The 3rd Test of the series between India and England at Kolkata's Eden Garden here today. The Indian captain M.S.Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first.English team came into this match with only 4 bowlers.Both the teams made only changes as England brought in Steven Finn in place of Stuart Broad and India brought Ishant Sharma in place of Harbhajan Singh.
Both the Indian openers started well by adding 47 runs for first wicket as Virender Sehwag got run out.Indians were at good stage once till they lost their 3rd wicket in the form of Gautam Gambhir.He made 60 off 124 balls.After his dismissal,no other batsmen could perform well except Sachin Tendulkar who struck his first half-century in nearly last 10 Tests.He got caught behind off the bowling of James Anderson.He made 76 runs which also included 13 fours.He was the sixth wicket to fall.
After his dismissal,Dhoni and Ashwin tried to hold on for rest of the day but Ashwin was clean bowled by Anderson in 89th over after England took the second new ball.At the end of the day's play,Dhoni and Zaheer Khan were at the crease 22 and 0 runs respectively.James Anderson was the hero of the day as he took 3 wickets
Brief Scores:-
India: 273/7 (90.0 overs)
S.Tendulkar: 76 (155) J.Anderson: 3/68 (21.0)
G.Gambhir: 60 (124) M.Panesar: 2/74 (35.0)
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