India v England - England tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 - 3rd Test - Day 1 – Live Score and Update
India 273/7 (90.0 ov) - India won the toss and elected to bat
After facing an embarrassing defeat by 10 wickets against England in the second Test, India are under tremendous pressure in the third fixture, which began on Wednesday at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, where the hosts chose to bat first, but were struck by disappointment by the end of the day as they were dominated by the English bowlers.
Rumours before the toss suggested that India had made a spinning wicket in order to aid their spin brigade, and since http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 are considered not the greatest players on a turning wicket, the plan was perfect for the Indians.
However, the first day was different, as the pitch had enough juice to aid the pacers more than the spinners.
Nonetheless, the Indians had a commendable start to their innings with openers G Gambhir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 forging a brilliant stand of 47 runs, and the batsmen would have continued their onslaught had it not been for Sehwag’s mistake which got him run out after he had belted 23 runs off 26 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209 was up next, and the second-wicket partnership took the score to 88, before the number-three batsman was sent home by Panesar after scoring 16 off 48 deliveries.
The loss of two wickets brought a considerable decline in the scoring rate, where the Indians were now focussed on retaining their wickets instead of going after the batsmen by taking unnecessary risks.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 on the crease anything was possible which kept the English fielders on their toes as they knew that the Indian pair had the capacity to wreak havoc.
Nonetheless, before the two batsmen could cause any serious damage, Panesar trashed the party by dismissing Gambhir, who crumbled after bolstering a knock of 60 off 124 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364, who perished after scoring only 32.
Tendulkar showed signs of resurgence as he smacked a well crafted knock of 76 before losing his wicket to Anderson.
With skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 on nil, India closed the day with 273 runs on the board and seven wickets down.
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