In 2004, India scored their first ever series win over Pakistan in Pakistan, winning 2-1. The first of these victories, by 52 runs, came at Multan thanks to an exhilarating triple century by Virender Sehwag. But this victory was not without some controversy for Rahul Dravid, captaining the side in place of injured Saurav Ganguly, declared the innings with Tendulkar on 194. Tendulkar was upset at the declaration while Dravid justified it as the team’s intent to win. But there was no major fall out of this. The two players spoke to each other, resolved the matter and over the next 8-9 years collaborated in several significant partnerships for India
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