"There are different conditions here. The ball has been swinging from Day One, there is reverse swing happening too. The wicket is slower and lower and it's going to be difficult for them (Australia) to save the Test match," said Vijay. "We are in a pretty good position at the moment considering the wicket and everything, and there is nothing to be worried about," added the 28-year-old Tamil Nadu opener.
On his own patient innings, Vijay said that his aim was to build an innings. "I am working hard on my game, especially from that second innings in Chennai. I wanted to go the hard way, so tried to stay longer at the crease," he explained, when asked if it was a conscious decision to take his time in settling down.
Vijay had a good word for fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan, who scored the fastest century by a debutant in Test cricket on Saturday.
"It was incredible the way he played...brilliant. When somebody is batting so well, I just wanted to play tighter as the run rate was already going at 4-5 per over. I did not want to disturb his flow," he said.
"We plan to have a big partnership, I am lucky and happy it's going our way."
Incidentally, all three of Vijay's centuries have come against Australia. It shows he has taken a liking for the Aussie attack. "I am happy and fine as long as I am scoring, no matter who the opposition is. But it's a good feeling that I am scoring against Australia, they are one of the top teams in the world," said the Indian opener.
On the mediocrity of the opposition spinners, he had an emphatic reply: "I think we are just batting brilliantly, that's it."
Big stands have hurt us: Siddle
Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle, who picked up his five-wicket haul in India on Sunday, conceded that huge partnerships by the Indian batsmen have hurt the visitors the most. "We have let ourselves down by letting partnerships get too big on us. If you take that out of the equation, our bowling unit has been pretty strong. We have built pressure from both ends, whether it was the spinners getting the wickets or if it was quicks at the other end," Siddle said at the end of fourth day's play in Mohali. "As all round unit we haven't executed quite as well we would have liked. Obviously we have had to pay for that," he added.
Meanwhile, Siddle also added that the Australian camp wasn't giving up hope of winning the Mohali Test yet and promised a fight. "It's going to be hard, but definitely yes, the first session of the final day is going to be big for us. We will try as hard as we can to score runs and not lose too many wickets. (Peter) Hughes is out there and he has batted superbly. Hopefully, he can dig in and bat longer and obviously keep fighting," Siddle said. "The first thing will be to get the 16 runs without losing any wickets. Let's just see how the rest of the session pans out " he said.
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