Saturday, January 14, 2006

Dravid keeps them guessing

A Blog Report
Team India captain Rahul Dravid kept the media guessing whether Saurav Ganguly will be included in the playing 11 for the first Test in Lahore.
"I know what the team is for this Test. But we want to keep the opposition guessing," he said in a news conference on Thursday.
There was speculation on the match eve that Ganguly could be promoted to open the innings alongside Virender Sehwag after he batted in the nets against the new ball.
Dravid said all 16 players in the squad were available for selection, adding: "I can only say that the five who miss out are unlucky as everyone is in good form."
He expected the Gaddafi stadium pitch to assist the home fast bowlers. "It does not look like it will be impossible to survive for the side batting fourth, but it seems firm and should help the bowlers."
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said makeshift opener Shoaib Malik would open the innings with Salman Butt ahead of Imran Farhat.
"He gave us good stands against England and we want to continue withhim as opener," Inzamam said. Left-hander Farhat hit 107 in a warm-up game against the Indians to come into the reckoning after regular opener Yasir Hameed went down with typhoid, but Inzamam said Malik's off-spin bowlingcould be useful.

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