http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 v West Indies – 2nd Test – Days Summary
A resounding century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 failing to reach the elusive milestone.
The five-day game was held at the famous Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, where Men In Blue ended the day on 346 for the loss of five wickets. Skipper, Mahendra Singh won the toss and elected to bat first. No changes were made to the side after they beat
the same opponents easily in the first Test match.
The Windies had to make two changes, which saw pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441.
Indian opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, who surprisingly opened the bowling attack.
50 were reached in quick time with Sehwag smashing Sammy for three consecutive boundaries. However, the first drinks break proved to be lucky for the tourists as they got Sehwag (38) soon after the restart. A mere length delivery from the Windies skipper
was smashed uppishly to the mid-wicket region by the power hitter, only to see the ball being easily held by Barath.
This though did not stop the flow of runs as Dravid than joined in the fun and smashed a couple of quick boundaries to kick start his innings. Gambhir on the other end kept on accumulating runs and brought up a deserved half-century just before the lunch
interval.
However, like before the break worked in favour of the visitors as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fidel-Henderson-Edwards-c57010 than got his first wicket of the day, removing the left-hander with a very ordinary ball, which was smashed straight into the hands of cover fielder. Gambhir departed after
making 65.
The largest roar of the day came as Sachin Tendulkar walked on to the field to take guard. His hundredth ton has been in the headlines and the early phases of his knock showed that this innings might prove to be the elusive one.
The Little Master hit a couple of scorching boundaries in back to back overs from Roach, which set his innings and the countdown, both on track. However, tragedy struck when he was dismissed on 38 after failing to execute a pull off leg-spinner, Devendra
Bishoo.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 then came and provided another stern test for the opposition. Along with Dravid both partnered in a 140-run stand, which included The Wall reaching his 100 and Laxman, getting to his half-century.
Just as it seemed the two would guide the team safely till stumps, Dravid fell to part timer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 also could not see off the innings as he became the first scalp of Roach to give the tourists a little
respite.
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