5 thrilling draws involving India affected by rain or bad light 

#3 India v Pakistan, 2007

Anil Kumble

In the three-game Test series against Pakistan at home in 2007, the teams arrived in Bengaluru for the final Test with India leading the series 1-0. India batted first and thanks to Sourav Ganguly's 239 and Yuvraj Singh's scintillating 169, in addition to Irfan Pathan's 133 balls 102 at number 8, they piled up 626 in the first innings. Pakistan responded with 537 but there was no doubt that the match was heading for a tame draw.

India batted for 76.3 overs and scored 284 to set Pakistan an improbable target of 374 in 47 overs on the last day. The only possibility here was a draw and when the openers Yasir Hameed and Salman Butt took them to 44 for no loss, it was a foregone conclusion.

However, that is when captain Anil Kumble triggered an incredible collapse to raise the visions of a famous win as he picked up 4 wickets to reduce Pakistan to 144-4 in the 32nd over. Kumble picked up one more wicket and Yuvraj Singh took two more as Pakistan found themselves precariously placed at 154-7 in the 35th over.

With 11 overs still to be played, India were definitely the favourites to win the game but then bat light stopped play and robbed India of a famous victory against their arch-rivals.