India’s Second innings:
With England setting a target of 368 runs to chase all expected Virender Sehwag to hit England bowlers to all the parts of the ground as he once again disappointed the crowd as he was bowled by Hoggard in the fifth over of the morning.
With Dravid and Jaffer at the crease there was no trouble for India as both batted with a solid defence and punished only bad balls which was too short or strayed into leg side.
Dravid was in particular was very good in his defence as his first 35 runs came of nearly 120 balls indicating how he batted well for his most past of the innings.Jaffer made a good start and capitialised on it as he made England pay for a missed run out and a catch as he scored his maiden hundred in test match cricket.
Jaffer once after reaching 90’s he played defensively as he had a eye on his century to make a strong point to the selectors to indicate that he is the right kind of opening batsman for India they had been looking for.
Indians steeped up on the gas after tea as Dravid scored his runs very quickly and a they looked forward to win the test match as they sent Irfan Pathan in after Dravid’s dismissal which clearly indicated they are looking for a win.
Pathan and Dhoni who came in place of Jaffer played some good shots and Tendulkar who came at the fall of Pathan also continued the good work done by Pathan as he scored his runs quickly and once Dhoni was gone it was clear that Indians would be pitching in for a draw as the match ended in draw with more than 11 overs to be bowled.
With England setting a target of 368 runs to chase all expected Virender Sehwag to hit England bowlers to all the parts of the ground as he once again disappointed the crowd as he was bowled by Hoggard in the fifth over of the morning.
With Dravid and Jaffer at the crease there was no trouble for India as both batted with a solid defence and punished only bad balls which was too short or strayed into leg side.
Dravid was in particular was very good in his defence as his first 35 runs came of nearly 120 balls indicating how he batted well for his most past of the innings.Jaffer made a good start and capitialised on it as he made England pay for a missed run out and a catch as he scored his maiden hundred in test match cricket.
Jaffer once after reaching 90’s he played defensively as he had a eye on his century to make a strong point to the selectors to indicate that he is the right kind of opening batsman for India they had been looking for.
Indians steeped up on the gas after tea as Dravid scored his runs very quickly and a they looked forward to win the test match as they sent Irfan Pathan in after Dravid’s dismissal which clearly indicated they are looking for a win.
Pathan and Dhoni who came in place of Jaffer played some good shots and Tendulkar who came at the fall of Pathan also continued the good work done by Pathan as he scored his runs quickly and once Dhoni was gone it was clear that Indians would be pitching in for a draw as the match ended in draw with more than 11 overs to be bowled.
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