India registered an emphatic win over England in the 1st of the 4 Test Series at Ahmedabad as they beat the visitors by 9 wickets. India now lead the 4 Test Series 1-0 with the 2nd Test starting from November 23 in Mumbai.
India had earlier won the toss and decided to bat first. India rode on Pujara's brilliant unbeaten 206 along with Sehwag's run-a-ball 117 to get to a massive score of 521/8 declared in the 1st innings. The Indian spinners then came into play as they bowled out England for a mere 191 with Ojha and Ashwin picking up 5 and 3 wickets respectively.
With a 330 run lead, India enforced a follow on to England. The England batsmen then fought hard and batted with grit. Courtesy of Cook's 176 and Prior's 91 England reached 406, setting India 77 to chase. India chased the target with ease, losing just Sehwag for 25.
Cheteshwar Pujara was declared the Man of the Match for his scores of 206* & 41*.
Here are the scores in brief:
INDIA- 521/8 & 80/1
ENGLAND- 191 & 406
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Pujara the up coming star for Indian Cricket team. A brilliant unbeaten 206 along with Sehwag's 117 runs get a massive score of 521/8 against England. Indian blower's to contributed in series. Naman Ojha took 5 and Ashwin 3 wickets respectively. Next Day England tried hard to be in this game by having 176 runs from cook and 91 runs from prior and given a chaseble target of 77 to india. India chase the target easily by losing one wicket of V.Sehwag. India is back in form again. Happy to see that.
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