Ishant five-for keeps India in the lead

Dec 11, 2007

With Pakistan needing 58 to make India bat again at the start of the fourth day, Misbah-ul-Haq started off in a positive fashion •AFP

But he ensured he reached his second century in two matches in the first over after lunch. Pakistan had by now avoided the follow-on•AFP

Misbah was stranded on 133 as Pakistan were bowled out for 537, conceding a first-innings lead of 89•AFP

Sourav Ganguly, continuing from where he left off in the first innings, scored an aggressive unbeaten 63 to extend India's lead to 220 by the close of play. Ganguly needs five more to get 1000 runs for this year •AFP

Misbah went into the lunch break on 99, having refused a single from the last ball before the break•AFP

Yasir Arafat and Misbah shared a 93-run stand for the seventh wicket as Pakistan closed in on India's total•AFP

Shoaib Akhtar jolted India early in their second innings by cleaning up Gautam Gambhir •AFP

But Ishant Sharma ran through the Pakistani tail to finish with figures of 5 for 118, his first five-wicket haul in Tests•AFP

Arafat trapped Wasim Jaffer, his sixth wicket of the match, to have India in trouble at 26 for 2•AFP