India v England: Monty Panesar and James Anderson give tourists edge after another toss lost at start of third Test A somewhat slothful Gautam Gambhir chose to interpret an easy three as an exceedingly indolent two, and was leaning on his bat for a breather, with no intention of moving, as Virender Sehwag charged down the pitch for the third. Patel, meanwhile, had run from deep square to the mid-wicket boundary and dived, and Finn had powered the throw-in over the far stumps. Thereafter no Indian batsman was going to attack the bowling as Sehwag would have done. They were collectively content to play themselves into some sort of form after the ignominy of Mumbai, no matter how long it took, and no matter that Anderson and Panesar got on top and stayed there. But England's poor ground-fielding let Sachin Tendulkar get away, with almost fatal consequences. Tendulkar was completely bogged down against Panesar early on: he was determined not to make the same mistake as he had in Mumbai, and had reprogrammed the finest cricket brain accordingly. So Tendulkar never aimed to hit Panesar through midwicket, his downfall in the second Test. Instead, he played straight against the left-arm spinner, and pushed forwards, and pushed forwards. After 43 balls Tendulkar had leaked to 10. He had been given a standing ovation on entering, but he looked less god than mortal, and the statistic remained that he hadn't made 50 in a Test since January, and hadn't even scored as many as 30 in any of his last ten Test innings. Pressure was worth applying. But when Tendulkar, on 10, glanced Finn, Panesar made a hash of the dive to his right at fine-leg. Then in the same over Anderson - whose fielding has gone from alpha to omega - turned a three into four with a mis-dive. Tendulkar was now up if not running on 18. He never reverted to being the master stroke-player of yesteryear because the ball is not coming on to any bat. Tendulkar accumulated mostly behind the wicket - not until he had reached 71 did he drive Panesar through the covers - but he kept India in the game with his composed defence. Anderson was excellent throughout - with the ball in his hand - and produced his best bowling of this series, responding superbly to the discouragement of losing the toss. He began with a seven-over spell then probed with the old ball and reverse-swing, passing the bat often, rattling Tendulkar with a bouncer, before getting Virat Kohli and Tendulkar nibbling and edging outside offstump. Yuvraj Singh helped Tendulkar to stem the tide in a fifth wicket stand of 79 before playing one loose waft too many. And England would have rammed home their advantage and taken the day - if only their fielding had held up. A number one Test team would not have allowed India back into the game as England did. The tourists might yet reach the final frontier of winning in India, but they are taking a circuitous route.