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Rahul Dravid gives his views on the opening slot and the pitch at Faisalabad

It's been exactly two weeks since India landed in Pakistan but for all practical purposes the series will probably start here

Inzamam denies going on the defensive at Lahore

Yuvraj Singh today expressed confidence that he was fully equipped to make the necessary adjustments for batting at different positions

Rahul Dravid has admitted that he had decided to open the batting "the night before the game"

only two subjects were ever going to be talked about at Inzamam-ul-Haq's post-match press conference - the pitch and the weather.

Faisal Iqbal, the middle-order batsman, and Umar Gul, the fast bowler, have been included in Pakistan's squad for the third and final Test against India starting at Karachi on Sunday

Rain and gloom ensured that just 14 balls were possible on the final day at Lahore as the curtains came down on a record-filled Test

On a day when he bulldozed past several batting records, Virender Sehwag has said that Shoaib Akthar, Pakistan's strike bowler, "hasn't lived up to expectations"

Karachi - and not Lahore - was originally scheduled to host the first Test against India, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board

Records continued to tumble at the Gaddafi Stadium as Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid led an emphatic Indian response to a mountain of a total on a start-stop fourth day of the first Test at Lahore

Bob Woolmer has given his full backing to Shoaib Malik in his role as opener and asked the media to end speculation about Pakistan's opening combination

Chappell compares pitch to 1980 Faisalabad 'graveyard'

Overcast skies and a slight drizzle forced the start of the third day's play to be delayed at Lahore

If not for a wet cricket ball, Test cricket might have witnessed a stunning first

It's not often that a fantastic 199 is overshadowed but three other stupendous hundreds made it a day of revelry for the Pakistan batsmen, amassing a mammoth 679 for 7 declared

As the Indians look back at the first day's play at Lahore they may have to demystify the Y of it, with Younis Khan's triumphant century and Mohammad Yousuf's classy 90 putting them well and truly on the back foot

Greg Chappell has said that "experience and knowledge of the conditions" had been one of the reasons for picking Sourav Ganguly for the first Test of the series at Lahore

An inspired 90 from Younis Khan, India's tormentor in the previous series back home, and two contrasting knocks from Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf put Pakistan in a dominant position on the first day of the series at Lahore

Rahul Dravid has admitted that going one-nil up is an ideal situation, while playing a three-match Test series, but was quick to add that they had to be good enough to fightback