Sourav Ganguly struck an epic 239 and fellow left-hander Irfan Pathan hit his maiden century as India tightened the noose around Pakistan in the third and final cricket Test in Bangalore on Sunday.Ganguly stole the show on the 2nd day with his vintage batting as he made a magnificent 239, hitting 30 boundaries and two sixes in 361 deliveries.
In the absence of Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan found it really hard to make any sort of impression against the left-hander, who looked in absolute command. Debutant Yasir Arafat was the most successful bowler for Pakistan as he took five for 161 in his 39 overs.
Irfan Pathan also his outing with the bat as he posted his maiden Test century. Pathan, made 102, added 178 runs for the seventh wicket as India made the most of batting on a good wicket.
Yuvraj Singh smashed a magnificent 169 on day one, adding 300 runs for the fifth wicket with Ganguly as India recovered in quite after being reduced to 61 for 4.
India leads the three-match series 1-0. They won the first Test in Delhi by six wickets, while the second Test in Kolkata ended in a draw.
All Courtesy : Rediff
2 comments:
Hi,
Dada was’t lucky enough,it is too late to score a double for a caliber batsman like him. Right now Dada is in very good form and I seems that he will score a lot of runs with 1 or 2 double.
Good Ton from Dada. Kudos to him for his perseverance that he has showed. He is the perfect example before young india. He personifies the saying- nothing succeds like success.
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