Australia set India 500 runs to win

Adelaide, Australia: Australia declared its second innings at 167-5 on Friday and set India a nearly impossible target of 500 runs to win the fourth and final test.Australia declared its second innings after batting for just 10 minutes in the middle session of day four. India was dismissed for 272 on the third day after Australia declared its first innings on 604-7.[caption id="attachment_195141" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="Australia declared its second innings at 167-5 on Friday and set India a nearly impossible target of 500 runs to win the fourth and final test. Getty Images"][/caption]India has over four sessions and a minimum of 146 overs to secure an unlikely win or play out a draw to stop Australia from securing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 4-0 cleansweep.Ricky Ponting hit an unbeaten 60 to continue his renaissance in this series. AP