India take series after dull draw
India clinched the two-Test series against England 1-0 after the second Test ended in a draw here on Tuesday
19/12Result
2nd Test, England tour of India at Mohali, Dec 19-23 2008
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![India]( "India")
453 & 251/7d -
![England]( "England")
302 & 64/1 (28 ov)
Player of the Match
19/12Result
2nd Test, England tour of India at Mohali, Dec 19-23 2008
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![India]( "India")
453 & 251/7d -
![England]( "England")
302 & 64/1 (28 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Day 4
Cautious India maintain advantage
Any thoughts that India had of quickly piling onto to a 151-run lead, taken through Harbhajan Singh's quick strikes on another foggy morning, evaporated in the afternoon sunshine as England turned in a vigorous spell
Day 3
Late wickets spoil England fightback
Kevin Pietersen's 144, reeking of swaggering brilliance, had combined with Andrew Flintoff's determination to bail England out of trouble on an absorbing day in Mohali but their dismissals in fading light swung the advantage right back India's way
Day 2
England fight back but India on top
India's top and lower order piled on the frustration for England on day two in Mohali, building on the foundation laid yesterday by Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid
Day 1
Gambhir and Dravid light up gloomy day
It was a day of accumulation which offered little out-and-out entertainment - 179 runs and one wicket came from 72 overs - but it was one which belonged entirely to India
Others
'We wanted them to score their centuries' - Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni doesn't seek refuge behind words. On Tuesday, he offered up no excuses for the late declaration, which left India with a maximum of only 43 overs to try and bowl England out
Fortune favours the cautious
A two-Test rubber was always going to sell this series short, but only now do we get an idea of quite how short
Centuries don't matter, victories do
Given that there were still 68 overs to be bowled when the teams finally took to the field, you could scarcely blame India for batting on. After a week when seemingly insurmountable targets have been achieved with ludicrous ease, there was no point taking
India treated to the real KP
Pietersen made a statement to be remembered, battering India's bowlers at a tempo that none of their own players had been able, or willing, to replicate in their own first innings
Defensive Dhoni stalls Pietersen's charge
Had England gone to stumps with just the four wickets down, Mahendra Singh Dhoni would most likely have been excoriated for his negativity
Switching it in style
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the third day in Mohali
'Relieved' Dravid happy to be contributing again
After a year when the words "wall", "falling" and "crumbling" were never far from the headlines, Rahul Dravid could have been forgiven for thinking he had become Humpty Dumpty
Test cricket deserves better
A match that could, and should, have been fought to a rousing finish was allowed to meander to a miserable stalemate
Mighty Mishra stands up to Flintoff
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the second day of the second Test between India and England in Mohali
India spinning into a crisis?
It's up to Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra to prove that they can at least partially fill the breach left by Anil Kumble's retirement
In August company
The only difference was the absence of a voluble crowd, especially on the Western Terrace. Otherwise, the first day of the second Test between India and England in Mohali, could have been a facsimile of the opening day at Headingley in August 2002.
Waiting and placement
Plays of the day for day one of the second Test between India and England in Mohali
Yuvraj spurred by banter
The confidence with which Yuvraj Singh batted on the fourth evening went a long way towards eliminating the slim possibility of an Indian defeat
India v England, 2nd Test, Mohali
Match home for India v England, 2nd Test, Mohali, December 19-23, 2008
Pietersen waits to name final XI
England captain Kevin Pietersen has decided to wait until just before the start of the second Test to name his team.
Dhoni insists captaincy isn't a cakewalk
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is perhaps aware that no Indian captain has won three Tests on the trot [excluding tours of Bangladesh] in the last seven years
India must be wary of backlash
Given that Mohali pitches tend to have a bit more bounce thanother Indian ones, Harmison should survive the cull, and with two spinnersa necessity rather than a luxury, it should be Anderson who sits out
The Jonty route to success
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the fourth day in Mohali
Wanted: A miracle
Andrew Flintoff was as hostile as ever, but England may already need a miracle to win this Test