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On the Day 2 of 2nd test, Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen purposefully as to make England’s position firm at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, Chesteshwar Pujara top-scored with 135 to help the hosts post a competitive total beofre getting stumped by wicketkeeper Matt Prior off Graeme Swann. Pujara (114) and Ashwin (60) resumed the day on 266 for 6 but their partnership lacked the fluency that was obvious on the opening day. Monty Panesar trapped Ashwin lbw for 68. Harbhajan (21) was playing in pace before Swann struck to break the 35-run stand. Pujara departed soon after Harbhajan, and Swann wrapped up the Indian innings, getting Zaheer Khan caught by Jonny Bairstow at short-leg for 11. Ojha remained unbeaten on 0. Panesar was the most successful bowler for the visitors with figures of 5 for 129, while Swann finished with 4 for 70.
In reply to India’s 327, Cook and Pietersen added an unbeaten 110 in a third wicket partnership and the stats become 178 for 2 at stumps. Cook, who scored a brilliant 176 in Motera in the first Test, played solid, while Pietersen made 62 with utmost brilliance. Cook was 13 runs short of a 22nd ton that will put him alongside Geoff Boycott, Colin Cowdrey and Wally Hammond as England’s highest century-makers in Tests.
In English teams’ 1st innings batting turn, Cook and Nick Compton got up 66 runs partnership for the first wicket, sensibly beating the Indian spinning trio of R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha and Harbhajan Singh. However, Ojha, who took nine wickets in the first Test, came up to send back Compton and Jonathan Trott in his back-to-back overs as the visitors slipped to 77 for 2.
Compton (29) nicked the left-arm spinner to Virender Sehwag at first slip, while Trott was trapped lbw for a duck. Pietersen, then came to join Cook and both took firm control of the game by the end of the day.
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