India 90/2 at lunch on day 1

Kolkata: Gautam Gambhir led the Indian batting as the hosts finished with 90/2 at the end of the first sessions play against England in the third Test being played at the Eden Gardens here today.

Earlier, Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat this was the third consecutive time that Dhoni has won the toss.

There was only one change in the Indian squad, with pacer Ishant Sharma coming in for out of form Harbhajan Singh.

England made two changes to their squad, Ian Bell came in for Jonny Bairstow and Steven Finn replaced Stuart Broad in the playing eleven.

Indian openers who have been struggling to put up a good stand did well in the initial over to see the new ball off. Just when Virender Sehwag was starting to look threatening he lost his wicket in a terrible mix-up. Cheteshwar Pujara then walked in to bat and looked good.

Gambhir at the other end looked focused and avoided ant rash strokes. England’s last match hero Monty Panesar then got into act and got Pujara misjudging a length to tattle his stumps. Sachin Tendulkar then came out with India at 88/2.
 

 

By Indian Sports News Network

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