Knock worth its weight in gold

The precociously talented Suresh Raina revealed a cricketing brain far beyond his experience in a match-winning innings worth its weight in gold, writes R Mohan in the Deccan Chronicle.

Should Suresh Raina go on to become the next superstar of Indian cricket, as coach Greg Chappell is predicting, future biographers are likely to cite yesterday's match as the moment he came of age, says Simon Briggs in the Daily Telegraph. Click here to read the former England mediumpacer Angus Fraser's match report in the Independent. Lawrence Booth feels that England were undone by Raina's grace, timing and youth.

Chandrahas Choudhury is bewitched by the art of Ramesh Powar and Powar, in the Hindustan Times, himself reckons that flight is his strength.