, and he's going to be really tough to get out on that wicket but somehow we're going to have to find a way to do it twice."
India is facing a mammoth chase for runs but Clarke says the wicket is playing well.
"I think its still going be pretty nice to bat on to be honest," he said.
"Hopefully we'll see some deterioration, especially in the back half of day four and day five. [On Thursday] it's going to be pretty nice to bat on.
"There's been a couple of balls that have stayed a little low but like I said it's as good a batting wicket as your going to get so we're in for a good workout."
Clarke (210), who shared a record partnership of 386 with Ricky Ponting (221), warned his bowlers will need to stay disciplined on such a good batting wicket.
"The bowlers are going to have to bowl well and we're going to have to hang onto every chance in the field," he said.
"That wicket's as flat as we've seen throughout the series so we're going to have to be even more disciplined to take 20 wickets on that wicket."
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Tags: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, india First posted January 26, 2012 08:59:03
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