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Just when India had thought of earning some ground on the fixture, rain came pouring, bringing a halt to the proceeding One Day International (ODI) match against England.
The bout comes as the opening ODI match between the English hosts and the Indian tourists and was being played at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, on Saturday, September 03, 2011.
Initially the fixture came alive after the English skipper, Alistair Cook, won the toss and forced the Indian visitors into batting first. The team’s session kicked off as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 took their mark in the crease, while English bowling
attack opened with the star duo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711.
Offering a notable start for the team, the batting pair took on an impressive stance, pouring in some adequate numbers. However, the Blue Shirts finally suffered their opening loss in the16th over, owned by English big gun, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, who forced Rahane
into exiting the crease at 40.
Another swift blow came for the side after veteran batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, India finally saw some light of hope, after the new comer,
coupled with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 opted to take on some hard whacks, knocking some big runs for the team.
The pair was eventually parted by Anderson who restricted Patel into falling 10 runs short of a hundred runs mark, brining the team’s wicket toll to 3. The following over brought another mishap for the side after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 walked off after being caught
hard on the glove off Broad’s delivery.
Following the loss of Kohli in the next over, the procession finally trailed into the closing moments of the bout, but for the remaining middle order, the players managed to hold on to a safe run rate that finally aided India into wrapping up its session
at an impressive 274, losing 7 wickets in all.
As for the English response, the team kicked off with skipper Cook, coupled with wicket-keeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143, managed to deliver a successful blow at the line-up,
sending off Cook to the pavilion followed by Kiestwetter.
Suffering an early loss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 however, is in more trouble as the modified target seems to be favouring the Men in Blue.
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