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Last Updated : Feb 12 2013 | 5:30 PM IST
After getting two wickets in his first spell, Rasool came back for his second spell to dismiss Smith, who was looking solid during his innings of 41. It was delivery that had bounce as well as turn as the right-hander gloved one to Mandeep Singh at forward short leg. Smith was the sixth man to be dismissed for 198 and then Peyer Siddle (22) and James Pattinson (9) again had a partnership of 30 runs. With tail-enders frustrating the Indian bowlers, Board President's XI skipper Abhinav Mukund again reverted back to Rasool, who then polished off the tail with a lot of finesse. First, it was the dogged Siddle who gave a catch to Mandeep Singh and it was followed Pattinson's hoick which was collected by Ladda to give the youngster his fifth wicket. The sixth wicket came when Jackson Bird played to a wrong line and was bowled while the innings was terminated when last man Ashton Agar was stumped trying to give the charge and was stumped by Patel in the process. Save Rasool, leggie Ladda got two wickets but gave away 90 runs in his 26 overs while Stuart Binny dismissed IPL's newest 'Million Dollar Man' Glenn Maxwell. While almost all the top-order Australian players got a decent start, none of them were able to convert it into a big score. The fringe players of the Board President's XI did well to expose the chinks in the Australian armour. Harbhajan Singh, who has tormented the Australians in the past should be buoyed by Rasool's success as Cowan, Wade and one among the trio of Maxwell, Smith and Moises Henriques are certain to play in the top and middle-order alongside Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Phillip Hughes.
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First Published: Feb 12 2013 | 5:30 PM IST

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