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1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-01-2018
Adil Rashid's return to the crease in Tests ends on 13, trapped lbw by Sharma on review. England 278-8
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-01-2018
England have missed a massive opportunity.
There is still plenty of movement but the Indian seamers haven't bowled brilliantly.
England should take heart that there is still movement.
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - ketchim - 08-01-2018
Stumps, day 1
285 - 9
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-01-2018
Who had the better first day
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - ketchim - 08-01-2018
The moment of inspiration came from India's captain Virat Kohli who ran out Joe Root
with a direct hit from deep midwicket- once again between 50 and 100 -
after which this side's biggest match-winner R Ashwin
took out the dangerous duo of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-02-2018
Ind 102-5
Stuart Broad it is then to have a go at Virat Kohli.
It's not as threatening as what has preceded him, but Broad is accurate enough, starting his spell with a maiden.
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-02-2018
Ind 143-5
Kohli 46, Hardik 18
Sam Curran finds the inside edge of Hardik Pandya's bat with a big swinging delivery and the ball deflects towards wide fine leg.
Hardik wants two but Virat Kohli sends him back and the all-rounder is briefly stranded.
But the throw comes in to Jonny Bairstow and Hardik is able to scramble back to the non-striker's end.
Kohli shakes his head at Hardik, fully aware he will never live it down if he gets run out like Joe Root did yesterday.
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-02-2018
Kohli dropped on 51
Virat Kohli is dropped, again. And it's by Dawid Malan, again.
It's a much, much tougher chance than the one the Middlesex man put down when Kohli was on 21.
The ball flies off the outside edge and Malan dives to his right but can't grab it one-handed.
Another big let off for Kohli.
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-02-2018
Sam Curran is only the 3rd England bowler to take 4+ Test wickets in an innings before their 21st birthday (James Anderson & Bill Voce)
1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham - chairman - 08-02-2018
That was a brilliant session. It was fantastic from England. It helps when they get the ball zipping around. Catching is very important, we have seen that over the years. That is the one thing you can point the finger at at England.
The bowling and energy has been absolutely fantastic but that man Virat Kohli stands between England a very good lead.