Stand and Deliver - Viru Excels

On a day curtailed by rain and bad light, Viru let his bat do the talking. What was amazing about Sehwag’s innings was his nonchalant dismissal of the Pak attack, which incidentally was way ahead in quality than that of the Indians. Sehwag was not in the greatest touch, coming into this match and I was a critic of his extra weight and reluctance to take up organized nets but in the cricket dictionary of Viru, none of this matters. With minimum fuss about those areas, where traditionally opening batsmen revel – foot work, Sehwag stood and delivered an amzing 20 boundaries in a score of 98. There were some glorious cricketing shots, interspaced with flashes over slips and Viru’s sudden change of fortune must have made Inzi feel that it is not going to a cake walk. Dravid on the other hand was rock solid and did what he is best at – stone walling.

From what I see in the weather predictions (which by the way is not that reliable for those cities of the outlands from the N.American continent), there might be more intervention of rain/bad light. If that is the case, then a draw is very much on the cards unless a total surrender takes place in the next 2 days.