Pakistan vs India, India in Pakistan Test Series(2006)- 1st Test
Date:14-17 Jan 2006
Rain and gloom ensured that just 14 balls were possible on the final day at Lahore as the curtains came down on a record-filled Test. Virender Sehwag completed a supreme 254 off 247 balls, the highest-ever Test score at over a run-a-ball, but his dismissal soon after meant that a 50-year-old record, for the highest opening partnership, stayed intact. It was an anti-climactic end to a dazzling run-fest, one where the weather and the pitch had a big part to play.
It was a day when little could happen. Overnight showers delayed the start; bad light forced an early finish. In between, they managed to squeeze in 2.2 overs, under floodlights, and there was only one incentive left to play for - beating the 413-run opening partnership set by Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy against New Zealand, at the quaint Corporation Stadium in Madras. Sehwag got closer, bringing up his 250 with a flicked couple to deep square leg, and then threatened to race towards it with an almighty slap through the covers, burning the grass on the way to the cover fence
Dhoni's performance in the 1st innings:
Catches :0 / Stumpings : 1
Batting:Did not Bat, 4s: - / 6s: -
Strike Rate: -
Dhoni's performance in the 2nd innings:
Catches : 0 / Stumpings : 0
Batting:Did not Bat, 4s: - / 6s: -
Strike Rate:-
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