Last Friday Pakistan captain Younus Khan fractured a finger on his right hand while attempting a catch in the slips during a warm-up game against the West Indies and is battling to be ready to face the Indians.

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But all that will just be a warm-up for what promises to be an awful year-end when lame-duck lawmakers will face their own version of an ugly triple witching hour.

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Rohit scored 80 off 53 balls in his side's warm-up match against Pakistan but on this occasion he and Gambhir got off to a relatively cautious start in the face of some disciplined bowling and sharp fielding by Bangladesh.

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