#3 Pietersen almost perishes to Dhoni: India vs England, 1st test, Lord’s, 2011
This one didn’t go India’s way. Nothing really went India’s way in the series we are referring to. It was the first innings of the first test of India’s English summer in 2011 and India had already lost their bowling spearhead Zaheer Khan to injury.
Lack of bowling options prompted Dhoni to take a break from his 'keeping duties’ and roll his arm over instead in the post-lunch session of Day 2. Dhoni did the unthinkable by almost dismissing England's premier batsman Kevin Pietersen with one of his wide outswingers. Billy Bowden gave it out at first but KP, who was batting on 73, asked for a review.
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To India’s disappointment, replays showed that the bat had actually kissed the pad and there was daylight between the bat and the ball. The decision was overturned and Pietersen went on to score an unbeaten 202.
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