Indian bowlers strike early to leave England at 68/3

Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Indian bowlers struck early to leave England reeling at 68 for three in the second innings at tea on the third day of the first cricket Test at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Saturday.

Opener Andrew Strauss was batting on 30 and Paul Collingwood on 10 when umpires called the tea break. Ishant Sharma, Yuvraj Singh and Amit Mishra picked up a wicket each. England made 316 in the first innings and then bowled out India for 241. England now have an overall lead of 143 runs with seven wickets in hand.