The first test has finished in an emphatic 6 wicket win for India. The home team dominated 3 out of 4 full days of cricket. It all started with the toss when Shoaib Malik decided to bat first and misjudged the way the pitch was going to behave. The Indians, however, must be considering themselves lucky to lose the toss. Pakistan never got going in the first innings and thanks to some sensible batting from Misbah ul-Haq the visitors managed to score 231 in their first knock.
India, however, failed to take the initiative and scored 276 thanks to fifties from VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. A first innings lead of only 45 runs would sound very disappointing but it did play a major role in the run chase. All credit must be given to the young Pakistani side that restricted India to such a low first innings total.
Pakistan then started their second innings positively as the openers got rid of the deficit. However, just when things were looking good, Anil Kumble happened to Pakistan. The leggie got the opening that the team so desperately required. After the openers departed, the rest of the batsmen failed to capitalize on the foundation and Pakistan finished at 247, giving India a low target of 203. But Shoaib Akhtar got rid of Dinesh Karthik with only 2 runs on board. Jaffer, Dravid, Tendulkar and Ganguly played their part in enabling India to reach the target with almost all of Day 5 to go.
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