Abominable selections, awkward selection problems, series hanging on a knife''s edge, rain forecast, et all. It is all happening on the eve of one of the most important Tests in recent times. For the viewers, this is a peiod of reverse swing when we, as the batsmen, are not sure which way will the ball swing, in this case, which way will the match swing.

India have a tricky decision to make whether or not to go in with 5 bowlers. One thing is certain that Wasim Jaffer will be sitting out. So now the Indians have to decide whether or not they want to shuffle around with there middle order. That decision will in turn decide if the Indians will pick Harbhajan Singh or Dinesh Karthik for the last match. If they decide to pick Harbhajan, either Pathan or Dravid will be pushed up to open. The other problem that the Indians are facing is the completely mistmed shot of the selectors. They have picked the team for the ODIs at the worst possible time and the sacking of Ganguly is a shocker. It must have been a big setback for the person who has scored the second most number of runs in ODIs in the last year for India and has been a batting mainstay for the team. However, they have to put those things behind and concentrate on this big big match.

Australia perhaps has never been under such pressure in quite a few years and that is pretty much testified by the uncharacteristic decision of Ponting of not revealing the final eleven today. He is keeping his cards close to his chest and so is Kumble, who has not given a hint either. Ponting too has a tricky choice to make. He will be in a dilemma as to whether he should pick Tait or Hogg, both of whom have been quite unimpressive so far. Matthew Hayden is set to comeback which means that Chris Rogers will have to wait to play his second test. The rest of the squad is going to be very much the same.

The stage is set for a titanic battle between two huge teams and the result of the match is something that everybody is waiting for, with bated breath. The action begins at 00:00 GMT and we will have it all LIVE!!!
TEAMS:
Indian Squad: Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble(c), Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ishant Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Pankaj Singh, Wasim Jaffer, Yuvraj Singh, Vikram RV Singh

Australian Squad: Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting(c), Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist(w), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Brad Hogg, Shaun Tait