England v India Test Live: Ravichandran Ashwin removes Alastair Cook after Virat Kohli steals the day

Sport360 staff 21:29 02/08/2018
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  • Virat Kohli scored 149 of India's 274 runs.

    India’s openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay started well with the bat as they put on a 50-run stand for the first wicket before Sam Curran ran through the top-order with a three-wicket burst. The youngster dismissed Vijay and KL Rahul in the same over before getting the better of Dhawan in his next. India were batting at 76-3 when lunch was taken.

    The visitors lost Ajinkya Rahane shortly into the second session after he was caught at third slip off the bowling of Ben Stokes. The England all-rounder then bagged his 100th Test wicket as he shattered the stumps of Dinesh Karthik to leave India reeling at 100-5. Since the fall of those wickets, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya have been put through a testing spell by the England pacers.

    Pandya was dismissed just before tea while Kohli notched up his maiden half-century in England. India were 160-6 at the time tea was taken. A seventh wicket in the form of Ravi Ashwin fell after tea as James Anderson got his name into the wicket-taking column. Anderson then had a second of the day when he saw the back of Mohammed Shami. With last man Umesh Yadav or company, Kohli bought up a special century with a boundary off Stokes. The India skipper battled on with Yadav in tow and was finally dismissed one run short of his 150 as England took a 13-run lead in the first innings.

    Ravichandran Ashwin then dismissed Alastair Cook in exactly the same fashion as he did in the first innings as England lost an early wicket before stumps were drawn.

    Earlier, England were dismissed for 287 on the second day of the first Test against India at Edgbaston on Thursday.

    It took India just 10 balls on Thursday to wrap up the hosts’ first innings after England resumed on 285 for nine. Sam Curran fell for his overnight 24 after edging Mohammad Shami to wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik.
    James Anderson was two not out.

    England, who won the toss, had been well-placed at 216 for three on Wednesday thanks to a stand of 104 between captain Joe Root (80) and Yorkshire team-mate Jonny Bairstow (70).

    But the run out of Root by opposing captain Virat Kohli, who gave his England counterpart a colourful send-off that could yet land him in trouble with the match referee, changed the course of the first day’s play.

    His exit, in England’s 1,000th Test, sparked an all-too familiar batting collapse with the hosts losing six wickets for 67 runs.

    India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, belying his reputation for being a far worse performer outside the sub-continent, took four wickets on the first day and finished with innings figures of four for 62 in 26 overs.

    Meanwhile paceman Shami took three for 64 in 19.4 overs. This is the first of a five-match series.

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