Afridi's superb knock
Abdur Razzaq and Afridi came to open the batting on second day as their overnight batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq had retired hurt because of a serious back problem which had surfaced again for him.
Afridi and Razzaq added runs slowly and Afridi in particular opened up after reaching his second consecutive century against India, hit sixes and fours in his knock of 155 which his highest test score for him. His second consecutive century was more a sedate knock for him when compared to his Test century at Lahore.
After fall of Afridi , Akmal came and tried to break the shackles in his second ball itself falling to Anil Kumble at midwicket, Then Inzamam on 79 resumed his innings with a runner as he could not run because of a serious back problem.
Inzamam and Razzaq batted beautifully and got Pakistan beyond a magical figure of 500, R.P.Singh who was consistent with his line and length as he frustrated Razzaq with his wide line and length and Razzaq who was frustrated because of this outside off stump line finally fell to R.P.Singh as he tried to break the shackles by a cut shot and was caught by wicket keeper Dhoni.
Inzamam at the other end after reaching his century hung around with Shoiab Akthar who did not score a run in his first 25 balls he faced till Lunch, After lunch , Both Inzamam and Akthar accelerated the run rate , after the fall of Inzamam f or 116 and at the other end was Akthar who hit Harbhajan for two huge sixes over midwicket I his score of 46 which is also the highest test score for him in Test cricket.
Finally Pakistan were all out for mammoth total of 588 with R.P.Singh claiming four wickets,Zaheer Khan 3 and Anil Kumble was rewarded with 3 wickets fir his consistent line and Length
India's First innings: Sehwag and Dravid begin on a bright note with Sehwag hitting Akthar for three consecutive fours in a over and there was also more drama as Imran Farhat substituting in field for Inzamam-ul-Haq grassed a difficult chance at firsr slip of Shoaib Akthar.At Tea India were 39 for no loss with Sehwag racing to 31 with his six boundaries.
After tea , Abdul Razzaq was introduced as a first change bowler and this change immediately paid rich dividends as Sehwag got out to a Razzaq beauty with Imran Farhat making amends for dropping Sehwag earlier.
Laxman who came after the fall of Sehwag survived some anxious moments before consolidating the Indian innings along with Rahul Dravid as both essayed some sweet cover drivers on off side and flicks on side. At stumps India were 110/1 with Dravid on 46 and Laxman on 28.
Afridi and Razzaq added runs slowly and Afridi in particular opened up after reaching his second consecutive century against India, hit sixes and fours in his knock of 155 which his highest test score for him. His second consecutive century was more a sedate knock for him when compared to his Test century at Lahore.
After fall of Afridi , Akmal came and tried to break the shackles in his second ball itself falling to Anil Kumble at midwicket, Then Inzamam on 79 resumed his innings with a runner as he could not run because of a serious back problem.
Inzamam and Razzaq batted beautifully and got Pakistan beyond a magical figure of 500, R.P.Singh who was consistent with his line and length as he frustrated Razzaq with his wide line and length and Razzaq who was frustrated because of this outside off stump line finally fell to R.P.Singh as he tried to break the shackles by a cut shot and was caught by wicket keeper Dhoni.
Inzamam at the other end after reaching his century hung around with Shoiab Akthar who did not score a run in his first 25 balls he faced till Lunch, After lunch , Both Inzamam and Akthar accelerated the run rate , after the fall of Inzamam f or 116 and at the other end was Akthar who hit Harbhajan for two huge sixes over midwicket I his score of 46 which is also the highest test score for him in Test cricket.
Finally Pakistan were all out for mammoth total of 588 with R.P.Singh claiming four wickets,Zaheer Khan 3 and Anil Kumble was rewarded with 3 wickets fir his consistent line and Length
India's First innings: Sehwag and Dravid begin on a bright note with Sehwag hitting Akthar for three consecutive fours in a over and there was also more drama as Imran Farhat substituting in field for Inzamam-ul-Haq grassed a difficult chance at firsr slip of Shoaib Akthar.At Tea India were 39 for no loss with Sehwag racing to 31 with his six boundaries.
After tea , Abdul Razzaq was introduced as a first change bowler and this change immediately paid rich dividends as Sehwag got out to a Razzaq beauty with Imran Farhat making amends for dropping Sehwag earlier.
Laxman who came after the fall of Sehwag survived some anxious moments before consolidating the Indian innings along with Rahul Dravid as both essayed some sweet cover drivers on off side and flicks on side. At stumps India were 110/1 with Dravid on 46 and Laxman on 28.
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