Nov 26: Debutant skipper Anil Kumble named man of the match as India leads three Test match series 1-0
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten half-century to finish off the remaining proceedings in just 32 minutes steering India to a six wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the first Test of the three match Test series played at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here on Monday.
Under the captaincy of Veteran leggie Anil Kumble, India is now leading 1-0 in the three match Test series and it will be very difficult for Pakistan to stage any comeback in the series.
Chasing a target of 203, hosts needed only 32 runs to complete the formalities. Sachin Tendulkar, who remained unbeaten on 56 after reaching his 46th test fifty, started the morning course on an attacking note by hitting a boundary of a great pull shot to strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar in the second ball of the day.
Akhtar who took all the wickets in second innings removed Sourav Ganguly on the same overnight score of 48 before Tendulkar and Laxman did the finishing touch.
The fourth wicket crucial partnership between Ganguly and Tendulkar provided 88 runs after opener Wasim Jaffer 53 paved the way for India to 171 for three at the end of fourth day’s play.
Man of the match Anil Kumble once again came up with fine figures of seven for 106 at Kotla.
Shoaib trapped Ganguly with a short-pitch delivery and he played a hasty hook shot, which went straight to Sohail Tanvir at backward square leg.
However, Tendulkar turned out a different man today as he played all the shots at his will. He punished Shoaib’s rising deliveries with élan and completed his fifty by cutting leg spinner Danish Kaneria to cover boundary.
Tendulkar hit the match winning four with a square cut off Shoaib. The other batsman Laxman was six not out.
With not much time left for the second Test, as it commences in Kolkata on Friday. The Pakistani team will surely come out hard to stage a comeback in the ongoing series, as they haven’t lost a Test series in India for more than two decades.
SCOREBOARD
Pakistan 1st innings
Salman Butt b Khan 1
Yasir Hameed b Kumble 29
Younis Khan c Patel b Khan 7
Mohammad Yousuf lbw b Ganguly 27
Misbah-ul-Haq run out (Karthik) 82
Shoaib Malik c wicketkeeperDhoni b Patel 0
Kamran Akmal b Kumble 30
Sohail Tanvir lbw b Harbhajan Singh 4
Shoaib Akhtar b Kumble 2
Mohammad Sami not out 28
Danish Kaneria b Kumble 0
Extras (b 6, lb 12, w 2, nb 1) 21
Total: 231 (all out; 96.2 overs; 413 mins)
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-35, 3-59, 4-76, 5-83, 6-122, 7-137, 8-142, 9-229, 10-231
Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 20 5 45 2 2.25 (1nb, 2w)
MM Patel 24 5 61 1 2.54
A Kumble 21.2 6 38 4 1.78
SC Ganguly 14 5 28 1 2.00
Harbhajan Singh 15 1 37 1 2.46
SR Tendulkar 2 0 4 0 2.00
India 1st innings
W Jaffer lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 32
KD Karthik c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar 9
R Dravid b Sohail Tanvir 38
SR Tendulkar run out Mohammad Yousuf) 1
SC Ganguly b Sohail Tanvir 8
VVS Laxman not out 72
MS Dhoni c Kamran Akmal b Danish Kaneria 57
AKumble c Younis Khan b Danish Kaneria 24
Harbhajan Singh b Sohail Tanvir 1
Z Khan c Shoaib Akhtar b Danish Kaneria 9
MM Patel lbw b Danish Kaneria 0
Extras (b 11, lb 8, w 1, nb 5) 25
Total: 276 (all out; 78.4 overs; 364 mins)
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-71, 3-73, 4-88, 5-93, 6-208, 7-262, 8-263, 9-276, 10-276
Bowling O M R W Econ
Shoaib Akhtar 16 2 44 2 2.75 (1nb)
Sohail Tanvir 24 5 83 3 3.45 (3nb)
Mohammad Sami 17 1 71 0 4.17
Danish Kaneria 21.4 3 59 4 2.72 (1w)
Pakistan 2nd innings
Salman Butt c Dravid b Kumble 67
Yasir Hameed c Laxman b Kumble 36
Younis Khan lbw b Kumble 23
Mohammad Yousuf c & b Harbhajan Singh 18
Shoaib Malik b Harbhajan Singh 11
Kamran Akmal c sub (Yuvraj Singh) b Khan 21
Misbah-ul-Haq c Karthik b Ganguly 45
Sohail Tanvir c Harbhajan Singh b Khan 13
Mohammad Sami c Jaffer b Ganguly 5
Shoaib Akhtar not out 0
Danish Kaneria run out Tendulkar 0
Extras (lb 6, nb 2) 8
Total: 247 (all out; 83.1 overs; 367 mins)
Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-114, 3-149, 4-155, 5-161, 6-213, 7-229, 8-243, 9-247, 10-247
Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 18 4 45 2 2.50 (1nb)
MM Patel 10 2 48 0 4.80
A Kumble 27.1 8 68 3 2.50 (1nb)
SC Ganguly 9 2 20 2 2.22
Harbhajan Singh 17 4 56 2 3.29
SR Tendulkar 2 0 4 0 2.00
India 2nd innings (target: 203 runs)
KD Karthik c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar 1
W Jaffer c Salman Butt b Shoaib Akhtar 53
R Dravid b Shoaib Akhtar 34
SR Tendulkar not out 56
SC Ganguly c Sohail Tanvir b Shoaib Akhtar 48
VVS Laxman not out 6
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 1) 5
Total: 203 (4 wickets; 61.1 overs; 297 mins)
Did not bat: MS Dhoni, captain A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-84, 3-93, 4-181
Bowling O M R W Econ
Shoaib Akhtar 18.1 4 58 4 3.19 (1nb)
Sohail Tanvir 12 4 26 0 2.16
Danish Kaneria 16 2 50 0 3.12
Mohammad Sami 15 1 65 0 4.33
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