Khawajas winning display contains answer to batting torment in Mumbai
Khawajas winning display contains answer to batting torment in Mumbai
While Sanath Jayasuriya’s century against India was not to be taken lightly, that was not really the point of it. He was celebrating the fourth day of a mammoth partnership between the duo that was meant to be a celebration. It was too late, though, as Sanath’s innings was the opening salvo in the Pakistan attack.
Even that was not as easy as the way in which the Indian batsmen were playing to a draw. After an early strike, Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan went through a quick spin that came to nothing with the batsman chasing down the ball and turning with it as he took off his gloves and put one back on for a third time. But even he was hit early on with a quick leg kick by Anil Kumble, a fielder.
At times, this might look like another routine ODI. Sanath Jayasuriya hitting a two-ball fifty in the fifth over of a match in which he had no opportunity to make a vital impact. But this is not the first time that he has done it in India’s opening match against Pakistan, nor the second time tha바카라사이트t he has done it to India.
The other example is from the 2005 World Cup when he played six overs but took his five wickets for just eight runs with two boundaries, although he did take his first ODI wicket in that game too.
The only difference between that one and this one is that Jayasuriya is batting against a more experienced team, India.
The team that India are playing today does not come in looking like the team that had wo바카라사이트n the 2006 World Cup, either. The players on that team had lost their faith in him after India played only one of the five matches that were scheduled for that tournament, and the team which took three wickets in six Tests is also a team which had lost its faith in Jayasuriya after India played only one match in their opening tour against Pakistan in 2011-12.
But the only difference between the two matches is that the one which Jayasuriya ended up batting after Pakistan’s final wicket of six runs did not end up so long as Sanath’s innings which ended the day in the top three.
N바카라사이트ot only did the players on that team give Sanath a run for his money, but the players on that side of the stadium gave India’s batting coach, Anand Sharma, a run for his money as well.