Kaneria lands it on the spot

Danish Kaneria was easily the star of the day for Pakistan. On a day when the wicket had eased out and conditions were excellent for batting, he tirelessly sent down over after over with nagging accuracy and variation, never allowing any Indian batsman to dominate him. He bowled 34 overs in the day, and yet seldom gave away easy run-scoring opportunities.

Of the 282 deliveries he has bowled in the innings so far, 217 have been on a good length ­ that¹s nearly 77%. Especially impressive was the way he bowled to the left-handers ­ Gautam Gambhir hit a few early on, but Sourav Ganguly, usually so dominant against spin, could only manage nine runs in 28 deliveries against him. Kaneria also troubled the Indians far more than the rest ­ the not-in-control percentage against him was 25, which means once every four balls the Indian batsmen were beaten, rapped on the pads, or edged their strokes. Against the rest of the bowlers, that figure was less than 15%.

India's crawl
The momentum of the Indian innings fell, once again, with the departure of Virender Sehwag. As long as he was around, runs came at more than four an over; when he left, it dropped to just a shade more than two.Sehwag was involved in three century partnerships, but in two of those stands, his partners scored at almost as good a rate as he did ­ Gautam Gambhir scored at a strike rate of 89 to Sehwag¹s 103 in the first-wicket stand of 113, while Sachin Tendulkar¹s strike rate of 63.95 was nearly as much as Sehwag¹s 66.29 in their 118-run partnership. However, once Sehwag left, Tendulkar¹s strike rate almost halved to 33.62, and, not surprisingly, the runs almost completely dried up for India.