Tendulkar acknowledges his century

India's national hero had gone to his century with a majestic pull to deep square leg for four off Craig White after cutting loose in the post-lunch session.

But his wicket sparked a collapse and England have wrested back the initiative.

Matthew Hoggard removed the great man - as he was caught on the drive by Nasser Hussain at mid-on for 103. Hussain juggled the ball before joyfully hurling it skywards.

Tendulkar's innings had been a memorable one, even by his extraordinary standards, as he had to haul India out of a hole when they were 93 for four.

He put on 118 with Laxman for the fifth wicket, without which India would have really struggled.

Boost

It was a massive surprise when Tendulkar was out just before tea.

Flintoff celebrates removing Ganguly

And England had a further boost just after the interval as Craig White won a questionable lbw decision against Sehwag.

Giles, England's best bowler, then got in on the act, clean bowling Kumble with a fullish ball that turned sharply.

And as England turned the screw, Harbhajan gifted Giles his third wicket by giving Flintoff an easy catch at cover.

Srinath was caught at bat-pad, pushing forward.

Tendulkar's fine form came after England had enjoyed another good session in the morning, picking up two wickets and forcing India to score extremely slowly.

Ashley Giles was England's key bowler

Rahul Dravid was caught by James Foster off Hoggard for just seven. Then captain Sourav Ganguly edged Andrew Flintoff to specialist first slip, substitute Martyn Ball, for five.

Hoggard's wicket, the first of the day, came when he induced an edge from Dravid, the right-hander fencing at a perfectly-pitched ball just outside off stump.

It ended Dravid's tortuous 93-minute stay at the crease.

The home side lead the three-match series 1-0 after a facile win in Mohali.

India: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Shiv Sundar Das, Deep Dasgupta, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Tinu Yohannan.

England: Nasser Hussain (captain), Mark Butcher, Michael Vaughan, Marcus Trescothick, Mark Ramprakash, Andrew Flintoff, Craig White, James Foster, Ashley Giles, Richard Dawson, Matthew Hoggard.

Umpires: AV Jayaprakash (Ind) and Ian Robinson (Zim).
Match referee: Denis Lindsay (SA).