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- Updated: November 27, 2016
Lunch India 60 for 1 (Parthiv 37*, Pujara 8*) trail England 283 (Bairstow 89, Shami 3-63) by 223 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
India took the honours in the opening session of the second day as they reached 60 for 1, having needed less than four overs to wrap up England’s first innings for 283. M Vijay was the lone success for England when Ben Stokes struck in his first over, but makeshift opener Parthiv Patel held firm with an unbeaten 37.
Vijay’s stay was not one of his most convincing and he walked after edging a flat-footed waft with Chris Gaffaney having not raised the finger. Vijay knew replays would have confirmed the nick. It meant the life he had been given on 12, when Jos Buttler couldn’t gather a flick off Moeen Ali, diving full-length at short midwicket, did not prove costly for England.
Vijay was also involved a moment of intrigue when he defended a delivery back to James Anderson who spotted the batsman had held …
