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Strauss had an anxious moment in the next over as he looked to have got a leading edge off Harbhajan, but the ball flew through the vacant cover region for a four.

After a quick start, England had been slowed down considerably courtesy of those two wickets.

Strauss and Bell made sure that they kept ticking the scoreboard with singles and twos. Strauss even got a four in that Chawla over as he played a fine sweep to take England to 128 for two in 19 overs.

Bell kept it simple as he right away concentrated on getting the singles.

After 20 overs, England were 132 for two.