All this happened only due to the positive approach adopted by the Indians. The tone for this was set by Irfan Pathan, who made a good half-century, and Harbhajan Singh. Both of them faced England bowlers with great confidence and did not hesitate to play their strokes.
And off course at the other end was the father figure of Rahul 'The Wall' Dravid. He showed tremendous composure during his stay at the crease and was very unlucky to miss his century.
Now India are in charge of the match and all this was possible because they displayed a very positive attitude. The Indians were very aggressive and so they could come back in the match.
The lead that India has taken could prove to be decisive and with half of the England team back in the pavilion, India have a great oppotunity to win the match and take the lead in the Test series.
When England came out to bat in their second innings, the confidence had rubbed onto the other members of the team and this resulted in a very disciplined bowling display.
Almost in every over there was a delivery that could have got us a wicket and as soon as the first England batsman got out, it became clear that Indians were looking for a win.
Especially Kumble, who has already made the match a historic one, looked unplayable. In one particular over to Flintoff he made the England skipper look like a novice with the bat.
The problem that batsmen face while batting against Kumble is that they are not sure how much the ball will turn. Kumble relies more on bounce and change of pace but today he was also turning the ball and that made him almost unplayble.
Batsmen face chicken or the egg situation when Kumble is bowling. Today his leg-spinner, the google and flipper all were working perfectly.
Even Harbhajan Singh bowled a good line and lenght and I think that he has unlucky not to pick more wickets.
Tommorrow if the Indians are able to clean up the England innings soon then we have a great chance to win the match.
Flintoff is the crucial wicket and India should go all out to get his wicket.
(Krish Srikkanth is a former skipper of Indian cricket team. He maintains a regular blog on IBNLive. His website is www.krishinfotek.com)
About the AuthorKrishnamachari Srikkanth Krishnamachari Srikkanth was one of the most destructive batsmen who could decimate the strongest and most fearsome attacks in the world by his vast r...Read Morefirst published:March 12, 2006, 20:11 ISTlast updated:March 12, 2006, 20:11 IST
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It has been a great come back by India after the England team looked to be in control on the third day.
All this happened only due to the positive approach adopted by the Indians. The tone for this was set by Irfan Pathan, who made a good half-century, and Harbhajan Singh. Both of them faced England bowlers with great confidence and did not hesitate to play their strokes.
And off course at the other end was the father figure of Rahul 'The Wall' Dravid. He showed tremendous composure during his stay at the crease and was very unlucky to miss his century.
Now India are in charge of the match and all this was possible because they displayed a very positive attitude. The Indians were very aggressive and so they could come back in the match.
The lead that India has taken could prove to be decisive and with half of the England team back in the pavilion, India have a great oppotunity to win the match and take the lead in the Test series.
When England came out to bat in their second innings, the confidence had rubbed onto the other members of the team and this resulted in a very disciplined bowling display.
Almost in every over there was a delivery that could have got us a wicket and as soon as the first England batsman got out, it became clear that Indians were looking for a win.
Especially Kumble, who has already made the match a historic one, looked unplayable. In one particular over to Flintoff he made the England skipper look like a novice with the bat.
The problem that batsmen face while batting against Kumble is that they are not sure how much the ball will turn. Kumble relies more on bounce and change of pace but today he was also turning the ball and that made him almost unplayble.
Batsmen face chicken or the egg situation when Kumble is bowling. Today his leg-spinner, the google and flipper all were working perfectly.
Even Harbhajan Singh bowled a good line and lenght and I think that he has unlucky not to pick more wickets.
Tommorrow if the Indians are able to clean up the England innings soon then we have a great chance to win the match.
Flintoff is the crucial wicket and India should go all out to get his wicket.
(Krish Srikkanth is a former skipper of Indian cricket team. He maintains a regular blog on IBNLive. His website is www.krishinfotek.com)
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