Highlights, India vs England, 1st Test, Full Cricket Score: Rain forces early call off, India 125/4 at stumps on Day 2

PLAY CALLED OFF for the day! What a shame. It was shaping up to be another cracking day but it’s been cut short by persistent rains. India – 125/4 at stumps on Day 2.

Meanwhile, you can watch this brilliant passage of play after lunch….

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Not a good sight! The covers are firmly on.

IND 125/4 after 46.4 overs (Rahul 57, Pant 7)

Finally, play has started. Anderson to complete his over. Rahul nicely gets behind of the ball and defends the third delivery. He then flicks the next delivery towards mid wicket. Rain playing spoilsport once again as the covers come on and players walk off the field.

Anderson will complete his over. Bowls a sharp inswinger off the second which leaves Rahul in two minds. The batter ultimately lets it go. Oh, the umbrellas are out and the covers are on once again. It is pouring once again.

Time for live action.

Play to resume at 4:15PM local time (8:45PM IST) if it stays clear

Source: BCCI

UPDATE! There will be an inspection at 8.30 PM IST.

Well, not so good news coming in from Trent Bridge. It’s started raining. And the covers are on.

IND 125/4 after 46.1 overs (Rahul 57, Pant 7)

Anderson continues. Play has been stopped due to bad light. The conditions were overcast and England were high on momentum, so they’d hope the light’s better in some time.

After 46 overs,India 125/4 ( KL Rahul 57 , Rishabh Pant (W) 7)

Broad continues. He bowls well against the left handers. Let’s see how Pant deals with him. The southpaw creams the first delivery through the covers for a boundary. And there’s another boundary in the over, from Rahul, who opens the face of the blade and runs it down to third man. 10 runs off the over.

FOUR! Rahul then guides one through the slip corden for a well placed four.

FOUR! Pant creams it through the covers. And he’s standing well outside the crease.

After 45 overs,India 115/4 ( KL Rahul 52 , Rishabh Pant (W) 3)

Time for another interesting battle – Pant vs Anderson. The southpaw had reverse swept Anderson during India’s home series against England. That will still be fresh in the memory of Indian fans. After getting beaten outside off on the third delivery, Pant charges down the track off the next and lofts it over the infield on the off side for a triple. Doesn’t time it as well as he would have liked. What’s fear for Pant? Rahul outside edges the final delivery and Sibley drops it at second slip. How costly will that be? Three off the over.

After 44 overs,India 112/4 ( KL Rahul 52 , Rishabh Pant (W) 0)

Robinson continues. Another wicket falls. India will be highly disappointed with Rahane’s dismissal, he ran a long way from the non striker’s end even as Rahul said no for a run after defending the ball. A direct hit from Bairstow does the trick. Meanwhile, clouds over Trent Bridge. Momentum with England as Rishabh Pant joins Rahul at the crease. Just one run and a wicket in the over, good bowling.

RUN OUT! Rahul defends and says no in time. Rahane, at the non striker’s end though is already out the crease. Fails to get back in time as Bairstow effects a direct hit. Rahane run out (Bairstow) 5(5)

After 43 overs,England 110/3 ( Joe Root (C) 42 , Jonny Bairstow 13)

Anderson returns and sticks to the same corridor of uncertainty outside off that led to Kohli’s dismissal. Rahul though is happy to leave and defend the deliveries. Fine over there, a maiden.

After 42 overs,India 111/3 ( KL Rahul 52 , Ajinkya Rahane 4)

KL Rahul collects a double off the first, bringing up his 12th Test fifty. But he’ll know the work’s only half done now. Change of momentum for England as two Indian wickets have fallen in quick succession. All the more essential for Rahul to hang in there. Four runs off the last delivery, courtesy an overthrow. Rahane was gone if there was a direct hit as he sneaked a quick single, but the ball missed the stumps and Rahane ran the rest. Seven runs off the over.

50! 12th Test fifty for KL Rahul. He has grabbed his opportunity with both hands. Great temperament shown by the right-hander. Eight fours in his knock thus far. But he’d want to convert this to double figures now.

After 41 overs,India 104/3 ( KL Rahul 49 , Ajinkya Rahane 0)

Anderson steams in. Change of momentum as the veteran English seamer picks up two wickets off consecutive deliveries, first getting rid of Pujara and then picking up the prized scalp of Kohli, who departs for a duck. 1-0, Anderson on top today in the battle against Kohli. Outside edges in both the dismissals, although the away movement and bounce was more on Kohli’s dismissal. One run and a wicket in the over.

OUT! Anderson on a hattrick, he wins the battle against Kohli. Pitched on good length, it was an outswinger. Kohli edged it and Buttler completed an easy catch behind the stumps. Big breakthrough. Kohli c Buttler b Anderson 0(1)

OUT! The soft signal is out. The ball stayed low and took the outside edge of Pujara’s bat. Hint of away movement there. Anderson with the breakthrough. Pujara c Buttler b Anderson 4(16)

After 40 overs,India 103/1 ( KL Rahul 48 , Cheteshwar Pujara 4)

Robinson continues. Appeals for LBW off the first against Pujara. It was a nip backer, Pujara got his leg to it first. But DRS shows that it would have gone on to miss the stumps due to the height. Successful review for India and Pujara is pumped up. A no ball off the fifth delivery as the pacer oversteps. The batsman collects a double off the last after clipping it off the pads. Three runs off the over.

