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England all out for 302, India lead by 160
By: PTI

Mohali: 

India needed 45 minutes to polish off England's tail before reaching nine for no loss at lunch in their second innings on the fourth day of the second and final cricket Test here today.

Gautam Gambhir (8) and Virender Sehwag (1) were in the middle at the lunch break, having stretched India's overall lead to 160 runs after the hosts had bowled out England for 302 in a misty morning.

For the second successive day, thick fog delayed the start of play and by the time the first ball was sent down, the match had lost a couple of hours.

India, however, showed a sense of urgency and took just 10.5 overs to take the last four wickets, conceding just 20 runs.

Off-colour so far in the match, Harbhajan Singh made some amends by claiming three of the last four wickets to hasten England's collapse.

The visitors in fact lost their last six wickets for meagre 22 runs.

Spin colleagues Harbhajan and Amit Mishra opened the attack for the hosts this morning and the off-spinner struck with his seventh delivery of the day which kissed Matt Prior's (2) blade and Mahendra Singh Dhoni neatly collected the ball down the leg.

Harbhajan claimed his second wicket of the day in the very next over. Stuart Broad (1) proved a terrible judge of the turn as he left the ball alone only to see it straighten and knock back his off-stump.

Replacing Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan struck in his second over, rattling Graeme Swann's (3) stumps before Harbhajan dropped curtains on the innings, claiming Monty Panesar (5) as England fell 151 runs behind India's first innings total of 453.










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