India Vs. Pakistan 2nd test Report

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Pakistan ki batting paylay hai aj phair


Afridi nay phair aj kisi ko naa dekhtay howaaay 6 - 6 -6





Posted 21 Jan 2006

wafakadard says
2nd Day End

Posted 23 Jan 2006

cutefriend says
nice work wkd
Posted 23 Jan 2006

Bazigaar says
dhoni bhi kisi ko na dekhtay hoye dho raha hae bowlers ko
Posted 24 Jan 2006

Pakistan v India, 2nd Test, Faisalabad, 3rd day

Dhoni guides India out of danger

The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Faisalabad

January 23, 2006

India 441 for 5 (Dhoni 116*, Dravid 103, Laxman 90) trail Pakistan 588 by 147 runs
Scorecard and ball by ball details
How they were out




Mahendra Singh Dhoni's raucous hundred took India well past the follow-on mark and the initiative away from Pakistan © AFP



Two contrasting centuries, one reeking of supreme confidence, the other of swaggering brilliance, bailed India out of strife on an absorbing day at Faisalabad, after a frenzied 11-over spell had tilted the scales Pakistan's way in a batsman-dominated Test. In one gripping session between lunch at tea, Pakistan stormed ahead with four quick wickets, but a spectacular maiden Test hundred from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, when he produced strokeplay reminiscent of Caribbean aggressors of the past, steered India past the stormy seas.


Rahul Dravid's second successive hundred, and his fine partnership with VVS Laxman, appeared to have guided India towards safety but somewhere around the half-way point the series, with a draw looking like a distinct possibility, the game turned. Led by a scorching spell by Shoaib Akhtar, in the most engrossing session of the series so far, Pakistan put India on a skiddy slope, with 107 still needed to avoid the follow-on. What came next was plain sensational as Dhoni counterpunched his way to an audacious hundred, waving the bat like a cowboy with a lasso, and, along with Irfan Pathan, partly nullified Pakistan's advantage.


To blitz a hundred off 93 balls, with the first fifty coming in just 34, is superb in any situation, but the fact that Dhoni managed it under trying circumstances, with the team sinking in a vital Test, was simply outstanding. Laxman and Dravid had fallen in quick succession - one top-edging while trying to cut, the other caught napping from a direct hit - and India's middle order was to face its sternest test in recent times. Yuvraj failed, falling to the pull-trap, and Dhoni soon saw Sachin Tendulkar depart, gloving a short ball, targeting his ribs, down leg-side. Added to that, in just his fourth Test, he had to negotiate 150kph thunderbolts from Shoaib. Logic would have probably suggested caution; what followed was more like an eruption.


For the first few balls, he was like a moving dartboard, with Shoaib targeting his ribs with venomous velocity. He flinched, ducked and evaded before he had had enough. In the seventh ball of his innings, as if expecting a short one all along, he lined up and uncorked a most sensational hook, swatting it way over square leg and watching as it soared into the stands. From then on, anything short was given a meaty biff, anything full creamed with dazzling power.


Mohammad Asif's ambitious short balls zoomed square; Danish Kaneria's flighted deliveries found themselves in the stands in midwicket; Abdul Razzaq could bowl anywhere, he would be thumped anyway. He walked as if he owned the land, ran as if there was no tomorrow and cut through the tension with a fire to fight all fires. With the follow-on saved, he shifted to a lower gear, and pushed the singles in the gaps that he had created. Irfan Pathan provided superb support at the other end, rotating the strike and describing smooth arcs while driving through the covers, and the run-a-minute 160-run partnership put them back on track. Pathan was given a reprieve as stumps approached, when Kamran Akmal missed a tough chance diving to his left, and India went in with plenty to celebrate, with visions of a draw considerably enhanced.


All this action was preceded by a morning session where grinding attrition blended with sparkling strokeplay. Dravid, with confidence reeking from every pore, didn't hold back when the ball was there to be hit and was off the blocks in glorious fashion, driving the very first ball of the day straight back past the bowler. He was chiefly responsible for putting the bowlers off rhythm, capitalising on his errant line, and repeatedly easing through the covers, laying into the drives with oodles of class. Laxman, his partner in many a famous rescue act, was equally positive, choosing the right ball to strike and executing the strokes with a stamp of beauty. He often tucked the spinners to the fine-leg areas and sometimes used his feet to neutralise any spin.


