Can Pakistan do the unthinkable!!!

Two sessions remain in a match where only three of the previous 13 have produced three wickets or more. Can Pakistan do the unthinkable and lose their next nine wickets, and the series!

After a convincing first session display by Pakistan in Kolkatta on the fifth day, if they do manage to lose to the guile of Harbhajan and Kumble today, that will make it 12 wickets in a day in Kolkatta Test. Just imagine, previous four days saw just 17 batsmen being dismissed.

This kind of collapse has happened to Australia at Kolkatta before, but in March 2001 they had been punctured by Laxman-Dravid jodi, and were still looking for a win in the first two sessions on the final day . On the other hand, Pakistan should be buoyed by the resistance of Misbah, Akmal and Sami. Their graph is on the rise in the series and they must not squander it on a pitch described as abattoir of bowlers by Javed Miandad

Even Wasim Akram writes that ''good pitches yield great contest. But the one at Kolkatta has belied that expectations because the pitch has become useless.''

He feels that playing on these tracks will not help India’s preparation for Australia.

If Pak do lose on this track, they better pack up and go home. The Indian fans want a fighting Pakistan side, not a side that surrenders even when the going is good.