India's reply on second day:
On any day the first one hour is so important that if a team afford to lose some wickets on the first hour they can never able to come back and in this aspect Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh done well to keep the Pakistan's at bay as they scored at a rate of more than 5 runs per over in the first hour itself as they mixed caution with aggression .
Just when they were looking good Sourav Ganguly fell to a poor shot to Razzaq at fine leg ,as top edged a ball from Razzaq which was pitched well outside the off stump thereby exposing his vulnerability to short pitch deliveries once again.
And it brought an end to 81 run Partnership between Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh for the fifth Wicket with Ganguly alone contributing with a well made 34 runs which was studded with more boundaries.
Yuvraj Singh soon followed Ganguly for a well made 45 as he was trapped in front of the wicket by Mohammed Asif. Dhoni also did not stay too long as he was caught at second slip When going for an expensive cover drive of Razzaq
Irfan and Anil Kumble joined in the middle as India had lost 3 quick wickets just in space of 20 runs and they had a difficult job at their hand as India needed more than 75 runs with only three wickets in hand.
Anil Kumble also did not last long as he was trapped LBW by Akthar who bowled a good spell in the post lunch session. With score reading at 181/8 and with only tail to come, It seemed certain that India would concede a first innings lead to Pakistan.
But Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan forged a 66 run partnership to turn tables on Pakistan as they scored some quick runs and when it seemed certain that India would go past the Pakistan’s first innings total of 245 runs ,Pakistan’s skipper Younis Khan brought back Afridi who got Irfan Pathan out in very first over he bowled.
It was wrong on the part of Irfan Pathan to go over the top in the Afridi’s first over as his wicket was vital and he with Zaheer Khan may haven a good first innings lead of 50 to 60 runs .Zaheer Khan soon followed Pathan as the innings folded at 238 runs.
Just when they were looking good Sourav Ganguly fell to a poor shot to Razzaq at fine leg ,as top edged a ball from Razzaq which was pitched well outside the off stump thereby exposing his vulnerability to short pitch deliveries once again.
And it brought an end to 81 run Partnership between Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh for the fifth Wicket with Ganguly alone contributing with a well made 34 runs which was studded with more boundaries.
Yuvraj Singh soon followed Ganguly for a well made 45 as he was trapped in front of the wicket by Mohammed Asif. Dhoni also did not stay too long as he was caught at second slip When going for an expensive cover drive of Razzaq
Irfan and Anil Kumble joined in the middle as India had lost 3 quick wickets just in space of 20 runs and they had a difficult job at their hand as India needed more than 75 runs with only three wickets in hand.
Anil Kumble also did not last long as he was trapped LBW by Akthar who bowled a good spell in the post lunch session. With score reading at 181/8 and with only tail to come, It seemed certain that India would concede a first innings lead to Pakistan.
But Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan forged a 66 run partnership to turn tables on Pakistan as they scored some quick runs and when it seemed certain that India would go past the Pakistan’s first innings total of 245 runs ,Pakistan’s skipper Younis Khan brought back Afridi who got Irfan Pathan out in very first over he bowled.
It was wrong on the part of Irfan Pathan to go over the top in the Afridi’s first over as his wicket was vital and he with Zaheer Khan may haven a good first innings lead of 50 to 60 runs .Zaheer Khan soon followed Pathan as the innings folded at 238 runs.
posted by RAMANEAN @ 7:12 AM
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