Afridi shows who is the Asli Pathan ! clobbers Irfan Pathan

I almost went into a procrastinating mood rather than update the blog since it was another depressing day for Indian bowlers and I wanted to excuse myself under the pretext of laziness. Finally, what forced me to get to work is the last session, when the till then competitive game was forced to a run away for Pak.

Perhaps the first in the history of test cricket, India decided to go in with 3 left arm pacers and at the outset the strategy was not bad. But, as usual, the Sourav sena had started the effigy burning and this time they have added Rahul’s effigy too.

The strategy could have paid of if Pathan has not been such a let down since he not only wasted the new ball but finished India with a horrible 2^nd new ball spell. Afridi, who was in unusual slow scoring mode till then, restored normalcy by feasting on Pathan and 6s and 4s flew all over. Afridi wanted to perhaps settle the argument, who the Asli Pathan is, once and for all.

It was also a day when Simon Tofel negated atleast a clear couple of LBW shouts off Kumble against Inzi and when I think that there is still Kamran and Razzaq in the pavilion, this test looks to be a goner from India’s point, unless weather intervenes or RD/VS duo do something big. I am almost tempted to say, Pathan who looked invincible just 2 tests ago, is a candidate for being dropped in the next test – since his balls arrive at marginally higher speed than that of Kumble, at the batsman’s end these days.