Indian Team continued its victory ahead with 1-0 series win in two test series over England. It also reclaimed its No 2 spot in ICC ratings. Though Gautam Gambhir and Yuvaraj Singh missed out on hundreds , Dhoni's pace bowling with speeds exceeding 130 Kmph guided the team and kept the audience entertained. Gautam Gambhir walked away with the Man-of-the-Match title.
Score Board :
India - 1st innings : 453
England - 1st innings : 302
India 2nd innings : G Gambhir c Bell b Swann 97, V Sehwag (run out) 17, R Dravid b Broad 0, S Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5, V V S Laxman (run out)15, Yuvaraj (run out) 86, M S Dhoni & Panesar 0, Harbajan (not out) 5, Extras (b-10, lb-8,nb-3, w-5):26; Total (for seven wickets . decl in 73 overs ):251
Fall of wickets : 1-30 (Sehwag)2-36 (Dravid) 3-44(Tendulkar) , 4-80(Laxman), 5-233(Yuvaraj)6-241(Dhoni)7-251 (Gambhir)
England Bowling : Anderson 19-8-51-1 , Broad 14-2-50-1 Flintoff 13-1-39-0 Swann 17-3-49-1, Panesar 10-0-44-1
England 2nd innings A Strauss (not out)21. A Cook c Laxman b Ishant 10, 1 . Bell (not out) 24, Extras : (b-4 nb-4 w-1) :9;Total( for one wkt, in 28 overs ):64.
Fall of wicket 1-18(Cook)
India bowling : Zaheer 3-0-11-0, Ishant 5-1-7-1, Harbhajan 11-3-25-0, Mishra 8-1-16-0, Dhoni 1-01-0 |