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Rahul Dravid. |
It was 89-1 when RD came on to bat,but soon Virender Sehwag got out to a stunner stumping by West Indies wicket keeper Baugh.It was 100-2 at the stage when Sachin Tendulkar walked out to bat,Initially Sachin showed glimpses of his greatness but was soon out Lbw to Edwards.Then from there on wickets began falling,VVS laxman walked out after a couple of overs.Yuvraj Singh started off slowly and went for the shots until he was caught out trying to cover drive.It was 152-5 at that stage.Dhoni came on to bat and went out for a duck on being bowled by Sammy.Then Ishant Sharma and Dravid put up a fighting partnership of almost 50 to make India cross the 200 mark.Ishant soon had to walk out being caught behind and then Ojha walked out to bat.Then the wall fell trying to pull the ball but failing to time it properly ending up caught by the Windies captain.Umesh Yadav who followed was wrapped in the next ball, Ending the Indian Innings at 209 and taking a lead of about 95 runs.