Five moments that defined the match

A FALSE DAWNPathan has made a habit of picking wickets early on. Today, it was a trademark inswinger that caught Imran Nazir right in front ...

A FALSE DAWN

Pathan has made a habit of picking wickets early on. Today, it was a trademark inswinger that caught Imran Nazir right in front of the wicket

FORCING THE ISSUE

This one left Shoaib Malik grinning from ear to ear. As Pakistan pushed towards 300, the all-rounder hit Pathan for a nice ‘forehand’ slap-shot over mid-off; a cool bit of improvisation

WILL HE, WON’T HE

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Mohammed Sami wound up nicely in the last over to hit Tendulkar for a biggie; Kaif on the rope did not get fooled by the ball swirling in the wind, stretched himself full-length to come up with a smart one

MAKING A ‘POINT’

Akhtar was drumming up some chin music, Ganguly was getting a bit fazed. The Indian captain chose to make his point from the opposite end, stepping out and cutting Shabbir Ahmed for a six over cover point. The chase was still on at the time

MISS, MISS, MISS

India needed two of the last three balls to clinch the bonus point. Kumble (twice) and Balaji missed all the three Sami deliveries; on balls five and six they tried to steal byes and Moin Khan missed all three stumps on all three occasions

SP leader Azam Khan walks out of jail after 23 months, hundreds of supporters welcome him

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Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who is facing multiple cases, walked out of the Sitapur jail today after 23 months. He was scheduled to be released early Tuesday morning, but it was delayed due to impending court proceedings. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the Sitapur jail, waiting for the SP leader to walk out of prison.

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