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Sachin Tendulkar’s 99 and Rahul Dravid’s 92 not out put India in a commanding position setting England to chase a target of 330.A odd shaped ground with shorter boundaries at some angles and a longer ones at few made it difficult to the captain of fielding sides to set a good field [...] A run out (Ganguly) and three quick wickets by Anderson (Gambir, Tendulkar and Yuvraj) made England celebrate a 1-0 lead against India in the first one dayer. Anderson finished with 4 for 23 in the 10 overs quota.Starting from the decision to field it was all the way the faulty captaincy of Dravid [...] A great start to a prolonged 7 match one day series between England and India. Alister cook (102) and Ian Bell (126 not out) took the steam out of Indian bowling attack to finish at 288 for 2 in the alloted 50 overs. Thank god it was not a test match and the innings [...] India Squad: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar (vice-captain), Ajit Agarkar, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Rohit Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh Looking at the squad, can you imagine Sachin, Saurav, Karthik, Uthappa, Yuvaraj and Dravid scoring under 275? [...] Kevin Pietersen’s deserving century help England bat out the fifth and final day and draw the test match. This means India took home the series 1-0. Thanks to the rain gods which helped India to save a loosing battle in the first test. Poor captaincy by Dravid in the 3rd test [...] After India setting a target of almost impossible 500 runs in a minimum 110 overs, England closed the day 4 at 56 without loosing a wicket. It was almost certain that India is expecting a safe draw when they chose not to give follow on. Let us see whether our bolwers can get some [...] Strange thinking by the team management helped England reduce India to 121 for 5 by Tea. Althogh India are at a comfortable lead of 440 runs in total. India looks satisfied at a draw to win the series and England should be more that happy to settle for a draw at this stage. Let [...] Zaheer khan too 3 for 32 in 22 overs to give a clear advantage to India on the 3rd day of the final test between India and England. Sreesanth and first inning batting hero Kumble took 2 wickets each as India reduced england to 326 for 9. England still need 139 runs from the [...] Indians took day 2 honours too on the final test of Indian tour of England with the help of Maiden test century by Anil Kumble. Earlier Tendulkar scored 82, followed by a half century by VVS Laxman and a brisk 92 by Dhoni. Kumble was well supported by Sreesanth in the 10th wicket partnership [...] Commanding 91 by Dinesh Karthik, Crafted 55 by skipper Dravid, a shaky unbeaten 48 by Tendulkar, useful 30,3 by Saurav and unbeaten Laxman puts India in the driver’s seat of Test 3 on Day 1. India closed the day at 316-4. If the performance can be extended by another 3 hours or so tomorrow, [...] |
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