..no, I didn't say that - Sehwag did. On a day when he did stuff very few are capable of, this was the most mundane thing he did or say. But it was so bloody true! Over 1000 runs have been plundered in a curtailed Test Match with a day to go, and just 7 wickets have fallen - only 5 to the bowlers - great batting perhaps, but terrible Test cricket.
Can't blame Sehwag and Dravid, nor Afridi, Akmal, Younis and Yousuf for tucking into the unbelievable eat-as-much-as-you can buffet on offer - but this was the Ind-Pak equivalent of a Matt Hayden 380 against Zim, or a Jayasuriya 340 against India. It all goes into the record books, but does it really matter?
Sehwag was just unbelievable today, and when words fail men like Prem, you know that it was surreal. Cricinfo's Dileep says Dravid's knock will tempt India into playing Dravid as opener more often, and he rightly says this is a temptation that we should resist.
Both Sehwag and Dravid must be credited for ensuring that Pakistan's 679 was quickly forgotten, and India go into the next match without any psychological scars - a run rate of 5.37 is just one of the crazy stats from the day. Spare a thought for the bowlers from either side - they can be excused for wanting to strangulate the curator.
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