Highlights, 1st Test, Day 2: Gritty Virat Kohli stands tall amidst ruins as India score 274
Cricket | Aug 02, 2018, 11:51 PM ISTAt stumps, England were 9 for 1 in their second innings with an overall lead of 22 runs.
At stumps, England were 9 for 1 in their second innings with an overall lead of 22 runs.
India captain Virat Kohli running England skipper Joe Root out for 80 just after Tea sparked a collapse as the hosts lost six wickets for 67 runs to end the day on 285-9.
On the opening day of the first Test against England, Mohammed Shami took 2/64 while R Ashwin returned with figures of 4/60 to help India restrict England to 285/9.
The two players were initially named in England's 13-man squad for the opening game of the five-match Test series against India at Edgbaston.
It was the eighth time Ashwin had dismissed the left-handed opener in Test cricket - joining Nathan Lyon on the list of spinners dismissing Alastair Cook most times in Test cricket.
England have dominated India since their first Test in June 1932, winning 43 and losing 25 out of a total of 117 Tests.
Ravichandran Ashwin produced one of his impactful performance outside the sub-continent as India reduced England to 285 for nine on the opening day of the first Test in Birmingham.
In an interview to the GQ India August 2018 issue, Kohli has spoken out about his audacious style which is relished by the millennials.
India last won a Test series in England in 2007 under Rahul Dravid, and it will be no easy task ahead of the Virat Kohli-led side to duplicate that feat.
The opener was trolled on social media after bagging a pair in the practice match against Essex.
Ahead of the opening Test starting in Birmingham on Wednesday, he also said that as per the skill-set, both teams are at par.
As India are due to play in the Asia Cup days after the fifth Test this series has been squeezed into six weeks.
The form of India's top order seems to be a cause of concern for the visitors but Cook today backed struggling Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara.
After finishing his own batting session, Kohli advised his teammates on how to tackle the swinging Duke ball in England.
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