Fifth Test: Vihari, Jadeja help India reach 240/7
London, Sep 9 : A half-century on debut by Hanuma Vihari (56), well supported by Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten 41 helped India reach 240 for seven at lunch on the third day of the fifth and final Test rubber against England at the Oval here on Sunday.
Resuming the day at 174/6, Vihari and Jadeja played sensibly to get close to England's 332. India was 92 runs behind when the umpires called for the lunch break.
The 77-run partnership between the duo brought the visitors back into the contest.
Meanwhile, debutant Vihari also notched up his maiden Test half-century before edging a Moeen Ali's delivery to England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow.
Ishant Sharma was unbeaten on one run alonwith Jadeja.
Brief scores: India 240/7 (Hanuma Vihari 56, Virat Kohli 49; James Anderson 2/30) at Lunch on Day 3 vs England 332 (Jos Buttler 89, Alastair Cook 71; Ravindra Jadeja 4/79, Ishant Sharma 3/62)
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
