Nottingham, August 19: Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane were involved in a massive 150-plus partnership on Day 1 and took India to a satisfying 307 for six at close. But India would still need some more runs, possibly somewhere around 400 or little above, to feel safe against this England batting line-up.
Here's MyKhel live updates of Day 2 on Sunday (August 19) from Trent Bridge. Can Rishabh Pant, who scored his first Test runs with a massive six of Adil Rashid, make it big here and he will have R Ashwin for company when the innings resumes. An exciting day in the offing for us. READ THIS IN KANNADA
End of Day 2: India close at 124/2 for an overall lead of 292 runs and this match can go only one way from here and that's shows in Ravi Shastri's confident smile and applause from Trent Bridge balcony
WICKET 2: Dhawan st Bairstow b Rashid 44 and India are 111/2 lead by 280
100 up for India and lead is now 269 and they have 9 wickets left. Utter dominance.
GRASSED. Cook drops Dhawan at first slip off Woakes on 34. Going worse from bad to England
Pujara scoring at a strike rate more than 100 at the moment and India are going at over 5 - a combination of fine batting and downright filth from England
Pujara is the new man at the crease and he has shown his class through a wonderful straight drive off Stokes.
WICKET NO 1: KL Rahul b Stokes 36 and India are 60/1 .. A rather loose shot against an incoming delivery
50 up for India and lead is well past 200. Good batting from Dhawan and Rahul. Dhawan is batting with no half-measure. And that said it was a very ordinary opening spell from Anderson and Broad
So, here comes India's second innings. Dhawan and Rahul are out there and as if to underscore India's dominance Dhawan caress a drive through covers off Anderson.
Pandya gets five wickets in 29 balls - basically England crashed from 54 for no loss to 161 all out in a single session. Someway to answer your critics, Pandya
Simply brilliant effort by India as they bowl out England for 161 and gets an innings lead of 168. What India will be up to in the second innings. We will find out soon.
India need to finish off things here and it's just Buttler in the way
WICKET NO 9: Pandya gets Broad leg before and that was his 5th wicket. What an effort
Oh BTW that was the fifth catch of the innings for Pant in his debut Test. Whata boy
What the Indian pacers have done is to bowl at a fuller length and purchase swing
WICKET 8 AND 5 FOR PANDYA This time Adil Rashid goes and England are 128/8 ...Talk about collapse
WICKET 7: Woakes c Pant b Pandya 8 and England are sliding fast here as India pacers are on top of their game
WICKET NO 5: Ben Stokes c Rahul b Shami 10 and England are 108/5 Big struggle
100 up for England but a long way to go
WICKET 4: Root c Rahul b Pandya 16...England cannot believe that 3rd umpire gave that out but no conclusive evidence. anyway India will take it
Interesting piece of stats via stat man Rajneesh Gupta: Indian bowlers dismissing a particular batsman most often in Tests: 12 Kapil Dev (Mudassar Nazar) 11 Kapil Dev (G Gooch) 10 Kapil Dev (David Gower) 10 Kapil Dev (Allan Border) 10 Kapil Dev (M Marshall) 10 Harbhajan Singh (Ricky Ponting) 10 ISHANT SHARMA (Alastair Cook)
Ishant Sharma testing Root and Bairstow with a few booming inswingers
WICKET NO 3: Pope c Pant b Ishant 10 as England now are 75/3 some worry for them here.
Indian bowlers have adopted an excellent line against Root who has now remained on 0 for 12 balls but a short ball by Ishant break the hold -- pulled for 4
And for those who are eager to know about Pant's efforts behind the wicket - he has pulled off two neat catches and generally been tidy
WICKET 2: Jennings c Pant b Bumrah 20 as England slip to 54/2 suddenly. Such a busy passage.
WICKET 1 - Cook c Pant b Ishant 29 as England are 54/1 Two balls earlier Pujara had dropped a sitter but it did not hurt India
50 up for England as Cook square drives Ishant for 4
Welcome to the post lunch session and it's Ishant Sharma starting the proceedings
At Lunch, England are 46/0 after bowling out India for 329. Behind by 283 runs.Lot of cricket coming your way. Stay tuned.