Rahul Dravid Dismissed by Some Brilliant Bowling by Tim Bresnan |
Earlier on the first day; England won the toss first time in the series and decided to invite visitors to bat on which proved to be a more than good decision as India lost their top and middle order for just Nelson (111) on the board. MS Dhoni (77) and Praveen Kumar (26) shared a good stand before England wrapped up the tail after tea.
India only managed 24 runs after tea with England returning to the discipline they had shown in the morning session to dismiss Dhoni and Ishant Sharma in quick succession with a total of 224 on the scoreboard.
With the exception of the spell when Dhoni and Kumar were in, England were excellent once again with the ball. Broad and Bresnan finished with four wickets apiece and along with Anderson, they had dismissed what was a full-strength India batting line-up with plenty of time left on day one.
On their turn with the bat; Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook made a significant dent in the total during the final 23 overs. Strauss reached his first international fifty of the season, 25th of the career, as the pace bowlers struggled to make an impression and Amit Mishra didn't pose many problems.
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