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Cricinfo staff12-Mar-2005On when he became sure that India could not win
When Pakistan’s lead reached 210, with maybe 35 or 38 overs left. Then I knew that we couldn’t win.On how hard it will be for the Indians to reconcile themselves tothis draw
I don’t think it will be tough. We must give credit to Razzaq and Akmal. They batted brilliantly under pressure. We dominated this Test for four days; it’s just that we could not finish the Test today.On whether the draw could be blamed on India’s slow batting on the third day
No. They were six wickets down at the start of today, we had 97 overs to get them out and get the remaining runs, and we couldn’t. Our batting had nothing to do with it.On whether they missed Harbhajan
Well, we did not know at the start of the Test what would happen. We saw the moisture on the wicket, made a decision to play the third seamer, and so we had to leave Harbhajan out. And out bowlers bowled well until , so it looked like a good decision.On the pitch in Mohali
This is my fourth Test in Mohali. Three of these four have now been draws. The pitch played well throughout the Test, and we played well on the first four to set up the win. But we couldn’t finish it off.On whether India find it hard to bowl to the tail
Razzaq and Akmal are not tailenders. They are good batsmen.