da bet esporte： If the first nine days of the series is anything to go by, nothing can be predicted about the last day of play at Kolkata
The Bulletin by Amit Varma19-Mar-2005Close 4th day
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If the first nine days of the series is anything to go by, nothing canbe predicted about the last day of play at Kolkata. Pakistan need 327runs; India need nine wickets; both teams have the capacity to win it,and to let it slip.India will be frustrated that the pitch hasn’t deteriorated as much asexpected, and it still playing easy, if a bit slower. As DineshKarthik demonstrated yesterday, application will suffice to survive onthis track. It will just take two batsmen to have a partership thatlasts a session-and-a-half, and the match will be safe. And if aquality player like Inzamam-ul-Haq or Yousuf Youhana really gets set,a chase could be on. Pakistan could also consider a wild-card move,like sending Abdul Razzaq at the fall of the next wicket withinstructions to hit out.India will take hope from the knowledge that both Anil Kumble andHarbhajan Singh are playing this game. They are both world-classspinners, and will not be as ineffectual as Danish Kaneria was. Theyhave won matches on pitches just like this one, and they will have theluxury of being able to put men around the bat in close-in positions,because there are enough runs on the board to attack. That is animportant consideration.