Scorecard

For the second time in the series Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq elected to bat on what is largely viewed as another nightmare of a pitch for the bowlers, in Faisalabad.

The Indian team, as captain Rahul Dravid [ Images ] explained, decided to "be positive" and included five bowlers for the second Test against Pakistan at the Iqbal stadium on Saturday.

Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] was dropped to accomodate the fifth seamer -- Rudra Pratap Singh, while Ajit Agarkar [ Images ] made way for the third left-arm seamer in the team, Zaheer Khan [ Images ].

Dravid would thus be opening in the second Test too, after piling a 410-run first-wicket partnership with Virender Sehwag [ Images ] in Lahore [ Images ].

Ths hosts dropped their only wicket-taker in the first Test in Lahore, Naved-ul Hasan Rana, and Mohammed Sami to include Mohammed Asif and Abdul Razzaq [ Images ].

Teams:

India [ Images ]: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], VVS Laxman [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Anil Kumble [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh

Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ] (captain), Younis Khan [ Images ], Mohammed Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar [ Images ], Shahid Afridi [ Images ], Shoaib Malik [ Images ], Salman Butt [ Images ], Kamran Akmal, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Asif [ Images ].

Umpires: Rudi Koertzen [ Images ] (South Africa [ Images ]) and Simon Taufel (Australia [ Images ]).

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka [ Images ])