da bet nacional： If Rahul Dravid strutted his stuff on the first day, then it wasthe turn of Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana to show just what theywere capable of on the second
da leao： On the Ball with S Rajesh and Arun Gopalakrishnan18-Mar-2005If Rahul Dravid strutted his stuff on the first day, then it wasthe turn of Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana to show just what theywere capable of on the second. Dravid was rarely troubled duringhis knock, and today it was the same story with Youhana andYounis both achieved in-control percentages of more than 80,with Youhana¹s (86) being marginally higher than Younis¹s(82.24).They complemented each other wonderfully too if Younis favouredthe off side, getting 77 of his runs on that side of the wicket,then Youhana¹s preferred zone was the leg side, which fetched him67 out of his 101 runs. Both picked on a region behind the stumpsto score the majority of their runs for Younis it was thirdman, while Youhana chose fine leg.Running them ragged
The other feature of their stand was theiroutstanding running between the wickets 62 out of their 203runs were scored in singles, and 18 of them came in the arcbetween backward point and extra cover, most of them the resultof soft hands, excellent placement and fine judgement. A wicketearly on the third day, and the Indians can at least be sure thatthe next pair will be unlikely to steal these cheeky singles.