Pakistan weren't helped by the 34 extras they conceded with the no-ball malady troubling them through the day. For the first part of the day, they stuck to restrictive lines, around middle and leg, and ensured that the rate was under control. They reaped the results in the second session, with a flurry of wickets putting them in pole position, but they could do absolutely nothing when they ran into a whirlwind called Dhoni, standing on a burning deck and igniting a blaze of his own.


How they were out

VVS Laxman c Akmal b Kaneria 90 (236 for 2)
Tried to cut a slightly wide one but got a top edge

Rahul Dravid run-out (Farhat) 103 (241 for 3)
Caught napping by a direct hit from square leg

Yuvraj Singh c Kaneria b Asif 4 (258 for 4)
Pulled to fine leg; superbly-judged catch inches from the ropes

Sachin Tendulkar c Akmal b Shoaib 14 (281 for 5)
Gloved a short ball down legside and walked &

Posted 24 Jan 2006

Posted 24 Jan 2006

wafakadard says

Posted 24 Jan 2006

wafakadard says
Shahenshah said:

dhoni bhi kisi ko na dekhtay hoye dho raha hae bowlers ko



Right

likun
abhi tak DHONI ke 6* 4 hain

aur Afridi ke 6*6


Posted 24 Jan 2006

wafakadard says


Posted 24 Jan 2006

Shahenshah said:

dhoni bhi kisi ko na dekhtay hoye dho raha hae bowlers ko



batting pitch hai
Posted 24 Jan 2006

pak ko 300 ki lead deni chahiyey
Posted 24 Jan 2006

Bazigaar says
OHOOO PATHAN NE BHI 90 RUN MAAR LIYE
Posted 24 Jan 2006

cutefriend says
amazing inning played by indian team
Posted 25 Jan 2006

Pakistan 588 & 406/2 (102.0 ov)
India 603 Pakistan lead by 391 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Tea - Day 5 Pakistan RR: 3.98


Minimum overs
remaining today: 31.0

younis 159 not out
yousuf 110 not out
Posted 25 Jan 2006

wafakadard says
Match Draw





Posted 25 Jan 2006

afridi jab aya batting ke liye tu shoor tha...jab out hua sab bhagte ja rahe they
Posted 25 Jan 2006

shoab akhter didnt want to bowl so afridi had to bowl younis too
Posted 25 Jan 2006

Bazigaar says
another draw
Posted 25 Jan 2006

wafakadard says
shahrukh khan said:

afridi jab aya batting ke liye tu shoor tha...jab out hua sab bhagte ja rahe they






SRK ke Bahi

yeh kay abt hai yaar MAN OF THE MATCH RP-SINGH


YOUNIS KHAN ko is baar bhi nhi

Posted 25 Jan 2006

wafakadard said:

shahrukh khan said:

afridi jab aya batting ke liye tu shoor tha...jab out hua sab bhagte ja rahe they






SRK ke Bahi

yeh kay abt hai yaar MAN OF THE MATCH RP-SINGH


YOUNIS KHAN ko is baar bhi nhi



sab bhag rahe they haan yaar 1st test main sehwag ko mila is baar r p singh
Posted 25 Jan 2006

Shahenshah said:

another draw



karachi main faisla hoga...coz lahore aur faislabad ki pitches batting wali thie
Posted 25 Jan 2006

Pakistan v India, third Test, Karachi

Shoaib doubtful for third Test

Pakistan's strike bowler, Shoaib Akhtar, may miss the third Test against India at Karachi next week, after aggravating an ankle problem during the two drawn matches at Lahore and Faisalabad.

Shoaib was the bowler of the series in the Tests against England last month, picking up 17 wickets in three matches. But he has struggled to make any impact on the current series, with just one wicket in 41.2 overs, and according to Pakistan team sources, a decision on his fitness will be taken in two days' time.

"Yes his ankle is bothering him and right now we are not sure if he will be completely fit for the Test," Pakistan's captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq told Reuters. "But he is very keen to play and take some wickets which is good news."

In spite of his poor returns at Lahore and Faisalabad, Inzamam recognised that Shoaib's absence would be a huge blow to Pakistan's prospects of victory, especially as Karachi is widely expected to offer more assistance for the bowlers on both sides.

"Hopefully things will be different in the final Test," said Inzamam. "I do feel sorry for Shoaib and the other bowlers because in my entire career I have not really seen Tests turning out this way and the batsmen dominating the way they have done so far in this series."

"We are keen to get a result from this series because the last two series have been very well contested and it would be a pity if we didn't have a clear winner."
Posted 27 Jan 2006

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