July 17, 2014
India has lost the wicket of opener Shikhar Dhawan on the first day of the second Test against England being played at Lord's.
England bowler James Anderson guaranteed Dhawan's wicket in the second over of the match got in the sneaks past Gary Ballance for his individual score of seven.
Prior, England won the throw and chose to bowl first on a pitch with a conventional blanket of grass.
With the first Test closure in a draw, both sides are battling for preference in the five-match Test arrangement.
Prior to the throw, England chief Alastair Cook said that the pitch is positively an exceptionally green in color, and included that he didn't feel there would be much sideways development.
Cook's inverse number Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he had considered having a dish to begin with, however the throw willed generally.
Dhoni said there wass an even spread of grass which makes the wicket look great. (ANI)
England bowler James Anderson guaranteed Dhawan's wicket in the second over of the match got in the sneaks past Gary Ballance for his individual score of seven.
Prior, England won the throw and chose to bowl first on a pitch with a conventional blanket of grass.
With the first Test closure in a draw, both sides are battling for preference in the five-match Test arrangement.
Prior to the throw, England chief Alastair Cook said that the pitch is positively an exceptionally green in color, and included that he didn't feel there would be much sideways development.
Cook's inverse number Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he had considered having a dish to begin with, however the throw willed generally.
Dhoni said there wass an even spread of grass which makes the wicket look great. (ANI)
