Quick notes - India played according to my plan, except for Ganguly failing. The plan, as you would read in the post, was:

For day 3, the key to India is to avoid the follow on, put on some partnerships, and get to 350 or so without much loss. It only needs 100+ run partnerships for the first few wickets and India can be there. If the pitch does not deteriorate much, I think this test is headed for a tame draw.

The first few wickets put on 80-odd but Ganguly failed again. And that is where it broke. Also, that is where I think Sehwag’s innings can be considered extremely critical. If it were not for him, India would not have got close to where they ended the day.

Dravid failed, and continued his bad form in Bangalore. Sachin should not have tried that shot at that time. There was no need. But at least he was being positive. All the time, I have heard that Sachin is overly defensive, and frankly I was afraid that it would be the case here too. But it turned out to be an aggressive innings from him. In fact he was the only one to have about 50-50 split in the partnership with Sehwag.

Pakistan did well to come back and have the upper hand now.