KARACHI, March 8: Brilliant pace bowling by Ajit Agarkar put India `A' on top as Pakistan `A' were left struggling at 208 for the loss of nine wickets in their first innings on the second day of the four-day fourth and final cricket Test match here today.Agarkar bowled with lot of venom on a flat track to produce career best figures of six for 69, giving his team a fair chance of snatching a first innings lead. The home team were still 52 runs behind the Indian first innings total of 260.Agarkar captured all the first five wickets to fall and his victims included Shahid Afridi, Salim Elahi and Basit Ali. Upcoming Bayazid Khan, son of former Test star Majid Khan, was also sent back by Agarkar for a duck. In fact, except for Salim Elahi (42) and world's youngest Test cricketer, Hassan Raza (48) none of the Pakistani batsmen could stand upto the fiery spell of Agarkar. Raza's wicket was claimed by Sairaj Bahutule, who took two wickets.Earlier this morning Indian team resumed their first innings at theovernight score of 230 for seven and added 30 more runs before they were all out. Mannava Prasad top scored with 64 while Sanjay Raul (42) and Bahutule (43) also chipped in with useful contributions.Aaqib Javed and Abdul Razzaq took five wickets each for Pakistan. Team manager K Srikkanth while describing Agarkar's bowling as a ``great effort'', said the team was well positioned to dictate terms.BRIEF SCORES:India A 230 (Sanjay Raul 42, Sairaj Bahutule 43); Pakistan A 208-9 (Salim Elahi 42, Hasan Raza 48; Ajit Agarkar 6-69)
