Re: 3rd Test - Thu 24 - Mon 28: March 05 Pakistan Vs India
Mashallah ![]()
Wonderful performance both by Inzamamul Haq and Younis Khan.
to you two for putting up great fight and rising to the occasion. Whata way to reach milestone of 100 Test matches with an unbeaten 180* on first day :k:
Though I have been against Younis Khan’s inclusion but his yet another century leads me to believe that he is here for longer, I wish him best of luck and hope he performs consistently. Bob Woolmer must be happy on one side and be walking on burning coals on the other (as Shoaib Malik’s place seems to be gone).
At one time both Inzi and Younis were scoring at almost equal run rate (until they were 30 or so) then Inzi took off from there and Younis lagged behind. I only watched till lunch and I’m grateful to God that there was no further loss of wickets.
Earlier Shahid Afridi disappointed me by leaving first ball duck, I knew my heart wasn’t beating faster without any reason
but then Yasir Hameed played very similar shot and departed too. After a few overs my heart beat started to come back to normal rate phew. Yasir is the batsman they should’ve persisted with and paired with Salman Butt, I’m sure even if he (God forbid) is unable to deliver in next inning he will be able to bounce back in next games. We have to persist with them for sometime before replacing them. Faisal Athar is the next choice who was considered during selection process but due to so much “talent” available couldn’t make it.
Best of luck to Pakistan team. I hope they can play until tea tomorrow and manage around and declare (if not all out I hope) otherwise if they try to continue till 3rd day this test will head for a draw.