About the controversial dismissal of Saurav Ganguly, when the situation warranted to have the third umpire's verdict, Azhar said such things happen in a game.

Team coach Anshuman Gaekwad felt that it was just one of those things that India stumbled at the doorstep of win. ``Sachin failed at the last hurdle as he was hampered by a hip muscle pain.''

Did the failure of the openers to come good worry him now that the problems seem to persist? Gaekwad said the only worry is that the openers are not coming with consistent scores.

TEAM RETAINED: The Indian selectors retained the same fourteen for the second Test against Pakistan at New Delhi to begin on Feb 4. This was announced by J Y Lele, Secretary, Board of Control for Cricket in India, at the conclusion of the first Test at Chepaukon Sunday.