No way man. Only 2 decisions are possible at this point. An India win or a draw. If you're dreaming that Pakistan can win, you must be living on some other planet. Even Imran Khan wouldn't have been able to get 422 runs on the last of the test match for you to win. What is the largest winning score in the last inning for a test match, ever? I'm talking about all test matches. Not just India or Pakistan related.
Getting closer now. Pakistan need 248 more runs, but have lost 4 wickets by lunchtime. Still feeling optimistic of victory? All of Inzi, Afridi, and Younis are history by now. At this rate, achieving a draw would be considered a moral victory for Pakistan (just like the first test). Here comes Kumble to wrap it all up by tea-time. That's my prediction.
And Razzaq gone to Kumble too, after hitting 1 six. What a way to crash and burn!!!! Here they come, Kumble and Harbhajan!!!!
Yahooooooo, yahooooooo, yeeeeehawwww, yeeehawwwww!!!! Harbhajan with Akmal to his name. Lights out, lights out!!!!
And it's officially over. What a great victory for India! Honestly, I hadn't expected a result, and at the end of the 3rd day thought it would be a draw. A great match all in all!
very good game good finish sad for me though good luck for pakistan in the next game. nice hospitality by indians, for pakistanis.
Your posts look like poems dude. Kumble is freaking awesome. A great game for the Indian wicketkeeper aswell. Let's not forget Dravid..
Inzi in fighting form so far. Pakistan 93 for 2 at lunch on day 1. Let's see how much help do the Indian bowlers get for rest of the day.
Man, that's just incredible batting performance by both Inzi and Younis Khan. Indian bowling/fielding has been absolutely woeful so far. It's starting to swing in Pakistan's favor.
Wow, Younis Khan over 200, and he just keeps going and going. Pakistan have got everything they asked for so far in this match.
Dravid gone. Ouch! Man, Bangalore is his home city, and I was hoping him to shine in front of the home crowd. Oh well! Anyway, Pakistan had 7 runs when their 2nd wicket fell. India has 172. This is progress. Now for a 324 run partnership for the 3rd wicket!
India is in serious trouble with the last session of the 5th day remaining at Bangalore. They need to save 5 more wickets with 32 more overs to go. A win for India is completely out of question. I've been very unimpressed with the negative tactical display by India, and specifically Ganguly's contribution (both as a captain and player). Even if India manages to salvage a draw today, some leadership changes are really required for India. Some new blood really needs to be tried to take them to the next level. India clearly are not playing in the same class as Australia. The only fearless player for India who commands any respect and fear from opponents at this point is Veeru Sehwag. The rest have been displaying pansy qualities. I hang my head in shame with this pathetic, pathetic display. Out with Ganguly!!!!
Karthik gone. Even achieving a draw would be a big challenge for India now. 26 more overs to go. Pathan, Kumble, Balaji, Harbhajan are hardly batsmen to soak up this kind of pressure. It's now all upto what kind of pressure Inzi applies.
I'm giving up now. 25 more overs to kill, but Tendulkar gone. It's looking like lights out for India now.
22 more overs to kill. 3 wickets to save. It's 2:15 in the morning on Monday here. I can't go to sleep. I'm sitting here biting my nails.
19 more overs to kill. It's good I've taken the rest of the week off from work. It's 2:25 AM in California, and I'm listening to live music on some random radio station in Melbourne, Australia (Triple M to be precise - remnant of following Monday night football on it earlier today), biting nails to events unfolding in Bangalore. Can life be more bizzare than this?
Pathan gone! Damn.... 12 more overs to kill. 2 wickets to save. Kumble is one brave man. He has been giving me cardiac unrest. It's past 3 AM here in California. They've been playing some AC DC on the station down in Australia. I think AC DC is an Australian group to begin with. I hope at this moment a fat dark cloud with tons of moisture gathers over the stadium in Bangalore and starts poring rain for the next hour! Man, last session of the last session left. Nobody is moving. Come on Harbhajan. Show some of your crazier side, and I mean that in a good way.
What is cricket coming to??? India just piled on 355 in 50 vs Pak in the 2nd ODI... somehow, i feel with pakistans hitters and their depth, they may still have a chance of overhauling this... what is cricket coming to when such a score still doesnt guarantee a win (we made 340+ just last year vs Pak, but only won by 5 runs in the last over)? 250-280 was considered a superb scorer less than 10 years ago... remember when NZ racked up 285 in the 96 WC vs australia, and the australian chase was considered one of the best ever? please no twenty20 cricket to take over from the ODIs... that would make things even more ridiculous... _________________
It's the matter of how they prepare those wickets. If they keep on prearing dead tracks (especially in the subcontinent), that's what you'll get. I know the purists hate this thing. But in terms of making more moolah, as well as getting a much bigger worldwide footprint (especially cracking that tough North American over-saturated sports market), twenty20 cricket may be exactly what the sport needs.
Chandu, Surely you're not suggesting that the Yanks have a shorter attention span than the rest of the world ????
I would hate Americanization of cricket. But do I have the power to stop it? Then again, I remember I was quite confused when I "discovered" one-day cricket for the first time, sometime in mid 1970's after having been fed only test cricket years before that.