Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Will India manage the impossible?

With 13 overs to go, if India manage Pakistan's next three wickets, they will achieve the impossible. Claiming last ten wickets in the final session to win a match! It has never happened before.

But if they do not, they will certainly rue the late declaration.

Just before interval, every one was predicting a dull draw -- all the experts in the studio and on various channels. But Kumble's genius, Yuvraj's accuracy, and the pitch has changed all that. It made it a most breathtaking battle.

Even now Arun Lal is saying that ''time may be running out for India, but game has changed totally.''

Here is a link before the fourth day play started, where it was pointed out that Yuvraj needed more bowling in Pakistan's first innings after his tremendous over to Misbah on the third day evening.
http://atulsondhi.blogspot.com/2007/12/battle-of-bangalore-equal-opportunity.html

And then another which talks about India's failure to give enough time to Pakistan to make it count.

http://atulsondhi.blogspot.com/2007/12/india-end-contest-with-48-overs-to-go.html

For Pak, one can only say they deserve a draw after showing such bravery.

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