Pakistan take 167-run lead over India on day 3
Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh sunk their teeth into the Pakistani batting order and removed the top half to leave the first cricket Test tantalisingly poised.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: On a day of fluctuating fortune, Anil Kumble and his spin colleague Harbhajan Singh sunk their teeth into the Pakistani batting order and removed the top half to leave the first cricket Test tantalisingly poised here on Saturday.
Pakistan went into the tea break comfortably placed at 108 for one before Kumble (3-55) and Harbhajan (2-51) shared four wickets between them in the final session to turn the game on its head, leaving Pakistan with their last recognised partner of Misbah-ul-Haq (29) and Kamran Akmal (21) in the middle.
The visitors now have a 167-run lead with five wickets in hands after they finished day three after bad light stopped play - at 212 for five with the slow and low Ferozeshah Kotla track promising more for the spinners over the next two days.
Earlier, resuming at 228 for six, India's tail wagged for 14.4 overs that yielded 48 runs before they folded for 276, settling for a 45-run lead over the visitors.
Danish Kaneria polished off the Indian tail claiming three of the last four wickets and VVS Laxman was left stranded on unbeaten 72, paying the price for not taking enough strike and exposing the tailenders.
Having clawed their way back into the game, Salman Butt (67) and Yasir Hameed (36) gave Pakistan a solid 71-run opening stand to lay the foundation for a big second innings total.
Hameed hit Munaf Patel for back-to-back fours, while Butt drove Zaheer Khan through extra cover to get into the groove and the right hand-left hand combination treated the pacers and spinners with identical disdain.
Pakistan went into the tea break comfortably placed at 108 for one before Kumble (3-55) and Harbhajan (2-51) shared four wickets between them in the final session to turn the game on its head, leaving Pakistan with their last recognised partner of Misbah-ul-Haq (29) and Kamran Akmal (21) in the middle.
The visitors now have a 167-run lead with five wickets in hands after they finished day three after bad light stopped play - at 212 for five with the slow and low Ferozeshah Kotla track promising more for the spinners over the next two days.
Earlier, resuming at 228 for six, India's tail wagged for 14.4 overs that yielded 48 runs before they folded for 276, settling for a 45-run lead over the visitors.
Danish Kaneria polished off the Indian tail claiming three of the last four wickets and VVS Laxman was left stranded on unbeaten 72, paying the price for not taking enough strike and exposing the tailenders.
Having clawed their way back into the game, Salman Butt (67) and Yasir Hameed (36) gave Pakistan a solid 71-run opening stand to lay the foundation for a big second innings total.
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Hameed hit Munaf Patel for back-to-back fours, while Butt drove Zaheer Khan through extra cover to get into the groove and the right hand-left hand combination treated the pacers and spinners with identical disdain.
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