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Inzy expects team to deliver
Inzamam-ul-Haq wants his team-mates to rise to the occasion in his 100th Test with an improved performance in the final Test match against India on Thursday.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq wants his team-mates to rise to the occasion in his 100th Test with an improved performance in the third and final match against India starting on Thursday.
"We need a combined effort to win the Test. It will be an icing on the cake if we do it on my 100th Test appearance," said Inzamam as Pakistan attempt to level the series after losing the second Test in Kolkata on Sunday.
The first Test ended in a draw at Mohali.
The 35-year-old Inzamam, who made his Test debut in England in 1992, said nothing would make the occasion more memorable than a win.
"When you achieve victory and that too against India, it is always something special. I can't wish anything more on this occasion," the Multan-born Pakistan captain told AFP in an interview.
Inzamam, leading a young team on Pakistan's first tour of India in six years, said he was satisfied with its performance in the previous two Tests.
"We were described as underdogs and the weakest team, but we have played well," said Inzamam, who has scored 7,238 runs in 99 Tests with 20 centuries and 10,631 runs in 336 one-dayers with 10 hundreds.
"By drawing the first Test from a losing position at Mohali we proved we have talent. Had we taken a first-innings lead at Kolkata, the result would have been different," he said.
Pakistan, 281-2 on the third morning of the second Test after unbeaten centuries from Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana, lost their last eight wickets for 112 to be bowled out for 393 in reply to India's 407.
