LIVE – Sachin Tendulkar fails as India sinks into deep pit at the Oval – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 failed to play a big innings in India’s first innings on the third day of the fourth Test as he fell after playing a meagre innings of 23 runs off 34 deliveries.
At the time when Sachin walked in, the Indians were two wickets down for 13 runs and needed a solid innings from the remaining batting contingent to overcome a mammoth tally of 591 runs posted by England in their first innings.
India desperately needs to grab a win from the match to avoid a whitewash in the four-match Test series which has already been won by the hosts England. Nonetheless, a victory will help the tourists redeem some glory which they lost this summer in England.
Sachin, who is just one century away from becoming the first batsman to complete hundred centuries in first class cricket, has been bogged down throughout the series as the English have not allowed the batting Maister to dominate the game.
Tendulkar was caught in the 19th over when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501, who had been troubling the batsman well before taking his wicket.
The sight of Sachin walking back to the pavilion left the Indian fans in disarray as they knew that had Sachin played a big innings, the Indians might have crawled back in the game that was dominated by the English almost from the first day.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607, who has scored only 182 runs in the series with a batting average of 26.00, is surely not looking his best in England. This also shows that the English have successfully executed their game plan to neutralize the dangerous batsman.
Meanwhile, after Sachin it was the seasoned middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 who took charge of things as he tried to stand defiant against the English bowling onslaught.
However, the English bowlers have made India’s top batting line-up look like a second class outfit which has failed to cope with the English conditions as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 was also sent back
packing after scoring one runs off nine deliveries.
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