India vs England Day 4 Highlights 2nd Mohali Test Cricket
cores: England 302 all out. India crawl to 134/4 thanks mainly to a late cameo by Yuvraj Singh (39). Two run outs, batting that was content with a 1-0 series win, and some fabulous bowling by Anderson and Broad dominated most of the day's play after lunch.
At Lunch: England were bowled out by lunch for 302, after some super bowling by Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh (possibly his best spell in the game). India will probably look to set a target of 400 (to get in 1 day) before they even think of declaring. Their own chase at Chennai and South Africa's win yesterday influencing this kind of thinking.
Kevin Pietersen about Yuvraj Singh: “You’ve got a pie chucker like Yuvraj Singh who comes out and can chuck some filth out at you. I mean, hey, I’m pretty happy when that happens”.
The video starts with this statement by KP. Well, I’m not too sure about how happy KP has been facing the pie chucker, because he’s hardly scored against Yuvraj and been out twice already on this tour. It’s gonna be really intriguing tomorrow - KP just scored a super hundred yesterday but will be under the pressure of going for a win (unlikely) or saving the test, whereas Yuvraj has nothing to lose when he comes on to bowl. Also, when Piyush Chawla had KP struggling during the tour of England, was he a pie chucker too?
Zaheer Khan was breathtaking in the morning along with Harbhajan who had his best phase of bowling in this test. James Anderson (in particular) and Stuart Broad tamed all cocky Indian thoughts of a quick lead with a fantastic line and accurate length over after over. With Sehwag getting run out to a Jonty moment by Ian Bell, India responded with a laboured batting display that looked like it was playing out time. Surprisingly, England who had inched ahead with 3 wickets for not much, opted to bowl wide of the stumps, with the point positioned deep for Gambhir (who has been out edging to slips). But Gambhir showed a new facet to his game - patience, something that seems to have been honed during his 1st innings knock alongside Dravid. The problem with this approach of patience by Gambhir and Laxman was that in the event of a flurry of wickets the eventual Indian lead could have been chaseable by England tomorrow. All that conjecture however was flung out of the window with the ease of a pie-chucker, by Yuvraj scoring 39 off just 40 deliveries.
All the anticipation of the reception greeting him in the wake of the Sledging incident with Pietersen, came to nothing as no one had a go at anyone.
Photoes of the day
Matt Prior walks back to the pavilion as India bowler Harbhajan Singh
celebrates his wicket with team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the
fourth day of the second Test match. (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images)
Harbhajan Singh celebrates with teammate Gautam Gambhir after taking
the wicket of unseen England batsman Matt Prior during the fourth day
of the second Test match between India and England at The Punjab
Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali. (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty
Images)
Stuart Broad of England walks off after his dismissal during day 4 of
the Second Test Match between India and England at Mohali. (Getty
Images)
Monty Panesar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni watch as Gautam Gambhir prepares
to take a catch to dismiss Panesar during the fourth day of the second
Test match. In their first innings, England were all out for 302 runs
in response to the Indian first innings score of 453 runs. (Prakash
Singh/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Indian team walk off at the end of England's innings
during day 4 of the Second Test Match between India and England at the
PCA Stadium.
cores: England 302 all out. India crawl to 134/4 thanks mainly to a late cameo by Yuvraj Singh (39). Two run outs, batting that was content with a 1-0 series win, and some fabulous bowling by Anderson and Broad dominated most of the day's play after lunch.
At Lunch: England were bowled out by lunch for 302, after some super bowling by Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh (possibly his best spell in the game). India will probably look to set a target of 400 (to get in 1 day) before they even think of declaring. Their own chase at Chennai and South Africa's win yesterday influencing this kind of thinking.
Kevin Pietersen about Yuvraj Singh: “You’ve got a pie chucker like Yuvraj Singh who comes out and can chuck some filth out at you. I mean, hey, I’m pretty happy when that happens”.
The video starts with this statement by KP. Well, I’m not too sure about how happy KP has been facing the pie chucker, because he’s hardly scored against Yuvraj and been out twice already on this tour. It’s gonna be really intriguing tomorrow - KP just scored a super hundred yesterday but will be under the pressure of going for a win (unlikely) or saving the test, whereas Yuvraj has nothing to lose when he comes on to bowl. Also, when Piyush Chawla had KP struggling during the tour of England, was he a pie chucker too?
Zaheer Khan was breathtaking in the morning along with Harbhajan who had his best phase of bowling in this test. James Anderson (in particular) and Stuart Broad tamed all cocky Indian thoughts of a quick lead with a fantastic line and accurate length over after over. With Sehwag getting run out to a Jonty moment by Ian Bell, India responded with a laboured batting display that looked like it was playing out time. Surprisingly, England who had inched ahead with 3 wickets for not much, opted to bowl wide of the stumps, with the point positioned deep for Gambhir (who has been out edging to slips). But Gambhir showed a new facet to his game - patience, something that seems to have been honed during his 1st innings knock alongside Dravid. The problem with this approach of patience by Gambhir and Laxman was that in the event of a flurry of wickets the eventual Indian lead could have been chaseable by England tomorrow. All that conjecture however was flung out of the window with the ease of a pie-chucker, by Yuvraj scoring 39 off just 40 deliveries.
All the anticipation of the reception greeting him in the wake of the Sledging incident with Pietersen, came to nothing as no one had a go at anyone.
Photoes of the day
Matt Prior walks back to the pavilion as India bowler Harbhajan Singh
celebrates his wicket with team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the
fourth day of the second Test match. (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images)
Harbhajan Singh celebrates with teammate Gautam Gambhir after taking
the wicket of unseen England batsman Matt Prior during the fourth day
of the second Test match between India and England at The Punjab
Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali. (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty
Images)
Stuart Broad of England walks off after his dismissal during day 4 of
the Second Test Match between India and England at Mohali. (Getty
Images)
Monty Panesar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni watch as Gautam Gambhir prepares
to take a catch to dismiss Panesar during the fourth day of the second
Test match. In their first innings, England were all out for 302 runs
in response to the Indian first innings score of 453 runs. (Prakash
Singh/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Indian team walk off at the end of England's innings
during day 4 of the Second Test Match between India and England at the
PCA Stadium.
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