The first match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge. In reply to England’s first innings, India scored over 100 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul gave the team a good start and shared 97 runs for the first wicket. Rohit Sharma (36) returned to the pavilion just before lunch. After this, in the second session, James Anderson was damaged by his bowling and Cheteshwar Pujara (4) and skipper Virat Kohli (0) were kept in consecutive deliveries. Anderson showed Virat the first ball of the pavilion.
In fact, after Pujara’s dismissal, skipper Virat Kohli was unable to comprehend Anderson’s outgoing ball and bat on it, then wicketkeeper Jose Butler took a simple catch without making any mistake. Going into the open pavilion, reinforced. Kohli responded with surprise after the out. Apart from Virat, Pujara could not do much and fell to Anderson by just 4 runs. Vice captain Ajinkya Rahane was also run out after scoring 5 runs.
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Earlier in the first session of the second day, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul faced the English bowlers and added 97 runs for the first wicket. Rohit and Rahul played good shots around the field and were not under any pressure. However, Rohit failed to make a good start once again and Ollie Robinson fell to 36 for the loss. After scoring 183 in the first innings, the entire England team became allout.
