Bhuvneshwar removes England openers early

India's pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck early to remove the England openers as the hosts took lunch on 51 for two on the second day of the 2nd Test, here today.
England currently trail India by 244 runs with Gary Ballance (7) and Ian Bell (11) fighting it out in the middle.
Kumar (2/17) removed Alastair Cook (10) first, caught behind by a diving Mahendra Singh Dhoni, as the English skipper's horrible run with the bat continued.
It was brilliant bowling from the Indian medium-pacer who set up Cook beautifully in the previous over and then snapped him up with a huge out-swinger off the first ball of the 11th over.

He then struck a second blow, four overs later with opener Sam Robson (17) playing a loose stroke outside off-stump and was safely pouched by Dhoni as well.
It was quite disappointing for the batsman for he failed to make good on a life given by Ajinkya Rahane at third slip, when the first-innings' centurion dropped him off Mohammed Shami (0-21) in the 10th over. Robson was batting on 8 at that time and could only add 9 runs to his tally.

Ishant Sharma (0-9) was the only other bowler used in this session by India as they dominated play on this second morning of the match. Kumar and Shami in particular bowled a fuller line as compared to the English bowlers yesterday and India reaped rewards for it.

Earlier, Sharma (12 not out) and Shami (19) added just 5 runs to the overnight score of 290 for nine for a total of ten balls. The innings ended when the latter was caught at first slip by Cook off Ben Stokes (2-40) in the 2nd over of the day and the 92nd of the innings. This was Cook's 100th catch in Test cricket.
On day one, Rahane's second Test ton had rescued India from collapse after they were reduced to 145/7 at one stage. He scored 103 runs on a green-top wicket and added 90 runs for the eight wicket with Bhuvneshwar (36) to guide his team to safety.

Cheteshwar Pujara (28), Virat Kohli (25) and Murali Vijay (24) were the only other Indian batsmen to cross the 20-run mark, after England had won the toss and opted to bowl first on a green-top wicket.
James Anderson, playing under allegations of physical abuse against Ravindra Jadeja, took 4-60 while Stuart Broad returned 2-79. Liam Plunkett (1-51) and Moeen Ali (1-38) were the other bowlers used.
Both sides were unchanged from the first Test in Nottingham that ended in a draw.