da stake casino： Plays of the Day from the second day of the fourth Test between India and England in Nagpur
da betano casino： George Dobell14-Dec-2012Stat of the day (taking Root)
By the time he was out, Joe Root had batted longer – in terms of ballsfaced – than all but five players on their debut Test innings in England history. Rootfaced 229 balls – 151 fewer than the Nawab of Pataudi senior on hisdebut in the Ashes of 1932-33 – and became the sixth member ofEngland’s top seven to register a half-century or better on Testdebut, once again underlining the worth of the County Championship inproducing international players.Shot of the day
Progress has been desperately slow on this begrudging surface. The onebatsman, to date, who has defied the nature of the pitch to score freelyis Graeme Swann, who registered his fifth Test half-century and hisfirst since the Centurion Test against South Africa almost exactlythree years ago. Swann is also the only man to have struck a six sofar in this Test with the first of them, somewhat closer to a slogthan a slog-sweep, depositing the otherwise parsimonious RavindraJadeja high over wide mid-on and providing one of the moreentertaining moments in an otherwise prosaic England first innings.Duck of the day
Virender Sehwag was seen as one of the few batsmen on either side – KevinPietersen is the only other obvious example – with the ability to riseabove the conditions and play a match-defining innings. It was not tobe, however, as in the first over of India’s reply, Sehwag was beatenon the outside edge by an inswinger from James Anderson that knockedback the middle stump. It was a fine delivery, but Sehwag’s tentativefoot movement resulted in a feeble defensive shot. It was the seventhduck of his Test career against England. Only four men have sufferedmore, with Bishan Bedi (11 ducks) leading the way.Decision of the day
Such is Cheteshwar Pujara’s obvious class that he is rapidlydeveloping into the key wicket in this India team. So to lose him toanother umpiring error, this time caught off the arm at short-leg ashe played forward to Swann, was desperate misfortune for theindividual and the team. While the catch, Ian Bell diving to his rightto cling on to a sharp chance, was excellent, it is a shame that sucha high-profile game can be undermined so unnecessarily by thecontinued refusal to utilise the DRS.Near miss of the day
After his involvement in two run-outs in Kolkata, it might have beenexpected that Gautam Gambhir would have been at his most alert whenrunning. But, called for a sharp but perfectly reasonable single byCheteshwar Pujara, Gambhir, on 30, was found resting on his bat at thenon-strikers’ end and only survived due to a poor throw from Joe Root,at square leg, and a desperate slide.Drop of the day
Gambhir was on 33 and India were 62 for 2 when Matt Prior wasunable to cling on to a tough chance off the pad from the bowling ofSwann. With the ball coming off the inside edge of Gambhir’sbat and on to his pad, the double deflection made the chance trickyand the ball bounced off the gloves and chest of Prior. The chance didnot prove too costly, though, with Prior accepting an easier chancejust a few minutes later off the bowling of Anderson.