1st ODI, Pak vs Ind, DLF CUP, April 18

_Zaalim · April 18, 2006, 7:24pm

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CricInfo's Heading:

Younis stars in hard-fought win

OH COME ON! Hard fought? Because Pakistan won with less than two overs to spare? I think this was because Pakistan chose to do it in a steady and clinical manner. It would be hardfought if Pakistan suffered a (mini) collapse and had to recover and rebuild the innings to win the game.

Shame on CricInfo!

legbreakgoogly · April 18, 2006, 7:25pm

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Glad we won.

crikeyfan · April 18, 2006, 7:33pm

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India handed reality check by Pakistan](http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=378866) …this headline is much better

truelies · April 18, 2006, 7:44pm

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so true .. n biased too!

The_Indian_teen · April 18, 2006, 7:51pm

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Congratulations to Pak fans here:k: Well deserved win.

I was also surprized to see Agarkar hurling the ball in mid-80’s range. His fatstest ball was around 88 mph.

Lucid_Chaotic · April 18, 2006, 8:26pm

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yep a margin of 6 wickets is really Hard-Fought. You'd expect a lil better and a more apt headline from a website like cricinfo.

nikhil25 · April 18, 2006, 8:37pm

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i didn't watch the match, but just by looking at the scorecard it is obvious that those first two run-outs of dravid and pathan threw away the match for India.

i'm not sure if it was indian stupidity or good fielding (i would guess both), but that is the clear culprit.

fkhan2 · April 18, 2006, 8:46pm

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Stupidity + Good fielding

fair_balance · April 18, 2006, 8:47pm

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oh Pakistan won.

Congrats. enjoy...

smooth_guy · April 18, 2006, 9:01pm

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^ and agarkaar showed his gentle self too :D

He is always a good shagoon for us.

Captain1 · April 18, 2006, 9:34pm

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nahi bhai, abhee kahan, kal ho ga game to

Rukhsarbibi · April 19, 2006, 2:03am

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Congrats Pak Team!!

skhan · April 19, 2006, 3:45am

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Great performance by Pakistan. It was heartening to see an improvement in the field as well as level headed batting without any major collapses. Those were to areas where we lacked earlier.

What's with CricInfo and the commentary team trying to sell this match as hard fought? The game was over right after the power plays when Pakistan had just lost 2 wickets. Pakistan wasn't troubled for even a moment during the second innings; one of the most comfortable victories in recent times.

On a sidenote, Moyo and Malik looked totally out of sorts, hopefully they will hit their groove in the next game.