India vs Pakistan 2nd Test: the review of First Test

You all know that India has won the first Test Match of three test matches series against Pakistan. Pakistan captain Shoeb Malik won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first innings Pakistan did 231 runs by losing all their wickets up to earlier of the 2^nd day. Pakistani top order batsmen were failed to build a big score. Only Misbah-ul-Haq did well in both first and second innings. He scored 82 runs in first innings and 45 in the second innings respectively and another batsman Salman Butt who scored 67 runs in second innings. The bowling side of Pakistan is always good. Rawalpindi Express named Shoeib Akthar has well in both 1^st and 2^nd innings. He toke 2 and 4 wickets in the 1^st and 2^nd innings respectively. Besides Sohail Tanvir and Danish Kaneria also did well in the first innings.

But both the captains are hopping that they will paly will in the next test which will take place on 30 November 2007 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India

Shoaib Malik: "If you go back to the first day we didn't bat well. Our bowlers put in the effort but we were 100 runs short. Salman Butt was excellent in the second innings and also Yasir Hameed who was playing after a long time. Shoaib bowled really well and if we had a target of 300 the game could have been different. If you want to win a Test you have to score 400 plus and so we'll be looking to do that (in Kolkata)."

Anil Kumble is the Man of the Match for his captaincy, his seven wickets and a useful 24 in the first innings.

Kumble: "This ground has been very special, everything had happened on this ground. I think the boys responded really well and getting Pakitan out within 250 in both innings was creditable. The partnerships between Laxman and Dhoni, Dravid and Jaffer and Sachin and Ganguly were all very crucial. [On his own performance] It was excellent to get into the [bowling] groove right away. Three months is a long break at my age and I'm very happy with my performance."

Similarly India was failed to make a big score against Pakistan. In the earlier of the 2^nd day India started batting and took 276 runs till the first spell of the 3^rd third day losing all wickets and their leading run was 66. Only Dinesh Kartik failed to get run in both the first and second innings. Little master Shachin Tendulker is in good form. Very soon he will reach in the top among the high test nun scorers. He is now in the 2^nd position under Brayan Lara. VVS Lakshman has well done among the Indian batsmen. Actually he is the great batsman for test match. Washim Jafar has done well in both the innings. In the second innings Pakistan toke 267 runs and they lead to India by 203 runs. In the 4^th day India start batting and they reach easily to their target losing 4 wickets. Anil Kumble is really lucky as new captain because India has won the first test by the leading of Anil Kumble. He always plays good against Pakistan. The best record of Anil Kumble is also against Pakistan. In this first test he toke 4 and 3 wickets in the 1^st and 2^nd innings respectively. Shaurav Gangguly who toke 2 wickets and 48 runs, that’s a good performance.

The 2^nd and 3^rd test match between India v Pakistan will be held on 30^th November and 8^th December respectively. Second test will be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata and third test will be held at Bangalore. It is expecting that the upcoming test match may be contestable.