India Vs. Pak Test - Day 3

Pakistan dominated batting on day 3, which seemed to be good enough to save the Test. But still there are 2 more days to go and scenario can change fast enough. But that said, no on can take the credit away from stand-in skipper Younis Khan who played well for his half-century. And equal credit goes to Misbah-ul-Haq who is playing defaently trying his best out there. Misbah and Kamran were on 54 and 32 respectively. These two had scored match saving centuries in the Kolkata Test, in quite a similar situation. But before that it was Younis Khan who carried the innings forward. He scored 80 important runs, to take Pakistan in a so-so position; if not quite good. On his way to 80 he once got a life when he was nearing his half-century. While trying to leg glance Saurav Ganguly, he edges one to the keeper. Dinesh Kartik collected the ball cleanly and all went up. And what a surprise! Kartik himself did not feel the need to appeal, when all his teammates were appealing. That, probably created doubt in the mind of ever alret umpire Simon Taufel. TV replayes did show the ball kissing but bat on the way.
The Pakistani made quite a good use of this opportunity that came his way and soon reached his half-century. The Terminator - Harbhajan Singh - at last got the better of him, when he tried to reverse sweep Harbhajan. The same shot gave him some success at the beginning of the day, when Harbhajan was reserve swept for boundries. Mohd. Yousuf too departed in the space of 11 balls while trying to drive Irfan Pathan. But it did not come before some verbal combat between him and Anil Kumble. Then started the repair works by Misbah, who looked rock solid in his defence. He did not hesitate to punish the loose balls. He looked patient and cool like a cucumber and left the good balls. He didn''t seem to be too excited and his second innings seems to be saving Pakistan. Firstly, he seems to have set his eyes firmly on saving the Test if not winning it; and secondly he is on his way to a consicutive second century. Of course, he would want Pakistan to win in any case, but the first task is to save the Test. But for him, it would have been a difficult task.