Loose talk costs M S Dhoni dear as England wrecks Team India

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Agencies: Mumbai, Nov 23 2012, 14:50 IST
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into the eleven as the third spinner after more than a year's gap -- Zaheer Khan and Pragyan Ojha, India would fancy their chances of taking the score past 300.

In the morning and soon after lunch, England applied the screws on India and made the hosts struggle on a turning track on which the ball gripped the surface and also bounced.

Panesar, who was left out of the first Test, was the destroyer-in-chief, with a splendid spell of 23 overs on either side of lunch for the wickets of Sehwag, Tendulkar and Kohli before coming on for another spell for the wicket of Dhoni.

Anderson and off-spinner Swann packed off Gambhir (4) and Yuvraj (2) in two balls apiece.

Gambhir, who flicked Anderson to midwicket off the first ball, missed the next to be rapped in front.

After pushing India on the back foot in the pre-lunch session, England continued the good work with a two-wicket burst in successive overs in the first hour of the post-lunch session.

Panesar, who sent back Sehwag and Tendulkar in successive overs before lunch, got his third victim by dismissing Kohli.

After disturbing the stumps of Sehwag and Tendulkar with sharply turning balls, Panesar induced Kohli to attempt a drive with a ball that drifted in and turned big on pitching to take the leading edge for Nick Compton to bring off a good diving catch.

Kohli had cover-driven the left-arm bowler and his spin partner Swann for attractive boundaries in successive overs before he was lured by the crafty Sikh.

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Idiotic reporter

srini | 23-Nov-2012Reply | Forward
How is Dhoni's comment a loose talk. If anything, it only proves that what Dhoni said is fair as it also gives the oppositing an equal opportunity. But idiotic, self hating, Indian reporters such as this one, hiding behind "Agencies" can write any crap and get away with it. Also, the reporter has no idea about cricket and is also unable to read the pitch. In this pitch, 250 would be a good first innings score and India is well placed in this match. So shut the f.ck up on things you don't know about. Also, don't do gora worship and treat fellow Indians with hate. That is the fundamental issue with this reporter.

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