1st ODI India Vs Pakistan Guwahati Live Video Highlights

by raja1234 | November 4, 2007 at 06:51 pm

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Six months ago, India and Pakistan were coming to terms with their early World Cup exits. All seemed to have been forgotten when, a little over a month ago, they battled for the World Twenty20 title. Then Australia came to India and South Africa to Pakistan. And both sides are back to learning from their mistakes. It's these glorious cycles that grips both nations

Geoff Lawson recently said that an India-Pakistan series is "bigger than the Ashes" but Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Shoaib Malik, the captains in charge, claimed otherwise. "It's like playing any other team," Dhoni said casually. "Maybe for you guys [the media] it's bigger than the Ashes. But personally it doesn't matter if it's Australia,Bangladesh, Pakistan, Zimbabwe or any other team. Also, we've played against Pakistan a lot recently. It eases the pressure."

Team talk

Sreesanth, while bowling at the nets in the eastern side of the ground, came perilously close to making news. A swinging yorker crashed into Sourav Ganguly's right ankle and had him hobbling. A quick spray and a ginger massage later, Ganguly was smiling again, going on to have a bowl.

Pakistan, though, might go with two spinners irrespective - both Abdur Rehman and Shahid Afridi troubled South Africa recently. "I don't think our spinners will struggle in these type of grounds," Malik said. "We had tried different combinations in the series against South Africa, and that was partly keeping the series against India in mind," said Malik. "Now, we have an idea about the combination and I am confident that we have players for every role."

Dewy start
The sun went down at around 4:40 pm on match eve and it's prompted the two teams to agree to an 8:30 am start. "The first hour is crucial" is normally brushed aside as a plain cricketing cliché but it's of significance here. Eight of the eleven games here have seen captains inserting the opposition (including the previous completed match here, when Australia were reduced to 61 for 4 ahati

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