Indians clueless in front of Alastair Cook's Batting

photo courtesy: Harrias

Another day dominated by England with Alastair Cook leading from the front.In this series until now there have been many instances where the pitch has looked completely  different when the Indians have come in to bowl.England are right on top on the second day after quickly picking up the remaining Indian Wickets and making a brilliant start to their Innings with a 100 plus partnership followed by a 50 plus partnership for the second wicket.They have ended the day only 100 runs behind the Indian score.Indians will need to really pull up their socks tomorrow if they need to have a chance in this match.Below are the highlights and scorecard of day 2.

Highlights of the day:

India:

M.S Dhoni - 52(114)

P.Ojha - 1 Wicket

England:

Alastair Cook - 136(236)*

Nick Compton - 57(137)


Monty Panesar - 4 Wickets

James Anderson - 3 Wickets 

England(1st Innings)Batting	216-1 (73)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
*Alastair Cook	not out	136	236	19	1	57.63
Nick Compton	lbw b Ojha	57	137	6	1	41.61
Jonathan Trott	not out	21	67	3	0	31.34
Kevin Pietersen
Ian Bell
Samit Patel
Matt Prior
Graeme Swann
Monty Panesar
James Anderson
Steven Finn
Extras: 2 b:0 lb:0 nb:2 w:0
Total: 216-1 (73) | Curr. RR: 2.96
FOW:Nick Compton (165-1, 53)

India(1st Innings)Bowling	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Zaheer Khan	16	4	48	0	0	0	3
Ishant Sharma	15	6	35	0	2	0	2.33
R Ashwin	23	4	68	0	0	0	2.96
Pragyan Ojha	19	4	65	1	0	0	3.42

India(1st Innings)Batting	316-10 (105)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c Trott b Panesar	60	124	12	0	48.39
Virender Sehwag	run out (Finn)	23	26	3	0	88.46
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Panesar	16	48	2	0	33.33
Sachin Tendulkar	c Prior b Anderson	76	155	13	0	49.03
Virat Kohli	c Swann b Anderson	6	24	1	0	25
Yuvraj Singh	c Cook b Swann	32	54	4	1	59.26
*MS Dhoni	c Swann b Finn	52	114	5	2	45.61
R Ashwin	b Anderson	21	43	2	0	48.84
Zaheer Khan	lbw b Panesar	6	21	1	0	28.57
Ishant Sharma	b Panesar	0	3	0	0	0
Pragyan Ojha	not out	0	19	0	0	0
Extras: 24 b:5 lb:13 nb:1 w:5
Total: 316-10 (105) | Curr. RR: 3.01
FOW:Virender Sehwag (47-1, 10.1), Cheteshwar Pujara (88-2, 25.4), Gautam Gambhir (117-3, 41.1), Virat Kohli (136-4, 48.4), Yuvraj Singh (215-5, 68.3), Sachin Tendulkar (230-6, 74.1), R Ashwin (268-7, 88.3), Zaheer Khan (292-8, 94), Ishant Sharma (296-9, 95.3), *MS Dhoni (316-10, 105)

England(1st Innings) Bowling	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
James Anderson	28	7	89	3	0	1	3.18
Steven Finn	21	2	73	1	1	0	3.48
Monty Panesar	40	13	90	4	0	0	2.25
Graeme Swann	16	3	46	1	0	0	2.88