Spinners, Aaron dismiss England for 220

46.1 overs England 220 (Bresnan 45, Trott 41, Aaron 3-24, Ashwin 3-38) v India
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England's weakness against spin cost them for the third time in this series as they unravelled from a strong position to post an underwhelming total on a slow pitch affording generous turn. R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took 5 for 79 in 20 overs between them after Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen had built on England's quickest start of the series.

After Vinay Kumar had broken the 73-run stand between Trott and an uncharacteristically subdued Pietersen, Jadeja and Ashwin worked their way through a clueless England middle order, striking thrice in six overs. Tim Bresnan took the score past 200 with a run-a-ball 45 but England were dismissed with 23 deliveries remaining when fast bowler Varun Aaron bowled Bresnan to finish with three wickets on debut.

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25 overs England 122 for 3 (Pietersen 37*, Bopara 2*) v India

	Jonathan Trott looked in good touch until Vinay Kumar dismissed him © Getty Images Enlarge
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Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott built on England's highest opening stand of the series with another solid, if steady, third-wicket partnership that helped them recover after Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter departed off successive deliveries. Trott was positive against spin in the company of an uncharacteristically subdued Pietersen before Vinay Kumar broke through in the 22nd over with one that jagged back in and bowled Trott.

England's openers, with a best start of 8 so far in the series, began with playing out two maidens. Kieswetter - under some pressure for not having provided the flying starts he is in the side for - took on Vinay in the fourth over, a straight six and consecutive fours bringing him 14 and making MS Dhoni bring on R Ashwin. The move seemed to have made no difference when Kieswetter clobbered Ashwin's first five deliveries for 15 runs, including a towering six over long-on. Ashwin ended the over on a high, though, trapping Cook leg-before with a straight delivery. England slipped to 39 for 2 when Praveen Kumar got Kieswetter, again leg-before, off the very next delivery with one that kept low.

Trott was away with a cover-driven four right away. Though Pietersen went hard at deliveries and mistimed his strokes at times, Trott kept the runs flowing, cutting Ravindra Jadeja's left-arm spin three times to the deep point boundary. Trott welcomed Vinay's second spell with a cracking drive that beat sweeper cover easily but was dismissed two deliveries later. Pietersen continued to find the field as the India spinners got turn on the slow surface. The conditions may have left England wondering leaving out Graeme Swann for legspinner Scott Borthwick was the right move.