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Spirited English bowling restrict India to
273/7
Wednesday December 05, 2012 09:37:33 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: Notwithstanding a masterly 76 from Sachin Tendulkar, India
squandered a promising start to end at 273 for seven on day one of
the third cricket Test against England here Wednesday.
The visitors' bowlers, led by pacer James Anderson (3/68) and
tweaker Monty Panesar (2/74), bowled inspiring spells as India
were found on the back foot by stumps. Captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni (22) and Zaheer Khan (0) are in the middle after India opted
to bat at the Eden Gardens.
The high points of the Indian innings were Tendulkar's fluent and
confident half-century and his 79-run fifth wicket pairing with
Yuvraj Singh (32) - the only 50-plus partnership of the day - that
gave some respectability to the hosts.
In the morning, however, it was opener Gautam Gambhir who came up
with a gritty 60 and was involved in three stands which raised
hopes of a big first innings score. The Delhi left hander put on
47 with Virender Sehwag (23), 41 with Cheteshwar Pujara (16) and
29 with Tendulkar, who got his first half-century since the early
January match against Australia at Sydney.
Gambhir and Sehwag never seemed in any trouble against the pacers
who did not get much movement, prompting skipper Alastair Cook to
summon spinner Panesar as early as the eighth over.
England drew first blood in the 11th over when Sehwag was run out
after a misunderstanding with Gambhir.
Gambhir, who played a gritty 65 in the second innings of the
Mumbai test for a lost cause, looked determined and played some
crisp shots.
Pujara, who joined the action after Sehwag's fall, returned in the
26th over when Panesar broke through his solid defence, with the
score at 88.
Lunch was taken at 90 for two, and the second session saw Gambhir
and Tendulkar play cautiously before the steady looking Gambhir
edged an away going delivery to the slip. The bowler was once
again Panesar, who started to look threatening after the pitch
offered him some help.
Tendulkar, who has been struggling for form in the series and
without a hundred in his last 28 Test innings, looked scratchy as
a few deliveries went past perilously close to his bat. The
Mumbaikar was lucky to edge an Anderson ball wide of second slip
for a four.
The bowler came back in the next over to snare Virat Kohli (6)
when the batsman edged one to Graeme Swann waiting at the slips.
With the top order back in the hut, the onus was on Tendulkar and
Yuvraj Singh to take the team to a respectable position. The duo
played some good strokes to consolidate the innings but much to
the dismay of the 20,000-odd crowd, they departed in quick
succession leaving India at 230/6.
Yuvraj survived an early scare when umpire Rod tucker turned down
a confident lbw appeal of James Anderson -- however, the Hawk Eye
adjudged him out. Thereafter he played well, but a soft dismissal
called time on his innings, when he chipped in straight to Cook at
short extra cover.
Tendulkar grew in confidence, and started unleashing some of his
trademark shots. He flicked a stray ball down the leg side to long
leg, for a four to reach his half-century.
But Tendulkar, much like the rest of his team, failed to
capitalise on a good start edging a reverse swinging Anderson ball
to keeper Matt prior. His knock was studded with 13 shots to the
fence.
With the pitch assisting turn, England took the second new ball as
late as the 87th over. It did the trick for Anderson who castled
Ashwin in the penultimate over.
Both the teams made changes with Ishant Sharma replacing Harbhajan
Singh for India while England brought in exciting pacer Steve Finn
for Stuart Broad. Ian Bell in place of Jonathan Bairstow was the
other change for the visitors.
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