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STUMPS - Day 1

India 1st inns: 266-6 (90 ovs)

India managed to grab the upperhand with some resolute batting in the final session courtesy of Pujara and Ashwin.

Pujara continued his good run with the bat, scoring his second century in a row. At stumps, he was unbeaten on 114 from 279 balls, with the help of 10 fours. He has batted for six hours and is yet to be dismissed in the series in three innings following his double century in the first Test.

Ashwin made the difference in the final session with his fluent knock of 60 from 84 balls, during which he hit nine fours.

The duo put on an unbroken stand of 97 runs from 172 balls to give India a slight edge on a thrilling first day.

The pitch offered a lot of assistance to the spinners and Monty Panesar made full use of it to claim four for 91 in 34 overs. Graeme Swann, though, could not find his rhythm and managed one for 59 in 26 overs.

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India 1st inns: 252-6 (85 ovs)

Panesar takes the new ball from the other end. The hard new ball also means India are getting some quick runs.

Ashwin punches the second ball of Anderson's new over past point for a four. The pacer then drifted way down the leg side which Ashwin played fine on the leg side for a four and ends the over with another boundary as he slams it over midwicket.

Ashwin has raced to 48 from 66 balls as India continue to frustrate the visitors.

Broad replaces Anderson from the press box end. He starts with a short ball which Ashwin tries to pull but the top edge flies over the keeper for a four. That helps him complete his half-century from 67 balls with the help of eight boundaries.

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India 1st inns: 232-6 (81 ovs)

This is the third century Pujara, playing in his seventh Test match. He has single-handedly rescued the Indian team at the Wankhede stadium. The entire team is standing in the balcony and appreciating his efforts.

Remember, he scored an unbeaten double century in the previous match. He becomes the third Indian batsman to score centuries in first two Tests against England after Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly.

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India 1st inns: 229-6 (80.2 ovs)

Swann plays Swann on the leg side for a single to move to 99 as shouts of "Pujara, Pujara" fill the Wankhede stadium.

England take the new ball straightaway after 80 overs with Anderson coming to bowl. India are 224-6 after 80 overs with the duo having added 55 runs for the seventh wicket so far.

Ashwin steers the first ball of the over to the thirdman region for a single to bring Pujara back on strike.

Pujara completes his century off the very next ball as he pulls a short ball behind square on the leg side for a boundary.

It took 248 balls to reach the landmark, hitting nine boundaries so far, having batted for 320 minutes.

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India 1st inns: 222-6 (78 ovs)

Ashwin giving Pujara good support. He chips down the track to Panesar and flicks him through midwicket for a boundary. He got good timing on that as the ball sped to the fence.

Swann has taken one for 49 in 20 overs before he gives way to left-arm spinner Samit Patel for his first bowl of the day.

Ashwin and Pujara have added 50 runs for the seventh wicket with the former contributing 29 of them. The duo have batted for nearly 73 minutes so far and continue to thwart the England spinners.

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India 1st inns: 214-6 (75 ovs)

Pujara (94) has a close shave against Swann. He pulls a short ball as it hits the short leg fielder on the shoes but it has bounced before deflecting to square leg where the fielder has caught the ball.

The umpires check with the third umpire before giving Pujara not out.

Ashwin and Pujara have been positive and looked for runs thereby not letting England build pressure.

Ashwin has stroked 27 from 36 balls with the help of four boundaries, while Pujara has made 95 from 237 balls.

As wickets continue to tumble around him, the young Cheteshwar Pujara has stood steady. His application and temperament has been exemplary as he closes in on yet another century.

He is currently batting on 92 from 223 balls with India's score on 203 for six after 71 overs.

India's spinning great Bishen Singh Bedi also seems to be enjoying Pujara's superb batting. "Pujara very special,splendid,stunning talent- needn't live in any shadow-very much master of own creation-thoroughbred through & through!!," he writes on Twitter.

