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Pujara, Aswhin rally India in second Test
against England
Friday November 23, 2012 09:33:23 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
A sublime hundred by Cheteshwar Pujara and his unfinished 97-run
stand with Ravichandran Ashwin got India out of trouble on the
opening day of the second cricket Test against England here
Friday. At the close, India were 266/6.
Pujara (114 not out) and Ashwin (60 not out) took India to a
respectable 266 in 90 overs from a precarious 169 for six on a
Wankhede pitch that responded to spin on the opening day itself.
Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar made his first opportunity of the
series count by picking four crucial wickets.
England were on top in the first session with India making a small
recovery in the afternoon to be 167 for five at tea. India seized
the initiative in the final session though they lost their skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (29) soon after resumption. If India notch up
any score upwards of 300, England could be put under pressure as
they have to bat last on a crumbling pitch with India playing with
three spinners, including Harbhajan Singh.
While Virender Sehwag (30), playing his 100th Test, and local hero
Sachin Tendulkar (8) disappointed, Pujara seemed to have resumed
from where he left off in the first Test at Motera where he was
not dismissed scoring 206 in the first innings and 41 in the
second.
Coming to face the third ball of the match, his third Test hundred
came in much tougher conditions than the one in the first. The
24-year-old endured a testing spell of fast bowling in the morning
after India opted to bat. Pujara also showed great skill in
tackling the sharp turners of Graeme Swann (1/59) and Panesar
(4/91).
The Saurashtra youngster struck ten fours in his 279-ball effort
and the rub of the green too went his way. The Rajkot-born
cricketer was dropped at second slip while batting on 62 and was
close to getting out on 94 when he went for a pull off Swann. The
ball appeared to rebound off the short-leg fielder Alastair Cook's
foot to mid-wicket. The Englishmen claimed a catch, but the
replays showed the ball hit the ground before kissing the toe of
the close-in fielder.
Soon after, Pujara got to three figures with a pulled four off
Anderson.
Ashwin, on the other hand, played his part brilliantly and came up
with strokes expected from a top-order batsman. The off-spinner
struck boundaries on either side to get to his second Test fifty.
England dominated the morning session with Panesar and pacers
bowling a disciplined line and length on a track that gave them
hope.
Anderson got the breakthrough off the second ball of the match
when Gautam Gambhir (4) was adjudged leg-before, trying to flick
the ball off his toes. A close decision went in the bowler's
favour.
A double strike by Panesar ensured that the first session belonged
to England as India went in for lunch at 87 for three from 28
overs.
Sehwag missed a straight one to find his stumps disturbed while
Tendulkar was bowled off a ball that turned sharply.
Shortly after the lunch break, Kohli became Panesar's third
victim, the left-arm spinner flighting the ball to induce the
batsman into an expansive drive, resulting in a simple catch at
cover.
Yuvraj perished in the next over, playing Swann inside the line to
be bowled for a nought.
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