India vs England 1st Test Highlights 3rd Day Chennai
Scoreline: India 241 all out. England 172/3. Overall lead of 247. Another 100 runs tomorrow, and India could be left wondering, when and how did the pants get yanked off.
MS Dhoni 53 and Harbhajan Singh 40 strung together some important runs, but not quite the partnership they had in the final test vs Australia. Zaheer Khan was lucky to not be given first ball by Billy Bowden but it didn’t really matter in the end. Dhoni got out yet again looking to launch – in the last year and a half in test cricket he’s developed the dependable-in-a-tough-situation aspect of his batting, but in the process, those famed taking the game away knocks have become sparse.
Dhoni’s decisions regarding the bowlers however were fantastic, with Amit Mishra coming ahead of Harbhajan and striking. He then brought on Yuvraj with Pietersen in, and got him too. The defensive field placings were surprising though.
Ishanth Sharma had yet another no-ball day but was terrific in short patches. The Indian bowlers attempted to stir up Strauss, but his response was a runs-collected half century, while Collingwood played some cool shots against the spinners. Harbhajan lost his cool at one point after Rahul Dravid appeared to have conceded a single, and had to be calmed down by Tendulkar. Oh, Rahul – the 2nd innings belongs to you – seize the day.
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