Sehwag`s blitz, Sachin`s magic

Fighting centuries by opener Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid helped India reach a respectable total on a placid wicket. The two shared in a 201-run stand of the third wicket, rescuing the hosts after they were reeling at four for two on a flat wicket in hot, humid conditions. Sehwag cracked nine fours and three towering sixes in his explosive 95-ball 108 and Dravid had six hits to the fence in his 104 off 139 deliveries. Sehwag made Pakistan pay for those lapses, batting sedately till he got to his 50 and then going after the bowling. The 26-yrear-old pulled, cut and drove viciously, racing from 50 to his seventh one-day 100 in just 29 balls. He was finally bowled by Abdul Razzaq while trying to heave him across the line. AFP Images