Inzamam and Tendulkar favourites to top score

Injury or no injury, Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is the 7/2 (4.50) favourite to be his side's top scorer in the first innings in Karachi, and the statistics back up his chances of doing just that.

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In seven matches there, Inzamam has smashed 646 runs at an average of 71.77, including three centuries and two fifties. The last time he played a Test on the ground, he made 117 in the first innings and was only pipped for the top runscorer honours by Younis Khan, who made 124.

Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, two of the men to make hundreds in Faislabad, are next in bet365's list at 4/1 (5.00) while Salman Butt, one of the few to miss out so far, is 5/1 (6.00). Imran Farhat is 11/2 (6.50) and Shahid Afridi, the topscorer in the first innings at Faisalabad, is a generous price for a repeat at 17/2 (8.50).

For India, some things never change and Sachin Tendulkar, even though he's batted just once and missed out that time, the maestro is 100/30 (4.33) favourite to top score.

Tendulkar must have been itching with envy while watching everyone else make a stack of runs in the first two Tests, and if he gets a chance you can be sure he'll be going all out for a century of his own. His one appearance in Karachi was nothing to write home about - one innings of 15 - but his class is not in question.

Virender Sehwag and the brilliant Rahul Dravid are next at 7/2 (4.50). Sehwag simply loves playing against Pakistan, as his double century in the first Test and an average of 105 against them would testify.

Captain Dravid's average against Pakistan is not too shabby either, at 65. VVS Laxman is a 9/2 (5.50) shot while Gautam Gambhir is 11/2 (6.50). Yuvraj Singh and Wasim Jaffer are 13/2 (7.50) and former captain Sourav Ganguly, hoping for a recall after being dropped for Faisalabad, is 7/1 (8.00).

Please note that odds are correct at time of publication and are subject to change.