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January 21, 2006 10:50 IST
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For the second time in the series Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq elected to bat on what is largely viewed as another nightmare of a pitch for the bowlers, in Faisalabad.
The Indian team, as captain Rahul Dravid [Images] explained, decided to "be positive" and included five bowlers for the second Test against Pakistan at the Iqbal stadium on Saturday.
Sourav Ganguly [Images] was dropped to accomodate the fifth seamer -- Rudra Pratap Singh, while Ajit Agarkar [Images] made way for the third left-arm seamer in the team, Zaheer Khan [Images].
Dravid would thus be opening in the second Test too, after piling a 410-run first-wicket partnership with Virender Sehwag [Images] in Lahore [Images].
Ths hosts dropped their only wicket-taker in the first Test in Lahore, Naved-ul Hasan Rana, and Mohammed Sami to include Mohammed Asif and Abdul Razzaq [Images].
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar [Images], VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan [Images], Anil Kumble [Images], Harbhajan Singh [Images], Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh
Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images] (captain), Younis Khan, Mohammed Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar [Images], Shahid Afridi [Images], Shoaib Malik [Images], Salman Butt [Images], Kamran Akmal, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Asif [Images].
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Simon Taufel (Australia).
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka [Images])