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India v England, 2nd Test: India lead 170 runs

Indian spinners Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra struck in the last two overs and dismissed Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff to reduce England to 282/6 at the close of third day’s play in Mohali on Sunday.

Pietersen played a captain’s knock of 144 runs to take England out of pit. Chasing 453 runs, England were tottering with 131/4 at one stage but Pietersen smashed 15th Test hundred, his third against India to keep his side in contention. He got good support from Alastair Cook and Andrew Flintoff for the third and fifth wicket respectively.

KP, who came after Ian Bell’s dismissal, added 103 runs for the third wicket with Cook before the latter fell to Zaheer Khan. He later added 149 runs for the fifth wicket with Freddie. But in the penultimate over of the day, Harbhajan caught him plumb in front of the wicket.

Leg-spinner Mishra took cue from Bhajji and struck in the last over to remove Flintoff for 62 runs. The former England skipper raised 25th Test fifty, his sixth against India before Gautam Gambhir took a superb catch at short leg off Mishra.

Earlier in the day, dense fog and poor light conditions at the PCA Stadium in Mohali delayed the start by 90 minutes.

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