Gambhir, Laxman double tons set the tone for India
Posted on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:51 | Updated Oct 30, 2008 at 22:11
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New Delhi: VVS Laxman has made a career out of pummeling Australia. So after having two quiet Test matches by his standards, Laxman resumed usual duties in emphatic style with his second double hundred, as India sounded the declaration after posting 613-7 in their first innings.
Laxman rounded off India's innings in grand style, as his unbeaten 200 came on the back of Gautam Gambhir's splendid 206 which came earlier in the day that included a 278-run stand, the highest for any wicket at Ferozeshah Kotla. After a momentary lapse that cost India three wickets in the middle session, captain Anil Kumble and Zaheer Khan rubbed it in with brisk 45 and 28 respectively.
Never had India two double centuries figuring in the same innings earlier. And Gambhir and Laxman's effort ensured Australia would be playing to catch up for the rest of the Test match.
Anil Kumble and Amit Mishra did trouble the openers with prodigiously turning deliveries, but Australia, who closed the second day on 50 without loss, seem to have learnt their lesson from Mohali, and might just think of holding on until Nagpur for the final Test.
Laxman drove, flicked and pulled with contempt to reach his 13th Test hundred and sixth against Australia, and moments later completed 2000 runs against them, while Gautam Gambhir, whose knock on the first day bore all signs of an epic in the making, lived up to it.
Laxman's calm can be judged by the strokes his plays. He went unnoticed to his fifty as Gambhir soaked in all the adulation with his second century on the trot on the first day, but the first session of the second day belonged to the class of the Hyderabadi.
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If more proof was needed, Kumble is proving how toothless a bowler he is now and for well known reasons,
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Posted By raghav_986
Treat to watch Flamboyant Gambhir and Elegant Wrist player Laxman.
Bowlers please carry some good
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Congradulation Laxman and advance wishes to Gambhir.
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