There was some movement in the air early on. I was surprised when South Zone decided to bat after winning the toss, I told myself to concentrate on line and length.

I got my first wicket in the third over -- Sridharan Sriram tried to on-drive a ball that came back in off the seam, and was trapped in front.

Swing again got the wicket of Nandkishore -- I bowled him an outswinger first. He anticipated another outswinger off the next ball, but I bowled inswing, he didn't offer a shot thinking it was going to leave him, and he was caught in front of the wicket.

Rahul Dravid was an important wicket, and I got him early, pushing a defensive shot at a natural outswinger that moved just enough to take the edge through to the keeper. And an almost identical delivery saw Vijay Bharadwaj playing a defensive shot for the edge to the keeper.

Tilak Naidu didn't move his feet on a defensive shot, to a ball that came back in to him off the seam. He was caught plumb in front. Then came VVS Laxman -- I bowled one that angled in through the air onto a middle and leg line, hit the deck and seamed away towards off stump. Laxman tried to drive, played inside the line, and was bowled.

Ashish Kapoor played defensively to an inswinger, missed the line, and was trapped plumb in front. Then Sunil Joshi, Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad all fell, misreading the movement I was getting.

Throughout, I wasn't trying for pace at all, I realised the conditions were good for swing, so I concentrated on line and length right through. For me, Laxman's wicket was the most special -- he is always a challenge to bowl to. I thought him out here, the ball was angling in so he went for the on-drive, the ball beat him in the air and off the deck, it is a special ball for any pace bowler, and it is always a delight when you get a good batsman with that ball.