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India plan to bat Australia out of the game on day three of the first Test at the MCG, confident that the pitch will help them.
Offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin said the visitors had the better of the batting conditions on Tuesday, as the sun came out, and the pitch began to flatten.
With India poised at 3-214 in their first innings, just 119 in arrears, Ashwin expected Wednesday's conditions to be ever more conducive to batting.
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He said there was little sign of the wicket beginning to crumble or any deviation.
"If the sun's going to belt down like this and the wicket eases more and more, I think we'll have to look at batting out as much time as possible and trying to get as much ahead in the game as possible," Ashwin said after Tuesday's play.
"That's very important.
"As far as this game could go, I think it's all about the first innings lead or first innings situation that both teams find themselves in.
"I hope it just flattens out and becomes a really good day for us tomorrow."
Ashwin said India would have settled for the position in which they ended day two at the start of their innings, despite the blow of losing Sachin Tendulkar in the day's final over.
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