SPORT LD IND 2

Earlier, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (89) became the fifth
Indian batsman to score 50-plus in the innings as India
declared their first essay at 544 for eight.

Yuvraj Singh, nursing a wrist injury, did not bat and has
been ruled out of the match.
It was, however, the double century stand between Tamim
and Junaid which was the highlight of the third day's play.
Their association bettered the 191-run stand between Habibur
Bashar and Mushfiqur Rahim for the sixth wicket against Sri
Lanka in July 2007.
After India's 52 overs of toiling without success, Zaheer
broke the stand when he removed Junaid caught behind four
overs before close of play.
Nine balls later and in the penultimate over of the day,
Tamim edged a Zaheer delivery to Dhoni to perish in the same
manner.
After India had declared their innings at lunch, it
looked like the match was heading towards an early finish but
the home side had other ideas and Tamim decided to
counter-attack.
The left-hander took 15 runs from the second over after
tea, sent down by Pragyan Ojha, with a six and two fours and
raced to his second Test hundred with a four off Zaheer with
the 2,000-odd crowd roaring at the Sher-e-Bangla National
Stadium. More PTI PDS
DDC


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