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08-12-2007, 09:26 AM
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| India vs Pakistan, 3rd Test - Bangalore Code: Test no. 1852
Pakistan in India Test Series - 3rd Test
India v Pakistan 2007/08 season
Played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on 8,9,10,11,12 December 2007 (5-day match)
India 1st innings R B 4s 6s SR
W Jaffer lbw b Yasir Arafat 17 62 3 0 27.41
G Gambhir c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Sami 5 19 1 0 26.31
R Dravid c Misbah-ul-Haq b Yasir Arafat 19 28 3 0 67.85
SC Ganguly not out 68 124 13 0 54.83
VVS Laxman b Yasir Arafat 5 10 1 0 50.00
Yuvraj Singh not out 87 123 16 0 70.73
Extras (b 8, lb 7, nb 4) 19
Total (4 wickets; 60.2 overs) 220 (3.64 runs per over)
To bat KD Karthik, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, I Sharma, IK Pathan
Fall of wickets1-8 (Gambhir, 7.4 ov), 2-44 (Dravid, 16.2 ov), 3-51 (Jaffer, 18.3 ov), 4-61 (Laxman, 22.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Shoaib Akhtar 10 3 23 0 2.30
Mohammad Sami 18 4 79 1 4.38 (4nb)
Yasir Arafat 14 2 49 3 3.50
Danish Kaneria 16.2 5 40 0 2.44
Younis Khan 2 0 14 0 7.00
Pakistan team
Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Faisal Iqbal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Yasir Arafat, Danish Kaneria  |
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| The 300 run partnership between Ganguly & Yuvraj must have hit Pakistan like a bolt from the blue after their promising start. That was some innings from Yuvraj Singh. |
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| This has certainly put a lot of pressure on the Indian selectors. Now that they've made the baffling move of not selecting Sehwag in the initial squad, I think they now have to open with Dravid and Jaffer, and maybe promote Laxman to 3. Now that Sreesanth's out injured, the Indian bowling's going to look a little one-dimensional. If they play three fast bowlers, then the odds are that at least two of them will be left-armers. If they play two fast bowlers and two spinners, then the only right-arm fast bowler they can play will be Ajit Agarkar, and he's useless. I don't know if the Indian selectors realised just how much they were going to rely on Sreesanth. |
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| I wonder what the odds for India passing 600 runs would have been at lunchtime yesterday when they were 77 for 4? As for right arm pacemen, I agree that Sreesanth is useful at test level, but there are other options. Agarkar is still worth a try, but not with the new ball; I think he is a better bowler with the older one, with the ability to reverse swing. Also, I still think that VRV Singh has potential and under the right coaching could produce better results. |
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| The Indian batting has been brilliant in this series so far. But I would not make much of it simply because the high scores are against a very weak Pakistan bowling attack and on "dead" pitches. If the pre-lunch session on Day 1 was an indication, the Australian bowlers would be licking their lips to bowl at the Indian batsmen. |
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| Pathan has scored his maiden century - congratulationsto him. But does India need bowlers who score centuries or bowlers who take wickets?? |
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09-12-2007, 09:27 AM
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| Why has Lawson picked Shoaib again? He broke down and didn't bowl sufficient overs in the last Test when they knew he was injured. To do it again is plain ridiculous. I would be asking some serious questions of Lawson if I were a Pakistan supporter. |
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10-12-2007, 12:46 PM
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| 70 extras from India, and the innings isn't even closed - the world record of 71 is very possible, not something India should be proud... 31 Byes - was Karthik wearing gloves?? |
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10-12-2007, 12:52 PM
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