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India v New Zealand,1st Test, Ahmedabad, 2nd day

VVS Laxman sways away from a short ball AFP

114.4 Patel to Tendulkar, OUT, 77.4 kph, soft soft dismissal! Simple return catch for Patel. Tendulkar dances down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball, and hits it back to Patel, chest high. Get a feeling he was looking to go on side of the bowler, because he didn't go hard at it, just a chip

120.2 Patel to Laxman, OUT, 78.1 kph, NZ are right back! Three big wickets. Patel gets two - Tendulkar and Laxman in quick time! It looks plumb. Offbreak from just outside off, gets past Laxman's bat, hits him in front off, headed towards middle. Only an inside edge could have saved him, but there doesn't seem to be any. That's also lunch - three wickets for 9 runs

123.5 Vettori to Dhoni, OUT, 81.7 kph, and he is gone! pushes hard at this one, playing for the turn, but the ball just drifts in and gets the inside edge, which hits the pad and settles with forward short leg

128.1 Patel to Harbhajan Singh, SIX, 84.2 kph, it's huge! Comes down the track, the back leg bends a little, and he gets under this length ball, and sends it onto the roof. And this is no small ground, mind you

10.5 Sreesanth to Taylor, no run, 135.4 kph, huge shout for lbw! All of a sudden he gets one to move in sharply, catching Taylor on the crease, hitting him in front of off, on the back foot. Not given. Was there a faint inside edge? Was the impact just outside off? It was a really good shout