India build towards strong total
India enhanced their bid to secure the series after closing day one of the final Test with England on 316-4.
After Wasim Jaffer fell before lunch for a breezy 35, Dinesh Karthik and Rahul Dravid looked in complete command in a partnership of 127 in 33 overs.
James Anderson produced a magical late swinging yorker to oust Dravid, who made his 48th Test fifty, and Karthik was given out for 91. Read more
Courtesy:news.bbc.co.uk
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