Irfan Pathan and Mahendra Dhoni walked out with the team still needing 51 runs to avoid the follow on. In seven frenetic overs, 46 of those runs had been knocked away, the team had been hauled out of imminent danger, and the two felt comfortable enough to throttle back and focus on the bigger picture.

It was a remarkably mature display from two youngsters; their batting ability lower in the order at least in part influenced India's decision to go in one batsman short -- and when it was asked of them, they delivered, and delivered in style.

When Rahul Dravid makes statements like "It's one of the best innings I have seen under pressure", you know it's something special.

At stumps Dhoni amassed 116 runs of just 123 balls with 13 fours and 4 huge sixes at a strike rate of 94.31 , while Pathan is just 1 short of his half century with 4 fours and a six.

The most remarkable aspect of the partnership was the way the two batsmen counter-attacked when Pakistan seemed to be gaining the upper hand.

It will be interesting to see tomorrow if Dhoni can carry on and maybe score a double hundred, who knows? but the match seems to be going in direction of a draw again; with a very low possibility of a result.

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