
1/7
India opened their account against England with a convincing 9-wicket win midway through the second session on the final day of the first Test here at the Motera. The hosts are now 1-0 up in the series with the second Test starting in Mumbai on Nov 23.
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2/7
India notched up the required 77 runs for victory losing just Virender Sehwag, who perished in his bid to finish things early. Cheteshwar Pujara , opening the innings in the absence of regular opener Gautam Gambhir, remained unconquered after an entertaining 41 from 51 deliveries with eight hits to the fence.
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3/7
Virat Kohli, who missed out in the first innings, got to hit the winning runs, a straight driven four off Swann, and remained not out with 14.
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4/7
No one had any doubt that India would win this Test. It was just a matter of when and by what margin. If there was one person who could deem it otherwise, it was England skipper Alastair Cook.
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5/7
But once Pragyan Ojha broke the monumental Cook-Matt Prior partnership by sending Prior back caught and bowled in the 10th over of the morning, the writing on the wall was clearer.
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