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’Sachin the greatest’

AFP, Rawalpindi
Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq heaped lavish praise on India's Sachin Tendulkar despite the hosts winning
the second one-dayer by 12 runs to level the five-match series 1-1.
"There is no doubt he is the greatest batsman." said Inzamam of Tendulkar, who smashed 141 off 135 balls.
'Tn the last 13-14 years, he has worked so hard and has proved to the world he is outstanding and when he is playing so well, ynu can only wait to get his wicket.
"The wicket was so good that winning the toss did not make a difference," Inzamam said.
"Even a target of 330 was gettable. But we batted first because we wanted to bowl under lights.
"We never relaxed. We just wanted to get themout.1'
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly said his team did not give up till the end.
"In high scoring games like this, anythingls possible," hesaid.
"Our tail-enders did well to get us close to the total and I admire the courage they have shown in the face of fast bowling.
"In the remaining three games, whoever bowls first must restrict the other to below 300, but that could be difficult on such good wickets."
The first match at Karachi on Saturday had ended as the highest-scoring one-dayer in history with Pakistan making 344-8 in reply to India's 349-7.
The remaining matches of the absorbing series will be played at Peshawar on Friday and at Lahore onMarch21and24.
Tendulkar, named man-of-the-match, said he would have been happier with his effort if India had won.
"The pitch took more turn in the evening. The ball was stopping and it was not easy to bat out there.
"We took some time to settle down and were more selective in our strokeplay. But the Pakistanis bowled very well."
Tendulkar, already the most succcessful batsman in one-day
history, made a gallant effort to win the match for India before he was caught in the deep off Shoaib Malik in the 39th over with 85 still needed.
Tendulkar put on 69 for the third wicket with Ganguly and 105 for the fourth with Rahul Dravid, whose 36 was the second highest score for India.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the second one-day international between Pakistan and India at the Pindi Cricket Stadium onTuesday; ■ • PAKISTAN: 329 for 6 in 50 overs'^ Hameed 86, S Afridi 80, A Raaiuicj 31, SMalik30.1 Haq 29, Y Khan 28; A
Nehra 3-14, YSingh 2-11)
INDIA
Seh wag b Akhtar 26
TendulkarcRazzaqbMalik 141, LaxmanlbwbSami 4
GangulystMoinhAfridi 15
Dravid bSami 36
YuvrajcShabbirbAfridi 19
KaifcMalikbAkhtar 7
Powarnotout 18
ZaheerlbwbAkhtar 0
Balaji runout 14
Nehra bSami 0
Extras:(b-3,lb-21,nb-7,w-6) 37
Total: (All out in48.4 overs) 317
Fall of wickets: 1 -56;’ssfa! 3-140% 245,”5‘-280,-0'282,''yu’em'8-284, 9-giSp/urarai.niivmiibwiw FROM PAGE 13
Bowler O M R W
Akhtar 9 I 49 3
Shabbir 9 0 65 0
Sami 9.4 1 41 3
Malik 10 0 59 1
Afridi 8 0 57 2
Razzaq 3 0 22 0
Result: Pakistan won by 12 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Sachin Tendulkar.
Toss: Pakistan.