Gambhir, batting with an open-chested stance, seemingly in a bid to
negate the away-going deliveries that have often discomfited him over a
period of time, was troubled early on by his Delhi team-mate Sangwan. In
the third over of the morning, the left-arm pacer saw an edge fall
short of second slip and then had a shout for lbw turned down, but
released the pressure in the very next over when he grassed a miscued
pull at fine leg off Nathu.
Agarwal's technique outside off stump also came under scrutiny, but
unlike Gambhir, he was happy to trust the bounce and hit through the
line. After Nathu's initial burst, he looked increasingly comfortable
against the Pandey and the spin of Akshay Wakhare and Kuldeep Yadav.
Kuldeep, the left-arm wrist spinner who picked up his maiden five-wicket
haul last week, didn't get the kind of purchase he would have hoped
for. He was also guilty of bowling a touch flat and short as Gambhir,
who captains him at Kolkata Knight Riders, eased him repeatedly behind
square on the off side.
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