2nd Test: India 104/1at lunch, Jaffer slams half century
Inform opener Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid more than made up for the early loss of Dinesh Karthik as the two stitched an unbeaten partnership of 100 runs.
By INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES |
KOLKATA: Inform opener Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid more than made up for the early loss of Dinesh Karthik as the two stitched an unbeaten partnership of 100 runs to take the team score to 104 at lunch on the first day of the second cricket Test at the Eden Gardens on Friday.
Jaffer was batting on his personal score of 65 while Dravid is unbeaten on 35.
Earlier, India captain Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat. The hosts started off badly as Pakistan pacer Sohail Tanvir claimed his first victim in the form of Dinesh Karthik in the very second over of the Test.
Regular Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik missed the match with an ankle injury and vice-captain Younis Khan is leading the side.
The visitors received a boost when fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami were cleared to play after passing fitness tests.
Batsman Faisal Iqbal was named in the starting lineup in place of Malik. India were unchanged from the team which won the opening Test in New Delhi by six wickets.
The final match of the series will be played in Bangalore next week.
Teams
India: Anil Kumble (captain), Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Vangipurappu Laxman, Mahendra Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Pakistan: Younis Khan (captain), Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul Haq, Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Danish Kaneria, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Akhtar. Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies).
Jaffer was batting on his personal score of 65 while Dravid is unbeaten on 35.
Earlier, India captain Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat. The hosts started off badly as Pakistan pacer Sohail Tanvir claimed his first victim in the form of Dinesh Karthik in the very second over of the Test.
Regular Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik missed the match with an ankle injury and vice-captain Younis Khan is leading the side.
The visitors received a boost when fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami were cleared to play after passing fitness tests.
Batsman Faisal Iqbal was named in the starting lineup in place of Malik. India were unchanged from the team which won the opening Test in New Delhi by six wickets.
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The final match of the series will be played in Bangalore next week.
Teams
India: Anil Kumble (captain), Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Vangipurappu Laxman, Mahendra Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Pakistan: Younis Khan (captain), Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul Haq, Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Danish Kaneria, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Akhtar. Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies).
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