Krejza bowls out India for 441

Krejza bowls out India for 441
7 Nov 2008, 1317 hrs IST,
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NEW DELHI: Jason Krejza became the fourth bowler in the world to take eight wickets on debut as India were all out for 441 runs in their first
innings on the second day of the fourth Test in Nagpur.


Krejza took the last Indian wicket, his eighth, when he had Ishant Sharma caught at forward short leg by Simon Katich for a duck.

Harbhajan Singh, with four fours, remained not out on 18, as Krejza, who was not selected for the first three Tests returned with figures of 43.5-1-215-8.

Krejza got his seventh wicket as Amit Mishra was clean bowled by a straighter delivery on the very next delivery after Zaheer Khan (1) inside edged a delivery onto his stumps.

Earlier, Krejza had Ganguly caught at first slip by Michael Clarke by a delivery that turned and bounced to put India to 423/7. Ganguly missed becoming only the second Indian after Mohammad Azharuddin to hit a century on his debut as well as in his last Test.

Ganguly hit eight fours and a six in the first innings of his last Test and Krejza is the 14th Australian to take five wickets on Test debut.

Just two deliveries earlier, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was bowled by Krejza soon after he reached his 12th Test fifty. Dhoni hit four fours in his knock.

Dhoni looked to hit to fine leg, but missed the delivery to be clean bowled and give Krejza his fourth wicket.

Before lunch, former captain Sourav Ganguly hit his 35th Test fifty and along with Singh Dhoni took India over the 400-run mark.

At lunch India were 404/5, with Ganguly and Dhoni having put up a century stand for the sixth wicket.

Looking to capitalize on the century by Sachin Tendulkar (109) and half-centuries by Virender Sehwag (66) and VVS Laxman (64), Ganguly and Dhoni, resuming the Indian innings on 311/5, started well and ran three runs six times.

Playing his last Test, Ganguly displayed ample grit and determination to notch up his fifty.

While Ganguly exhibited grace and elegance in his drives through the off-side, Dhoni showed his raw power in a sweep to square leg from outside off and a couple of shots to deep cover by the bottom-hand.

Ganguly hit his first six of this innings by charging down the pitch and hitting a Jason Krejza delivery straight over the top.

On Day one, India went past the 300-run mark thanks to a 146-run partnership between Tendulkar and Laxman. The stand came after India got off to a good start but then lost three quick wickets after Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first.