India won the Test Match Series
India won the Test Match Series
England tour of India
2nd Test: India v England at Mohali, Dec 19-23, 2008
As in the Earlier Post about the England tour of India, 2nd Test 2008, about the match details.,
Here we go the full scores:
Close of play
19 Dec day 1 – India 1st innings 179/1 (G Gambhir 106*, R Dravid 65*, 72 ov)
20 Dec day 2 – India 1st innings 453
21 Dec day 3 – England 1st innings 282/6 (JM Anderson 1*, 73 ov)
22 Dec day 4 – India 2nd innings 134/4 (G Gambhir 44*, Yuvraj Singh 39*, 50 ov)
23 Dec day 5 – England 2nd innings 64/1 (28 ov) – end of match
2nd Test Match was Drawn
India won the Series with 1-0
Man of the Match: G Gambhir (India)
Man of the series: Z Khan (India)
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Heavy security at Orissa churches, temples
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Bhubaneswar: Armed policemen have been deployed at several churches, major temples and other religious establishments in Orissa as authorities and many Christians apprehend trouble during Christmas in the state that witnessed widespread communal violence in recent months.
“We have posted armed policemen at all major churches across the state. Policemen have also been deployed at Hindu religious places like the Jagannath Temple and the Sankaracharya Math in Puri,” a state home department official said on Tuesday.
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Islamabad: Undertaking a visit as tension escalates between India and Pakistan, the top US military official has asked Islamabad to do more to address India’s concerns and reportedly sought commitments from Pakistani leadership on New Delhi’s demands.
On a second visit to Pakistan since the Mumbai Terror attacks, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is believed to have stressed on the need for Islamabad to do more to address India’s concerns, including action against elements linked to the Nov 26 strikes during his meetings with the country’s top military leadership on Monday.
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The state Director General of Police Kuldeep Khuda told the press that the serving Pakistani Armyman is Ghulam Farid alias Gulshan Kumar, a sepoy in 10 Azad Kashmir regiment.
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The armed forces were “fully prepared to meet any “eventuality” and the “men are ready to (make a) sacrifice for their country”, Kayani was quoted as saying by pro-establishment ‘The News’ daily.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Markel, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jim Jong II are other world leaders on the list
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