n the humidity of Chennai. He was helped by Ravichandran Ashwin batting one below him at number 8 who lent solid support. Ashwin scored 91 not out in the Eden Gardens Test against England in December, and he was bumped up the order ahead of Ravindra Jadeja on Thursday. But he scored only three runs from 22 deliveries, and when he was out – stumped by Kamran Akmal – the game was up.Pakistan dominated much of Thursday’s match. The only similarity between the two teams was their susceptibility to batting collapses, but at least in Pakistan’s case, Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez had build an opening partnership of 141. That set a protective platform from which their teammates could tumble with relatively low scores.India had no such luxury. Virender Sehwag (31) vaguely threatened before a Gul delivery rapped him on his pads as he stood motionless in his crease, leaving India on 59 for three. Virat Kohli had already departed after scoring only six runs in another very disappointing innings, while Gautam Gambhir (11) looked utterly uninspired even though he was on his IPL home patch. Yuvraj Singh, too, after a spectacular few T20s, went off the boil in the 50-over format, scoring just nine runs this match and failing to take a wicket, though he did only bowl one over.This India team looks exhausted, and that’s no surprise – it hardly ever seems to stop playing. The Pakistan series has been sandwiched in the England tour, which restarts this month with another ODI series. Then there will be Test series against Australia, in addition to all the other commitments these players have to IPL franchises and sponsors.India will now need to muster some energy to stop this highly impressive Pakistan side in Delhi,cheap toms. It’s difficult to see how that will be done.Follow Will and India Real Time on Twitter @WillMHDavies and @indiarealtime. Add a Comment Error message Name We welcome thoughtful comments from readers. Please comply with our guidelines. Our blogs do not require the use of your real name. Comment Comments (1 of 1) View all Comments 4:46 pm January 4, 2013 chengez K wrote: IPL greed is kiiling Indian cricket where as the Pakistan s tough home situation has made Pakistani team mentally very tough.. India Real Time offers quick analysis and insights into the broad range of developments in business,toms shoes, markets, the economy, politics, culture,cheaptomsshoessalei.com, sports, and entertainment that take place every single day in the world’s largest democracy. Regular posts from Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires reporters around the country provide a unique take on the main stories in the news, shed light on what else mattered and why, and give global readers a snapshot of what Indians have been talking about all week. You can contact the editors at indiarealtime@wsj.com.Check out the main contributors to the blog and their bios here. An error has occured and your email has not been sent. Please try again. You must enter the verification code below to send. Invalid entry: Please type the verification code again.[标签:标题]
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