1st Test - India vs Pakistan at Delhi
By Cricket ~ November 23rd, 2007. Filed under: India, Pakistan, Test Match, cricket.
The stage is set for yet another battle between India and Pakistan. There are a whole bunch of speculations going around both the teams. As far as India is concerned, Anil Kumble is the skipper and happens to hold a great record at the venue of this match. There are also a lot of gossips about dropping Yuvraj Singh. However, the good news is that Harbhajan Singh has made it to the squad after a long gap of one and a half years.
In the midst of seven demanding Tests further on - the ultimate four in Australia will necessitate the Indians to play at least three fast bowlers - India has to deal with a number of grave questions. As soon as their first-choice fast bowlers are on top form, together bodily and emotionally, India has had a versatile and even intimidating speed attack. But bowling quick is an injury-prone area and the Indian bowlers have demonstrated to be extra delicate than the majority. And when a whole bunch of them get wounded, the slenderness of India’s bench-strength has been out in the open.
The quirk of fate is that India’s accomplishment away from home in this particular decade has been reliant on their fast bowlers. Irfan Pathan and Balaji played very important roles in the remarkable success in Pakistan in 2003-04, despite the fact that Rahul Dravid felt Munaf and Sreesanth had performed superior than any other pair over the preceding ten years for the duration of the 2006 tour to West Indies. Sreesanth without help swung the Wanderers Test in India’s favor very last year, and England’s batsmen struggled to single out the exceptional swing from RP Singh and Zaheer this summer.
With the exclusion of some significant bowlers from the side, the match is only going to be more enchanting. Keep hitting this space for more updates on the test match, live scores and the most recent match highlights.
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