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| March 2, 2002 | Saturday | Zilhaj 17, 1422 |
Ganguly finds form
NEW DELHI, March 1: Skipper Saurav Ganguly rediscovered his touch to hit 78 not out as India, replying to Zimbabwe’s first-innings 329, reached 171 for four in the second and final Test Friday.
The left-hander hit his first fifty in 12 innings after promoting himself to number three.
Zimbabwe, though, ended the second day more than satisfied after their innings and 101-run defeat in the first Test at Nagpur, claiming the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar (36) and Rahul Dravid, run out for a single, in the space of two runs late in the final session.
Left-arm spinner Raymond Price won a tense battle against Tendulkar by trapping him lbw after tying him down on a barren, slow turner.
Tendulkar was forced to play an uncharacteristically dour knock, failing to score for almost an hour after tea.
Dravid was then run out by a direct hit from Travis Friend at mid-on after Ganguly refused a risky single, reducing India to 144 for four.
ZIMBABWE (1st Innings, overnight 260-6):
S.V. Carlisle b Srinath 0
T.R. Gripper c Dravid b Zaheer 8
A.D.R. Campbell c Dravid b Zaheer 16
A. Flower c Das b Harbhajan 92
D.D. Ebrahim lbw b Srinath 94
G.W. Flower run out 30
H.H. Streak b Kumble 0
T.J. Friend c Tendulkar b Harbhajan 43
T. Taibu lbw b Kumble 13
R.W. Price b Kumble 0
B.T. Watambwa not out 3
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-16, NB-9) 30
TOTAL (all out, 110.5 overs) 329
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-11, 3-65, 4-181, 5-246, 6-246, 7-289, 8-310, 9-310.
BOWLING: Srinath 18-4-37-2 (4nb); Zaheer Khan 22-4-76-2 (5nb); Bangar 7-1-25-0; Kumble 34-13-88-3; Harbhajan Singh 27.5-5-70-2; Sehwag 1-0-6-0; Tendulkar 1-0-6-0.
INDIA (1st Innings):
S.S. Das c Taibu b Streak 13
D. Dasgupta lbw b Friend 19
S.C. Ganguly not out 78
S.R. Tendulkar lbw b Price 36
R.S. Dravid run out 1
V. Sehwag not out 16
EXTRAS (B-4, NB-4) 8
TOTAL (for four wkts, 67 overs) 171
FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-58, 3-142, 4-144.
TO BAT: S.B. Bangar, Harbhajan Singh, A.R. Kumble, Zaheer