We expected Junaid to bowl such a spell: Misbah-ul-Haq

CHENNAI: Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan almost turned Sunday's first ODI against India into a no-contest. The 23-year-old exploited the helpful conditions in a fine display of swing and seam to dismantle a strong Indian top-order in a space of just 17 deliveries.
Junaid bowled full-length to force the batsmen to play the ball on a pitch that afforded movement, and the famed Indian top-order on its part ended up playing down the wrong line.
Junaid reduced the hosts 29/5 to put the tourists on top straight up after winning the toss as he dismissed Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma even before spectators at the packed Chidambaram Stadium could settle down.
Sehwag failed to get behind the line of the ball, as was the case with Kohli who appeared to be caught in two minds. Yuvraj, meanwhile, played across the line while Sharma edged one to be caught at third slip.
"We were expecting him to do so because Junaid has bowled these kind of spells." Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq said.
"The conditions, moisture in the pitch, He is a seam bowler and we expected that he would bowl well. He met the expectations and bowled the kind of spell we had been hoping for," he added.
MS Dhoni said the conditions helped the seamers.
"There was plenty for the bowlers in the initial period. It was a bad toss to lose, good thing for them was their bowlers bowled in the right areas and they exploited the conditions well."