England's debutant off-spinner Graeme Swann took two wickets in his first over to leave India at 37 for three at tea on the second day of their first Test at MA Chidambaram stadium here on Friday.Gautam Gambhir (19) became Swann's first victim in the last over before tea. Swann then removed Rahul Dravid (3) on the last ball. Earlier, opener Virender Sehwag (9) fell to pacer James Anderson.Sachin Tendular (3) was the not out Indian batsman.
Yuvraj Singh and Ishant Sharma rounded off India's splendid bowling effort by taking the last two England wickets to bowl them out for 316 shortly after lunch on the second day here.England added 22 runs after lunch but their run-making lacked urgency throughout the first innings even as Matt Prior attempted to get quick runs with a brisk half-century.
Prior remained not out on 53 but ran out of partners.The spin duo of Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra helped India tighten the noose with three wickets each, while Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Yuvraj Singh all figured in the wickets column.
England could muster just 65 runs of the 29 overs they faced in the first session, losing Andrew Flintoff (18), James Anderson (19) and debutant Graeme Swann (one) in the process.At lunch, Matt Prior (39) and Stephen Harmison (6) were at the crease.
When England resumed on an overnight 229 for five, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who chose not to opt for a new ball, opened the second day attack with Ishant Sharma. After the wicket started to offer bounce and movement, Dhoni swapped Amit Mishra for Ishant.
Mishra kept the faith by removing Flintoff, who played forward but offered an inside edge onto his pads. Gautam Gambhir, at forward short leg, did a neat job diving to his right to collect the catch.Both James Anderson and comeback batsman Matt Prior were looking to settle down but yet again were not comfortable against Mishra.
England wilted under pressure and lost the wicket of Anderson who was caught by Yuvraj Singh at midwicket off Mishra.In fact, Anderson was lucky to have survived when Rahul Dravid dropped a sitter at slip. Anderson, who slashed Mishra, was on six, and his departure left England on 243 for six.
Harbhajan kept up the good run and scalped debutant Graeme Swann. The Indian off-spinner bowled a quicker one and Swann, in an evasive action, offered his gloves to it and this time, Dravid made no mistake taking a low catch.
Yuvraj Singh and Ishant Sharma rounded off India's splendid bowling effort by taking the last two England wickets to bowl them out for 316 shortly after lunch on the second day here.England added 22 runs after lunch but their run-making lacked urgency throughout the first innings even as Matt Prior attempted to get quick runs with a brisk half-century.
Prior remained not out on 53 but ran out of partners.The spin duo of Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra helped India tighten the noose with three wickets each, while Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Yuvraj Singh all figured in the wickets column.
England could muster just 65 runs of the 29 overs they faced in the first session, losing Andrew Flintoff (18), James Anderson (19) and debutant Graeme Swann (one) in the process.At lunch, Matt Prior (39) and Stephen Harmison (6) were at the crease.
When England resumed on an overnight 229 for five, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who chose not to opt for a new ball, opened the second day attack with Ishant Sharma. After the wicket started to offer bounce and movement, Dhoni swapped Amit Mishra for Ishant.
Mishra kept the faith by removing Flintoff, who played forward but offered an inside edge onto his pads. Gautam Gambhir, at forward short leg, did a neat job diving to his right to collect the catch.Both James Anderson and comeback batsman Matt Prior were looking to settle down but yet again were not comfortable against Mishra.
England wilted under pressure and lost the wicket of Anderson who was caught by Yuvraj Singh at midwicket off Mishra.In fact, Anderson was lucky to have survived when Rahul Dravid dropped a sitter at slip. Anderson, who slashed Mishra, was on six, and his departure left England on 243 for six.
Harbhajan kept up the good run and scalped debutant Graeme Swann. The Indian off-spinner bowled a quicker one and Swann, in an evasive action, offered his gloves to it and this time, Dravid made no mistake taking a low catch.
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