What Have the Commentators been Smoking? - Day 2 at the Kotla

Friday is a day off in the Middle East so I woke up early in the morning to catch the LIVE action, hoping for a Misbah 100. That was not to happen, but I sure did enjoy the cricket throughout the day. I think India is slightly ahead at the end of day 2 but only slightly.

Here are some of the key things that I noticed during the day:

1. Ul Haqs playing for Pakistan will always manage to find the strangest ways of getting out.
   
2. Dravid wants his ODI spot back.
   
3. Best way to Ganguly out: Bowl a wide one and let him smash it for 4 and then bowl one coming into him - he would either play it on to the stumps or to the slips.
   
4. Mohd. Yousuf is a better fielder in test cricket than ODIs.
   
5. No one has been out caught in the slips in 2 days of cricket.
   
6. 20-20 cricket can be the stepping stone for new test players - examples: Misbah and Sohail Tanvir.
   
7. Geoff Lawson has his heart with Pakistan.
   
8. I still don't know what the commentators are smoking. Pakistan lost 5 wickets between lunch and tea yesterday, India lost 4 today and yet Rameez, Arun Lal, Bishop, Yardley & Co. keep saying that the 2nd session is the best time to bat.
   
9. The post tea session is the best time for batting. Pakistan lost no wickets yesterday and India lost only 1 today.
   
10. Malik has used Kaneria better than all other former captains he's bowled under.
    
11. Yuvraj Singh will have to continue bringing the drinks during test matches. Laxman's career is far from over and Ganguly is India's 3rd pacer.
    
12. Not only do umpires help Kumble get wickets at the Kotla (1999), they also help him stay at the crease (2007).