By Chris Florence BBC World Service in Calcutta

For the second Test match in a row, Pakistan were in charge for just one day.

Without Shoaib, Sami lacks support with the new ball

This time it failed to save them as Anil Kumble took advantage of a wearing last-day pitch with figures of 7-63 - his 29th haul of five or more wickets in an innings.

He and India enjoyed the best possible start, with Younis Khan stumped down the leg-side from the day's first delivery.

From then on survival was uppermost in the batsmen's minds, not because of the bounce but the lack of it, as Abdul Razzaq for one found to his cost.

Kumble's 10 wickets in the match, and now 16 in the series so far, is one of the big differences between the sides.

On this pitch and batting last, Pakistan needed to be at least 100 in front at the half-way stage.

Pakistan's Danish Kaneria runs him close but unlike Kumble he does not enjoy the benefit of following a decent pair of seamers.

Mohammad Sami, with three important wickets in India's second innings, at last hinted at matching his reputation.

Without Shoaib Akhtar at the other end, though, he is lacking support with the new ball.

Rahul Dravid's two separate centuries in the match were of the highest class, the second possible better than the first because of the pitch.

He now has 295 runs from three innings and is very much the wicket Pakistan value the most in this series, with Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag not too far behind.

Dravid has 295 runs from three innings in the series so far

Talking of Tendulkar, it was the match in which he joined the 10,000-runs club but he remains one short of going clear in the list of Test century makers.

Many believe the umpire Steve Bucknor has something to do with it after wrongly giving him out in the second innings.

Pakistan's own batting produced centuries, and top-class ones, from Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana but there continues to be a question-mark about their opening pair.

Pakistan lost this match when they failed to grab a first-innings lead.

The loss of their last six wickets for 46 proved decisive when, on this pitch and batting last, they needed to be at least 100 in front at the half-way stage.

The India coach John Wright believes his players lifted their game for their first ever Test win over their great rivals at Eden Gardens.

Pakistan will need to do just that in Bangalore from Thursday to have a chance of stopping India winning this fascinating series