Rahul Dravid's Ton on Day 2 of Second Test - - Watch Live Streaming (Day 3) July 31

Rahul Dravid dismissed after making 34th test century

NOTTINGHAM - - India are fighting their hearts out to level the series against England by winning the second test being played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

First day of the test was totally grabbed by Indian pacers by sending England back to pavilion for just 224. The strong Indian batting line-up teased English bowlers for the most of the second day; but it was Stuart Broad who picked up six wickets with an amazing hat-trick by trapping Indian skipper MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar.

India which was once looking to set a big first innings lead; but with some courageous bowling by Broad they succeeded to take a lead of just 67 runs and got out for 288.

Rahul Dravid (117) scored an artistically knitted century while VVS Laxman (54) and Yuvraj Singh (62) were the other significant contributors.

With the start of the day three the match is balanced again and India has to work very hard for winning the test and levelling the series ultimately.

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India v England (2nd Test, Day 2): Live Score Updates - - Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar Put India on the Driving Seat

India v England (2nd Test, Day 1) - Sreesanth celebrates the wicket of Matt Prior

NOTTINGHAM - - Second test between India and England enters into second day with the domination of Indian bowlers on the day one. India has to force back to level the series after a humiliating loss at Lord’s in the series opener, which happened to be the 2000th test in the history of cricket.

India was trailing by 197 runs with 9 wickets in hand and two experienced players, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid were batting on 13 and 7 respectively. Young opener Abhinav Mukund fell early to James Anderson without disturbing the scorers.

Earlier on the day one; India won the toss and MS Dhoni, after having a close look to the pitch, decided to invite the hosts to bat first which proved a good decision and all the English side sent back to pavilion on just 224 with Stuart Broad topping the batting list with his defiant 64-run innings. Andrew Strauss (32), Ian Bell (31) and Kevin Piertersen (29) were other significant batsmen from England.

All Indian bowlers, in the absence of leading fast bowler Zaheer Khan, bowled impressively; especially top three pacers Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma and S Sreesanth claimed 3 wickets each while Harbhajan Singh picked up important wicket of Stuart Broad.

India succeeded to pull back first day of the second test but the question is ‘whether they will continue their brilliance to come back and level the series’.

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Zaheer Khan Not Available for Second Test Against England at Nottingham

NOTTINGHAM - - It was a historical 2000th test match played between India and England at Lord’s Cricket Ground and concluded on July 25th with a humiliating 196-run defeat to India. The big defeat by the hands of England has certainly dented the reputation of India, which is ranked number one in test ranking followed by South Africa and England respectively.

India captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni confirmed that premier fast bowler Zaheer Khan who had injured his hamstring in the Lord's Test, will not participate in the second match of the series against England starting in Nottingham on Friday.

S Sreesanth who did not take part in the historic first Test at the home of cricket is likely to be the replacement for the injured Zaheer.

Now the question arises; will India bounce back to level the series in the second test scheduled to be started on Friday (July 29) at Nottingham?

Indian prospects to bounce back look quite miserable in the absence of ace fast bowler Zaheer Khan and star batsman Gautam Gambhir due to injuries. On the other hand the psychological impact of big crash in first test is not very conducive for India to fight back strongly in the second test match against very formidable and threatening looking English cricket team.

India’s house on the other hand is not in order. Several top players are not in the best of their health and two important players are all but out of the team for the second test match that is commencing today at Nottingham.

England pacer James Anderson is in no mood to underestimate India and believes the world No 1 Test team has the ability to make a strong comeback in the second test match.

"If you look at their team sheet, it is a daunting line-up. They had the misfortune of Zaheer Khan pulling up early on, but they will come back strongly," said Anderson. "But hopefully we can continue the good work in the next three games," he added.

Former Indian captain and spin legend Anil Kumble also of the view that India can pull back even in the absence of few important players. According to Kumble; India has done it many times in the past and they can repeat it at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

The lack of practice sessions and the absence of seriousness in the practice matches by Indian team have led to the first test humiliating loss, Kumble further said.

Final squads will be announced before the match from the following avaiable players:

England squad

AJ Strauss*, AN Cook, JM Anderson, IR Bell, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, EJG Morgan, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, GP Swann, CT Tremlett, IJL Trott

India squad

MS Dhoni*†, G Gambhir, R Dravid, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, P Kumar, VVS Laxman, A Mishra, A Mukund, MM Patel, SK Raina, WP Saha†, V Sehwag, I Sharma, S Sreesanth, SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh

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Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Tournament - - Rawalpindi Rams Emerged as the New Twenty20 Champion After Beating Karachi Dolphins in 'Super Over'

Rawalpindi Rams: The New Twenty20 Champion

FAISALABAD, Pakistan (July 1) – Rawalpindi Rams becomes the new Twenty20 champion after beating Karachi Dolphins in the final of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Tournament today here at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad.

The winner was decided by Super Over, after the match was tied at 164 in the allotted 20 overs. Sohail KhanSohail Khan, the top wicket taker of the tournament, bowled the Super Over from Karachi Dolphins and gave away 16 runs. Awais Zia smashed two boundaries, a six and a couple.

Raza Hasan bowled the Super Over for Rawalpindi Rams to Khalid Latif and Rameez Raja (Jr.). Khalid Latif got out after hitting six on the first ball. Shahzaib Hasan replaced Khalid Latif. Shahzaib Hasan couldn’t score any run on the last three balls of the Super Over. Karachi Dolphins just managed 7 runs in this Super Over.

Earlier Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and invited Karachi Dolphins to bat first. Rameez Raja, player of the match in the yesterday’s semifinal against Sialkot Stallions, played another good knock of 64 runs for Dolphins. Asad Shafiq also contributed with 36 runs. Kalid Latif’s unbeaten innings of 36 runs helped Karachi Dolphins to set a target of 165 for the loss of 5 wickets in allotted 20 overs.

Raza Hasan was the only successful bowler for Rawalpindi Rams. He claimed 3 wickets in his 4 overs conceding 24 runs. Two of the Dolphins’ batsmen fell prey to excellent fielding by Rawalpindi Rams.

Rawalpindi Rams also had a shaky start losing Naved Malik (8) and Jamal Anwar (0) cheaply. Awais Zia played a good knock of 43 runs of just 20 balls that helped ease early pressure exerted by Karachi Dolphins’ bowlers led by experienced Muhammad Sami, Tanvir Ahmed and Sohail Khan.

Umar Amin played an anchor role and led his team to an impressive victory. He made unbeaten 32 runs and got involve in most crucial partnerships with Adnan Mufti (31), Hammad Azam (23) and Muhammad Rameez (14).

Sohail Khan once again bowled brilliantly and claimed five precious wickets; while Azam Hussain’s 2 wickets in the last over took the match to the Super Over and Rawalpindi Rams emerged as the eventual winner of the tournament.

Sohail Khan was named man of the match for his five wicket haul in the final. He became also the highest wicket taker in the tournament with his 14 wickets.