Statistician Mohandas Menon writes on Twitter: "C Pujara now has batted 840 mins (14 hours) & 652 balls in this series."

Cricket commentator and writer Ayaz Menon also pays him rich tributes. "What a player Pujara is turning out to be! Superb technique, no nerves and tireless. Without his contribution India were sunk today..."

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India 1st inns: 197-6 (67 ovs)

Pujara drives Broad through midwicket for a boundary to move into the 80s as his score reaches 83.

R Ashwin is off the mark with a four as he flicks a full toss from Panesar through the leg side. He hits back to back boundaries in the next over from Broad, hitting it through mid-on and covers respectively.

Good tactics from Ashwin to score some quick runs as he races to 15 from 15 balls on a pitch where batting is getting increasingly difficult.

Pujara also look to lift the tempo as he sweeps Swann behind square on the leg side for another boundary.

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India 1st inns: 169-6 (62 ovs)

Panesar is on fire at the moment. He strikes in his first over after the tea break with the wicket of India captain Dhoni.

The left-arm spinner gets one to turn and bounce sharply taking the edge of Dhoni's bat and is brilliantly caught by Swann at gully, who dives forward and gets his finger under the ball in the nick of time.

The decision was referred to the third umpire and Dhoni had to wait before leaving as the third umpire had a few looks at the replays before giving him out.

The Dhoni-Pujara combine put on 50 runs for the sixth wicket to bring some relief but Panesar dented India further with that wicket.

Panesar's figures now read four for 66 in 25 overs, while Pujara is holding forte from the other end with 77 from 191 balls.

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India 1st inns: 167-5 (60 ovs)

Monty Panesar took three wickets to put England on top as India were reduced to 167 for five in 60 overs at tea on Day 1.

India kept losing wickets at regular intervals but Cheteshwar Pujara denied the visitors as he scored a fluent 77 not out from 185 balls at the tea break. He walked in to bat in the first over of the innings following the early dismissal of Gautam Gambhir (4) in the first over of the match.

Pujara has batted for nearly four hours so far to keep India in the hunt. Mahendra Singh Dhoni battled hard for his 27 from 62 balls, as the duo have added 48 runs in 20 overs so far.

Panesar was the best bowler for England, with figures of three for 64 in 24 overs. He took the wickets of Virender Sehwag (30) and Sachin Tendulkar (8) who were both bowled, while Virat Kohli (19) was caught in the covers.

Yuvraj Singh also perished cheaply when he was bowled for a two-ball duck by Graeme Swann.

India scored 80 runs in 32 overs for the loss of two wickets in the post lunch session.

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India 1st inns: 158-5 (57 ovs)

Dhoni is not having it easy out in the middle with quite a few play and misses. Anderson is now getting the ball to reverse causing more problems to Dhoni, who seems keen to get on things but is unable to get it off the middle.

Pujara holds the key for India as his score has now reached 72 from 179 balls.

The two have added 39 runs so far and India needs them to continue atleast for a couple of hours more to rescue them from this precarious position.

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India 1st inns: 137-5 (47 ovs)

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has his task cut out on a made-to-demand wicket. The pitch is offering a lot of bounce and turn to the spinners on day one itself and the India skipper will need to play a big innings to rescue India, after they were reduced to 119 for five after 40 overs.

In midst of it all, Pujara is showing great composure to stroke a fluent half-century.

Dhoni gets his first boundary as he drives a full delivery from Panesar through the cover region and in the next over punches a short ball from Swann past point.

Pujara on 62 gets a lifeline as the ball goes between James Anderson and Jonathan Trott in the slips. The bowler Panesar was already halfway into his celebration as he started running towards the off-side but was disappointed at that catch being grassed.

A vital let-off for India, who will now hope that Pujara can make most of this opportunity.

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India 1st inns: 119-5 (40 ovs)

India's position in the match seems to be worsening as Yuvraj Singh is dismissed cheaply by Graeme Swann.

England captain Alastair Cook was quick to bring back Swann into the attack when Yuvraj walked out to bat and he delivered.

