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Chennai Test on a knife-edge

AFP, Chennai
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Virender Sehwag smashed a quickfire 83 off 68 balls as India made a spirited start in their chase of a history-defying target in the first Test against England here on Sunday.
The hosts ended the fourth day's play at 131 for one in their second innings after being set 387 to win by England captain Kevin Pietersen, a target never achieved before on Indian soil.
England declared their second innings at 311-9 soon after tea, the total revolving around Andrew Strauss' second century in the match and 108 from Paul Collingwood.
The aggressive Sehwag plundered 11 boundaries and four sixes in a whirlwind opening stand of 117 with Gautam Gambhir, whose own contribution in the partnership was 29.
England broke through six overs before close when Sehwag was given leg-before by umpire Daryl Harper while trying to sweep off-spinner Graeme Swann.
Gambhir was unbeaten at stumps on 41 and Rahul Dravid was on two, with India needing a further 256 runs from 90 overs on the final day to take the lead in the two-Test series.
The highest fourth innings total to win a match on Indian soil is 276-5 by the West Indies at New Delhi's Ferozeshah Kotla ground during the 1987-88 season.
"I think we are in a good position to go for a win." said Sehwag. "But we must bat the full 90 overs tomorrow. We must not try to finish it off early. If we get three runs an over we will do it."
Sehwag, who scored India’s highest individual score of 319 against South Africa at this ground in March, said he was disappointed not to be there
till stumps
"I felt bad that I did not get my hundred," he said "The ball hit a spot and turned. I thought I would be lucky and the umpire would rule in my favour."
Sehwag responded to the stiff target with a spectacular blitz, smashing Steve Harmison over third man for six and then lofting left-arm spinner Monty Panesar twice over the boundary.
Sehwag reached his 18th Test fifty off 32 balls, and when the century stand with Gambhir came in the 18th over, he was himself on 73.
Left-handed Strauss, who made 123 in the first innings, scored 108 to become only the second Englishman after Graham Gooch to score two centuries in a1 Test against India.
Strauss emulated West Indian Everton Weekes, Duleep Mendis of Sri Lanka and Gary Kirsten of South
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Africa, the current India coach, in scoring two hundreds in a Test on Indian soil.
"It was a big moment for me," said the 31-year-old Middlesex opener. "It was a difficult situation and so it was even more satisfying."
Strauss said he was confident England could win on Monday desite Sehwag's hurricane start.
"Viru played an exceptional innings," he said. "He is pretty exciting to watch when you are not from the opposing team.
"He has given India a sniff of victory but we are confident we can take nine wickets. A lot is happening on this wicket and we need to keep our patience and hold our chances.
"India have experienced campaigners who have been there, done that. Dravid and (Sachin) Tendulkar will be important wickets for us."
Strauss and Collingwood, who came together on Saturday evening with England struggling at 43-3, hammered 214 for the fourth wicket.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between England and India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday:
ENGLAND: First innings 316 (Strauss 123, Cook 52, Prior 53 not out; Harbhajan 3-96, Mishra 3-99)
INDIA: First innings 241 (Dhoni 53, Harbhajan 40; Flintoff3-49, Panesar 3-65) ENGLAND: Second innings (overnight 172-3)
Strauss c Laxman b Harbhajan 108 Cooke Dhonib Shanna 9 Bell cGambhirb Mishra 7 Pietersen lbwb Yuvraj 1 Collingwood lbw b Zaheer 108 Flintoffc Dhoni b Sharma 4 Prior cSehwagb Sharma 33 Swann b Zaheer 7
Harmisonb Zaheer 1
Anderson not out 1
Extras: (b-10, lb-13, nb-7,w-2) 32 Total: (For 9 wkts declared in 105.5 overs) 311
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-42, 3-43, 4-257, 5-262, 6-277, 7-297, 8-301,9-311
Bowler OMR W Zaheer 27 7 40 3
Sharma 22.5 1 57 3
Mishra 17 1 66 1
Yuvraj 3 1 12 1
Harbhajan 30 3 91 1
Sehwag 6 0 22 0
INDIA: Second innings (target 387)
Gambhirnotout 41
Sehwag lbw b Swann 83
Dravid not out 2
Extras: (b-3,lb-2) 5
Total: (For 1 wkt in 29 overs) 131
Fallofwicket: 1-117
Bowler O M R W
Harmison 4 0 33 0
Anderson 2 0 15 0
Panesar 7 1 36 0
Flintoff 8 1 15 0
Swann 8 0 27 1