Karthik and Jaffer never inspired confidence. Karthik has to remember that knives are out and if he fails again, he can be sure of a huge public outcry.
Jaffer seems capable of getting out for no reason. I can't really understand his mental make-up. But as long as he was there his stroke play was as effortless as Laxmans.
Off- late Dravid has been getting out, playing down the wrong line. If the bowler was a right hander, he would have nicked it to the slips. Today Tanvir had him bowled trying to flick, without stretching fully forward.
Ganguly is still playing from memory with no real awareness of what the bowler was bowling. He exposed a huge gap between his bat and pad and got castled. High time he woke up and played the ball on its merit.
Sachin carried his confidence from the ODI. Since he is "GOD" you can't call it over-confidence, so let's say he got run-out by being casual.
Dhoni did his bit. A lot of his shots seem to be coming from the bottom or toe of his bat. Wonder why? Is the pitch keeping low or is it how he gets the elevation for his lofted shots. Have to observe him some more to know for sure. Unfortunately he was done in by his urge to smash the ball down the ground.
Laxman- sublime as usual.
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