The dampness of the pitch may just be nothing, though it may just have created a little doubt in the minds of the openers. Ganguly seemed unperturbed, though and decided to bat without blinking. I suspect the pros for batting first far outweigh the initial doubt.
Inzi looked fairly disappointed. Which is not good. As captain he needs to pump up his side (and supporters) and not to spread long faces after just the toss. The whole match is in front of us.
damn man i wish shabbir was fit, shewag looked like a lost kid in front of him, shewags luck is amazing and to his credit he convorts those lucky early strokes and bats on!
i dont consider shewag as much a threat as dravid shewag gets it going early but dravid makess sure the job is completed without him india is nothing, i think he is more important to get early then shewag!
Couple of changes in the Indian eleven, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan
Singh are out, in comes Balaji and Murali Karthik.
Indian team - Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly,
Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Dhoni, Murali
Karthik, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra.
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