STUMPS - DAY 2

Eng 43-1 (17 ovs) vs India 457 | Scorecard

- England lose captain Cook early for 5, reach 43-1 at stumps
- India post 457 courtesy of fifties from Bhuvneshwar and Shami
- Opener Vijay top scored with 146, while Dhoni made 82

Ballance is quick to work Ishant off his pads for a couple on the leg side. Ishant once again finds the edge with another beauty but yet again the edge falls short of the slips. The lanky pacer is making things exciting on the odd occasion on a lifeless wicket.

Debutant Stuart Binny is called into the attack for his first bowl in Test cricket. The first ball is on the mark which right-hander Robson defends before he takes one from the third ball and Ballance easily plays out the rest of the over.

Ishant to bowl the final over of the day. Robson takes a single from the second ball and Ballance flicks the fourth on the leg side for two runs. There is a loud appeal for caught behind off the final delivery of the day as Ballance shuffled across his stumps but umpire Dharmasena turns it down and calls it stumps for the day.

At stumps on Day 2, England are 43 for one in 17 overs, still trailing India by 414 runs with nine more sessions left in the match on a pitch which has gone completely dead as far as the bowlers are concerned.

Robson looked solid to score 20 not out from 48 balls, while Ballance had a few edges falling short of the slips for 15 from 46 balls.