Yuvraj was dismissed for a two-ball duck as he looked to defended but the ball went past the bat to bowl him. India in big trouble now!

While Monty Panesar continues to pick wickets for England, India's own Harbhajan Singh will be licking his lips in anticipation of bowling on this wicket, which seems to be giving a lot of encouragement to the spinners.

It will be interesting to watch when the two Sardars come face to face when Harbhajan Singh comes out to bat and faces Panesar.

The two champion spinners played against each other first time in 2006 during the first Test in Nagpur.

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India 1st inns: 118-4 (39 ovs)

Panesar continues his wicket ways after lunch. This time he gets the wicket of Kohli, who chips it to Nick Compton in the covers after scoring 19.

That was a nothing shot from Kohli, trying to drive on the up and he has paid the price for it.

Once again the full delivery doing the trick for Panesar.

India in trouble at 118 for four in the 39th over.

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India 1st inns: 103-3 (35 ovs)

Pujara hits a full toss from Panesar through midwicket for a four to bring up his fifty in style. He continues his rich vein of form, having made a double century in the last match to play a key role in India's nine-wicket victory. He made 206 not out in the first innings before scoring 41 in the second innings to guide India home in Ahmedabad.

Pujara brought up his fifty from 110 balls, hitting five fours.

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India 1st inns: 94-3 (32 ovs)

England resume with spin after the lunch break and Panesar and Swann continue to bowl.

England have an attacking field with a slip and short leg in place for Panesar. Pujara flicks the second ball, from Panesar to the leg side for one and Kohli plays the next ball on the off-side for another single before Pujara gets another one.

Swann to bowl the secpnd over after the break. Pujara and Kohli pick a single each before the former steers the last ball of that over past the slip fielder to pick up a couple.

The two Indian youngsters have not looked troubled so far and are looking to build a partnership to steady the innings.

Panesar and Swann try to build the pressure by bowling a maiden each as India reach 94 for three after 32 overs.

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India 1st inns: 87-3 (28 ovs)

At lunch on the opening day, India are 87 for three in 28 overs.

England will delighted with their bowlers, especially Monty Panesar, in the first session as they managed to get three Indian wickets after being asked to bowl.

What a comeback by left-arm spinner Panesar getting the wickets of both Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, who were both bowled.

Sehwag made 30 (43 balls) before he tried to play across the line but missed and was bowled. Tendulkar was beaten all ends up by a magnificent delivery from the left-arm spinner that spun right across him to bowl him.

The in-form Pujara though faced no problems as he eased his way to 38 from 86 balls after coming in to bat early following the dismissal of Gautam Gambhir (4) in the first over of the innings, lbw to pacer James Anderson.

Panesar bowled a superb spell of two for 29 in 11 overs to help England make a good start.

Sachin Tendulkar has now gone nine innings without a half-century. But there have been worst phases in his career before. If you remember, he went 13 innings without a fifty in 2005-06. His second bad run was in the year 2008 when he went 10 innings without a fifty, writes stats guru Mohandas Menon on Twitter.

"Sachin Tendulkar most inngs without a Test 50: 13 from Oct 2005 to Dec 2006; 10 Jan-Oct 2008 and 9* from Jan 2012 to date," Menon writes.

This was the third time Monty Panesar had dismissed Tendulkar in Test cricket.

Stats guru Rajneesh Gupta brings out the full details of how Tendulkar has fared against Panesar.

"Sachin Tendulkar vs Monty Panesar in Tests: Balls-196, Dots-143,1s-24,2s-8, 3s-4,4s-17. Runs-120, Dismissals-3, Avg-40.00, SR-61.22," Gupta writes on Twitter.

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India 1st inns: 60-3 (19 ovs)

Panesar has silenced the Mumbai crowd. Tendulkar is beaten by a beauty from Panesar that spins right across him to knock down his off-stump.

Tendulkar tried to play a forward defensive shot but the ball pitched on leg stump and spun right across him.

