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Well, just now I saw the score in CC lab and Indians are well settled with the opening pair giving us a solid start. Sehwag is in belligerent form, firing on all cylinders. Once again he reaches his century at a fast pace. It doesn’t matter whether sehwag doesn’t understand the difference between a Test match and an ODI or whether test match is a test of character and all the bullshit. All that matters are ‘Runs on the board’ and it is coming in good numbers now. Keep the momentum up guys!

The second test of the series is going start tomorrow and like any other indian fan, I hope that they don’t fall for the spinners like they did in the first test. (19 wickets taken by spinners!). India is known for playing well against spin. But last test match proved the statement otherwise. So lets put our hands up for the indian team and wish them the very best for a good match. This time around, lets hope that they put up a fighting total on the board or do well in the bowling department.

The match was between the Deccan Chargers(home) and Rajhastan Royals. Shane Warne, captain-coach of Rajhastan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. To his shock runs started flowing in Deccans favour in the first 2 overs. In the third over Yousf Pathan was introduced to take off the pace of the ball and he did the same and claimed 2 wickets(Good move warnie!!). Then came Symonds who was at his stroking best. He made a brilliant 117 assisted well by Rohit Sharma (36) to set up an exiciting target of 215. Smith and Pathan did most of the scoring for Rajhastan Royals. The scored 71 and 68 respectively at a good pace. Then came the fall of wickets. RP Singh bowled an brilliant 19th over to make the visiting side score 17 runs of the last over. Laxman handed over the ball to his batting hero Symonds. Pankaj Sigh took a double of the first ball and a single of the second to give strike to Warnie. Next ball was a full toss that Warne hit straight down the ground for a four. Now the equation was 10 runs of 3 balls. Next ball Symonds saw Warne advance down the pitch and bowled a shorter one and bang the ball was out for a six in the mid wicket region. 4 to win of 2 balls. Again Warne advanced down the pitch and hit the ball for a 6 over extra cover to hit the winning runs. Is this called a captains knock??? The batting hero turned into a Villan for the home side. Yousuf Pathan was declared as the man of the match for his quick fire 68 and 2 wickets he claimed.