Double ton puts Das on strong footing

Opener Shiv Sunder Das today became a front runner to open the Indian innings in the third Test against England as he smashed 250 on the sec...

Opener Shiv Sunder Das today became a front runner to open the Indian innings in the third Test against England as he smashed 250 on the second day of the four-day match against Essex here today.

Das was the last man to be dismissed as Indians were all out for 516 at the stroke of tea. The Orissa player narrowly failed to beat Poly Umrigar’s 252 against Cambridge University in 1959, the best by an Indian batsman on English soil.

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India (1st innings): (Overnight 331/6) SS Das c Ilott b Phillips 250, S Bangar b Middlebrook 21, V Sehwag lbw Middlebrook 37, VVS Laxman c Robinson b Grant 46, W Jaffer c Flower b Middlebrook 19, P Patel c Flower b Grant 32, A Ratra lbw Ilott 1, S Ganguly st Hyam b Middlebrook 74, A Agarkar st Hyam b Phillips 20, H Singh c sub b Phillips 0, T Yohannan not out 4; Extras: (lb-7, nb-5) 12; Total: 516 Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-106, 3-191, 4-234, 5-310, 6-326, 7-431, 8-509, 9-509 Bowling: Dakin 23-6-85-0, Ilott 26-4-103-1, Grant 23-10-69-2, Middlebrook 36-5-164-4, Phillips 15.4-2-70-3, Bopara 6-1-18-0 Story continues below this ad

Indians, who resumed at their overnight score of 331 for six today, maintained a blistering pace and the first hour saw 92 runs scored, 65 of them by captain Saurav Ganguly. In all, Indians smashed 185 runs in 39 overs today. Das hit 32 fours and four sixes in his marathon innings, lasting 380 balls, which has virtually clinched him a berth in Headingley Test.

The effort was also three short his career best first class score of 253 scored for Orissa last season against Bengal. Ganguly was in an attacking mood and laid his bat at everything hurled at him by the Essex bowlers. He smashed 74 runs off 57 balls.

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