Pujara's double ton drives India past 500 AHMEDABAD: Cheteshwar Pujara hit the double ton immediately after the tea break to guide India to 511/7 against England at the Motera here Friday. India were 502 for six at tea with Pujara four runs short of a double century.
Pujara (196) was at the crease alongside Ravichandran Ashwin (21). India made 92 runs for the loss of two wickets in the session.
Graeme Swann picked up a five-wicket haul by getting rid of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (5). Yuvraj Singh made 74 in his comeback match.
Scoreboard at tea on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and England at the Motera here Friday.
India (1st innings)
Gautam Gambhir b Swann 45
Virender Sehwag b Swann 117
Cheteshwar Pujara batting 196
Sachin Tendulkar c Patel b Swann 13
Virat Kohli b Swann 19
Yuvraj Singh c Swann b Patel 74
Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Swann 5
Ravichandran Ashwin batting 21
Extras (b 1, lb 10, nb 1) 12
Total (for six wickets in 152 overs) 502
Fall of wickets: 1-134 (Gambhir, 29.5 overs), 2-224 (Sehwag, 50.1), 3-250 (Tendulkar, 56.5), 4-283 (Kohli, 76.4), 5-413 (Yuvraj Singh, 124.1), 6-444 (Dhoni, 134.5)
Bowling:
James Anderson 23-6-71-0
Stuart Broad 24-1-97-0
Tim Bresnan 19-2-73-0
Graeme Swann 50-8-143-5
Samit Patel 31-3-96-1
Kevin Pietersen 5-1-11-0
News Posted: 16 November, 2012
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