That was virtually unplayable and Tendulkar's poor run in the series continues.

Meanwhile, there is a mad rush for tickets outside the Wankhede stadium.

Our sources from the venue tell us that there is a long queue outside the stadium as fans throng to the Wankhede to watch day one of the second Test match.

Here is a picture sent by one of our reporters from outside the Churchgate station.

The Mumbai Cricket Association had said on Thursday that tickets worth Rs. 30 lakhs had already been sold on the eve of the game. They were expecting a minimum crowd of 25,000 for the first three days.

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India 1st inns: 52-2 (16.1 ovs)

Monty Panesar has made a very important breakthrough for England. Sehwag looks to flick a full delivery through the leg side but misses the ball completely and is bowled.

Sehwag falls for 30 (43 balls) and walks back to a huge roar. Actually that roar is not for his dismissal but people are already cheering for Sachin Tendulkar, who is slated to walk in next.

This could be Tendulkar's last Test match at home and the crowd have given him the loudest welcome you could hear. .

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India 1st inns: 47-1 (12 ovs)

Panesar starts with a full toss and Sehwag needs no second invitation as he lofts it over midwicket for a boundary. In the same over, Pujara caresses a full delivery through the covers for another four. Both the batsmen looking well settled at the crease now and already England might be feeling a bit of pressure.

In the next over Broad has an appeal for leg before wicket against Sehwag (11) turned down. The right-hander had clearly got an inside edge on to his pads as the ball darted in sharply.

Sehwag then looks to give Panesar but is beaten in the flight and gets an inside edge that drops goes on the off-side. He defends the rest of the over as Panesar bowls a maiden after giving nine runs in his previous over.

Anderson replaces Broad, who has bowled a good probing spell of five overs with the new ball.

Anderson nearly makes a breakthrough as Sehwag gets an inside edge which goes past the stumps for a boundary behind the keeper.

A few deliveries later, Sehwag plays with the angled bat and the thick outside edge flies past the second slip fielder for the second four of the over.

India are 47 for one after 12 overs. Sehwag has had some close shaves as his scores reaches 28 from 36 balls, while Pujara is on 14 from 35 balls.

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India 1st inns: 18-1 (6 ovs)

England's pacers keep it just short and aiming at the batsman's ribs. India's batsmen are content to be watchful against the new ball, hoping to make merry when the pacers come on.

Sehwag and Pujara have steadied India after the early dismissal of Gambhir, in the first over.

India are 18 for one in six overs before they introduce spin in the form of Monty Panesar.

Pujara is holding forte on seven from 25 balls, while Sehwag is on six from 10 balls.

Anderson bowls a first spell of one wicket for nine runs in three overs.

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India 1st inns: 11-1 (2 ovs)

Virender Sehwag, playing his 100th Test match, is off the mark in some style. He drives a full delivery from Stuart Broad through the covers for a boundary off the third ball of his innings.

Cheteshwar Pujara has collected two singles to make a steady start.

There is some extra bounce on offer and both England pacers, Anderson and Broad, will relish bowling with the new ball.

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India 1st inns: 5-1 (1 over)

Gautam Gambhir starts off with a boundary to square leg as he flicks a full ball from James Anderson behind square on the leg side.

But Anderson strikes with the wicket of Gambhir off the very next delivery. The left-hander played all over that delivery but missed and was trapped leg before wicket for four.

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England, who lost the first Test in Ahmedabad by nine wickets, made two changes to their team. Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar replaced seamer Tim Bresnan, while Jonny Bairstow came in for Ian Bell, who has flown home for the birth of his first child.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni wins the toss and elects to bat against England in the second Test match against Mumbai, on Friday.

With the Wankhede stadium pitch expected to offer a lot of assistance to the spinners, India have opted to play with three spinners.

Pacer Umesh Yadav failed to recover from his back injury and was replaced by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, which means Zaheer Khan will be the lone pace bowler in the team.