Mohali, Nov 27 (CRICKETNMORE): Parthiv Patel got off to a steady international comeback with an unbeaten 37 as India posted 60\/1 in their first innings at lunch on the second day of the third cricket Test against England on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Patel was batting at 37 while teammate Cheteshwar Pujara was on eight when the teams went in for break at the Punjab Cricket Association I.S. Bindra Stadium here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ben Stokes earlier dismissed opener Murali Vijay to bag the only Indian wicket to fall. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
The hosts now trail England's first innings total of 283 by 223 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Patel survived a nervous start, almost edging an outgoing delivery from James Anderson to wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But he gradually found his groove, hitting a couple of boundaries to get the scoreboard ticking. He had notched up six boundaries in the 73 balls he faced till lunch break.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vijay, on the other hand, struggled at the other end. His uncomfortable stay of 38 balls finally came to an end when a half-hearted flash at a Stokes delivery found a slight outer edge to the keeper.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pujara then solidly played 22 deliveries -- including two hits to the fence -- to ensure no further losses occurred to the hosts till lunch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, England started at their overnight score of 268\/8 before fast bowler Mohammed Shami cleaned up the remaining two wickets to return figures of 3\/63.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fast bowler Umesh Yadav, star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and Jayant Yadav bagged two wickets each. Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shami dismissed overnight batsman Adil Rashid with his very first ball, a superb delivery that seamed away slightly, taking the bat's outer edge and into the gloves of wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Incoming bastsman Anderson started off with an edge through the third man area for a boundary. He remained unbeaten on 13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But the England innings did not last long. Shami trapped Batty leg before to bag his second wicket of the morning and put an end to the visitors' first innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief scores:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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