Pakistan 245 and 173 for 2 (Farhat 57, Butt 53) lead India 238 (Yuvraj 45, Pathan 40, Asif 4-78) by 180 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

How they were out

After the debacle of the first evening, India's middle and lower order waged a feisty fightback to restore the balance, only for an 109-run opening partnership to give Pakistan control of proceedings once again. By stumps, they had moved to 173 for 2, an overall lead of 180. With the pitch having eased up and much less in it for the bowlers, they were well on course to set India a monumental target to win the match and series.

Having eked out a lead of just seven runs, Pakistan emerged for their second innings with plenty of questions being asked about the quality of the top order, which had succumbed so meekly at the first time of asking. They responded in impressive fashion, with some glorious drives and cuts as the Indian bowlers failed to come close to matching their first-innings feat. Even though there was lateral movement with the new ball, the line and length was never consistent enough to put pressure on the batsmen.

Imran Farhat set the tone with some wonderful drives and back-foot punches through the off-side cordon, and Salman Butt followed suit with a couple of sweetly timed drives through cover. There was invariably a four-ball every over, and without the batsmen taken undue risks, the scoreboard operators were kept alert. Irfan Pathan couldn't reprise his first-innings heroics, and Zaheer Khan was just wayward. Rudra Pratap Singh and Anil Kumble could make no impression either, and Kumble's indifferent tour took a further lurch for the worse as Butt twice thumped him over midwicket for fours.

Both batsmen had sauntered past 50 by the time India made an unlikely breakthrough. Having run out of frontline options, Rahul Dravid had tossed the ball to Sourav Ganguly. He struck with the first ball of his second over, trapping Butt with a peach of a delivery. And the Indians were given a further boost when Farhat, who had leathered 59 in quick time, played an indiscrete pull shot that flew off the top edge to mid-on. But Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf - who were both on king pairs - weren't about to give it away a second time, and a flurry of shots scorched the outfield in the pale afternoon sunshine. For the Indians, it was a sobering reminder of back-breaking bowling spells at Lahore and Faisalabad, and a far cry from their performance on day one.

The early part of the morning had belonged to India, with Yuvraj Singh and Ganguly stitching together a vital 81-run partnership, but Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Asif struck in quick succession before lunch as Pakistan regained the initiative. But having then reduced India to 181 for 8, they were foiled by another exhibition of clean hitting from Pathan, who made the most of two reprieves to thump 40 from just 51 balls.

Resuming on 74 for 4, both Ganguly and Yuvraj were eager to make use of whatever opportunities that came their way. Yuvraj set the tone for the first hour with a superb straight-drive off Razzaq and a beautifully timed shot through cover off Asif. At the other end, Ganguly was prepared for a short-ball barrage, and when Shoaib Akhtar came round the wicket, he played one withering slash for four. Shoaib generated serious pace but far too many deliveries bounced harmlessly down leg side or were too short to make the batsmen play. He did dish up a superb yorker clocked at 151.9 kmph, which Ganguly just about kept out, but there were also two misdirected bouncers that went for four byes each.

Yuvraj swayed out of the way of a vicious bouncer, and handled Shoaib with enough comfort, squeezing one down to third man and thumping a slow full-toss through cover for four. The two had added 61 in the morning when Ganguly, as composed as any batsman on view, went for the pull that he has always played so badly. His anguish at the dismissal was all too apparent, and a glove thrown to the ground was symbolic of regret at a big score missed.

Through it all, Asif had bowled an admirable spell, pitching it up and darting the ball in and out off the seam. Mahendra Singh Dhoni looked clueless in the face of Asif's probing off-stump line early on, but then played two splendid off-drives off the back foot. Yuvraj had played some sensational shots on his way to 45, but Asif's perseverance couldn't be denied after he pitched a ball on leg stump and thudded it into the pads.

Two balls later, Dhoni was also back in the pavilion, playing an ugly flail. Only Pakistan's generosity behind the stumps prevented further reverses, with Kamran Akmal reprieving Kumble down the leg side, and Younis - who split his hand open in the effort - messing up a chance offered by Pathan - then still to score - off successive Razzaq deliveries. Shoaib then speared one into Kumble's rib-cage before trapping him in front, but was rendered ineffectual by Pathan. After being smashed past point, he came round the wicket, only to watch with mounting frustration as Pathan played a gorgeous cover-drive and a flat pull for six over backward square leg.

Pakistan leaked 28 extras, with 17 no-balls among them, and Bob Woolmer, the coach, would also have been dismayed by the fielding. Pathan was on six when Asif let a slash skim over his hands at deep point, and Zaheer Khan was then put down by Shoaib in the deep when he went for a similar shot. However, an impetuous hoick from Pathan resulted in India surrendering the lead, and by day's end, they had lost even more ground on a pitch likely to be batsmen-friendly for at least another day.

How they were out

India

Sourav Ganguly c Asif b Razzaq 34 (137 for 5)
Top-edged a pull down to backward square leg

Yuvraj Singh lbw Asif 45 (165 for 6)
Pitched on leg stump and rapped him on the pad in front of middle stump

Mahendra Dhoni c Akmal b Razzaq 13 (165 for 7)
Stand-and-deliver drive edged behind, fine catch taken low to the right

Anil Kumble lbw Shoaib 7 (181 for 8)
Caught on the crease by an express delivery that would have crashed into leg stump

Irfan Pathan c Yousuf b Afridi 40 (237 for 9)
Attempt to clear the infield only finds the man at deep mid-off

Zaheer Khan c Akmal b Asif 21 (238 all out)
Edged a bouncer behind the stumps

Pakistan

Salman Butt lbw Ganguly 53 (109 for 1)
Trapped plumb in front by one that swung back in

Imran Farhat c Tendulkar b Pathan 57 (122 for 2)
Midjudged the pace and bounce, top-edged to mid-on