India v England – England tour of India (4th Test) – Live Cricket Score and Match Update – Kohli, Dhoni, bat through third morning
Having suffered significant damages during the previous day, India’s Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni guided the team safely through the first session on day three of their ongoing final Test against England without losing a single wicket, at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vidarbha-c860 Cricket
Association Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur, today on December 15.
The earlier stages of the match had seen England working towards a sizeable total, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla (21.5-1-69-4),
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 (37-17-58-2), India managed to bowl the opposition out for a first innings total of 330.
However, the second day had ended with the host team’s batting line-up severely depleted, as the heroics of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to turn the tables, and gain an upper-hand.
India had barely walked onto the crease for their first innings when Anderson snapped up veteran opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209 (26), who offered the team a brief glimmer
of hope, with a 58-run second-wicket stand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 (37).
However, the partnership was not allowed to progress further, with Pujara caught out by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 was the next batsman to walk onto the crease, but made an almost immediate exit, bowled by Anderson after
a mere 2-run contribution.
By this point, things were beginning to look bleak for India, and Anderson did not show any signs of relenting, picking up Gambhir in the 32nd over as his third wicket of the day, leaving the team at 71 for 4. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 eventually ended the second
day at 87 for 4, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 (8*) at the crease.
Both batsmen put up a much-needed display of concentration and application early on the third day, however, and got their team back in the game. Both Kohli (46*) and Dhoni (31*) remained fixed at the crease, and batted steadily throughout the first session
on day three. England’s bowlers failed to break up their as-yet unbeaten partnership, and their combined efforts got the team up to 146 for 4 by lunch, trailing by 184 runs, with 6 wickets remaining in their first innings.
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