NEW DELHI: Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli chased down the required 77 runs in 15.3 overs as India completed a nine-wicket victory to take a 1-0 lead against England on the fifth day of the first Test at Sardar Patel Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad on Monday.


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Pujara was adjudged the man of the match for scoring 247 runs in both the innings without getting dismissed.
Kevin Pietersen took a good catch at long-on to dismiss Virender Sehwag off Graeme Swann to deny India a ten-wicket victory.

Swann bowled a loopy off-spinner around off, Sehwag came down the track for a big shot over long on but failed to get the timing right. It balloons in the air and Pietersen took the catch over his head. The backward momentum pushed him towards the ropes but he did well to maintain the balance.

Sehwag and Pujara brought up the Indian fifty in the eighth over.
Earlier, Pragyan Ojha took four wickets as following on, England were bowled out for 406 runs in their second innings.
Lunch was taken at the end of England second innings.
India bounced back after a mediocre Day 4 evening session and picked up the remaining five wickets by conceding another 66 runs.

Ojha once again shone with the ball as he picked both the overnight batsmen in quick succession and finished with 9 wickets in the match, his best Test match figures.

Alastair Cook was the star with the bat for England but barring him and Matt Prior all England struggled.

England's innings ended when Zaheer came from round the wicket and served a fuller length delivery outside off, Tim Bresnan got forward and drove it firmly through the line, but he failed to keep it down and substitute fielder Ajinkya Rahane took a fine tumbling catch to his left in the covers.

R Ashwin finally got his first wicket when he clean bowled Graeme Swann.

Swann tried to reverse sweep but missed and was clean bowled by a full delivery.

England lost their eighth wicket when Umesh Yadav took a return catch to dismiss Stuart Broad.

Yadav darted in a length delivery, around middle and off, Broad attempted to turn it off his pads but it stopped a bit onto him and took the leading edge and Yadav completed a simple return catch.
Pragyan Ojha scalped Matt Prior and captain Alastair Cook in his alternate overs.
Ojha bowled at a flatter trajectory, shade short in length around off and turning in a bit, Cook came back and looked to punch it through the line, but failed to do so and the ball went on to disturb the timber.
Cook played remarkably well to score 176 runs with the help of 21 hits to the fence.
Ojha gave India the much-needed breakthrough when he dismissed Prior.
Ojha tossed the ball up around middle and off, it gripped the surface and stopped a bit onto Prior, who remained on the back foot and just pushed at it. It came off the toe end of the bat and Ojha took a simple return catch.
Prior hit 11 fours in his 91-run knock and added 157 runs with captain Alastair Cook for the sixth wicket.

The day's play started with Cook and Prior resuming England second innings, following on.
On Day 4, Cook and Prior's innings restored England's belief in their ability to handle India's spinners on turning tracks after the debacle in the first innings.