After 39 overs,India 100/1 ( KL Rahul 48 , Cheteshwar Pujara 2)

Two slips and a gully in place as Anderson returns to the attack. After four dots, Pujara sneaks a quick single off the penultimate delivery, bringing up the 100 for India. Another dot to the end the over.

After 38 overs,India 98/1 ( KL Rahul 48 , Cheteshwar Pujara 1)

Time for live action after Lunch. Pujara, the new man in, cops a blow on his body off his very first ball. A no ball off the final delivery off the over and Pujara gets off the mark with a cover drive. And it’s followed by a bouncer, Rahul does well to duck under it.

Time for live action after Lunch.

Lunch

India still in a good position, despite losing Rohit. That’s been the issue with Rohit overseas. He has squandered his start. Always impulsive with that pull shot, and the fielder was perfectly positioned for that. Pujara’s expected to take his time. But Rahul has got his eye in and should continue in a similar vein. Stay tuned for further updates.

IND 97/1 after 37.3 overs ( KL Rahul 48)

Robinson continues. Rahul nudges the ball off the first and collects a streaky single as Rohit was a little late to respond. A direct hit there and Rohit was gone. Rohit squanders a good start, departs for 36, after pulling the third delivery straight to the fine leg fielder. And that’ll be lunch on Day 2

OUT! England draw first blood. Finally. Short from Robinson, Rohit goes for his instinctive pull shot and finds the fielder at fine leg. Rohit c Sam Curran b Robinson 36(107)

After 37 overs,India 96/0 ( Rohit Sharma 36 , KL Rahul 47)

Curran continues. Inswinger from the left-arm seamer off the fourth, Rahul walks down the wicket, meets the ball on the full and presents the full face of the blade. Confident shot for a boundary there. Six runs off the over.

FOUR! Rahul walks down the track, negates the spin by meeting the ball on the full and drives it down the ground.

After 36 overs,India 89/0 ( Rohit Sharma 35 , KL Rahul 42)

You can see that both the batters are growing in confidence here. It becomes pretty evident from Rahul’s approach, while Rohit still appears a bit defensive and is only going after the looseners. Just one run off Robinson’s 11th over, courtesy a leg bye.

After 35 overs,England 83/3 ( Joe Root (C) 23 , Jonny Bairstow 7)

Curran steams it from around the wicket. Gets smacked for two fours from that very angle. The first boundary came after Rohit played a cut through point, while the second was a bye and evaded Buttler behind the stumps. An absolute jaffa by Curran off the fifth as he once again bowls over the wicket. Good length delivery and it was swinging back in through the air. 10 runs off the over.

FOUR! Byes! Down the leg side, Rohit aims to tickle it, he misses and the ball evades the wicketkeeper

FOUR! Driven and driven well! Rohit drills it through point for a boundary.

After 34 overs,India 78/0 ( Rohit Sharma 30 , KL Rahul 42)

Broad continues. Beats Rahul’s outside edge off the second after bowling a lovely inswinger. The fourth delivery is a wide one outside off, Rahul pokes at it and it races away towards third man region for a boundary. Five runs off the over.

FOUR! Outside the off stump from Broad, it was swinging away, Rahul gets bat to and the ball races away towards the third man region. We’ve seen a number of boundaries in that region now.

After 33 overs,India 73/0 ( Rohit Sharma 29 , KL Rahul 38)

Curran in action. An inswinger to start the over, followed by two outswingers. Rahul and Rohit rotate strike off the fourth and fifth deliveries, sneaking a single each. Rahul nicely gets behind the line of the ball and defends the final delivery. Just two runs off the over.

After 32 overs,England 78/3 ( Joe Root (C) 19 , Jonny Bairstow 6)

Two slips, fine leg and a deep square leg in place as Broad steams in. This is now the best opening stand for India, the previous best was 63 in 2011. Barring a few edges, both the batsmen have seemed so technically sound. Rahul’s outside edge is beaten off the second delivery but the ball still finds the fence. Five runs off the over.

FOUR! Outside edge off Rahul’s blade and it races away past the second slip fielder. That’s what happens with the thick edges of the bat these days.

After 31 overs,India 66/0 ( Rohit Sharma 28 , KL Rahul 32)

Curran continues. After two dots, Rohit itches to get off strike after clipping the ball towards the mid wicket fielder, but fails. A short delivery off the next, Rohit plays the pull, but not as well as he would have liked, and collects a double. Two singles off the final two deliveries. Four runs off the over.

After 30 overs,India 62/0 ( Rohit Sharma 25 , KL Rahul 31)

Another over, another boundary for India. Rahul played a couple of really good cover drives, one went straight to the fielder and the other through the gap for four. The rest of the overs was about shouldering arms from Rahul. 4 runs off the over.

FOUR! Brilliant shot. Full outside off from Broad, Rahul comes forward and drives it through extra cover.

Broad continues….

After 29 overs,India 58/0 ( Rohit Sharma 25 , KL Rahul 27)

The Indian batsmen growing in confidence now. They are getting those runs after a cautious start. Despite conceding a boundary, Curran bowled well in the over. He beat Rahul and Rohit’s outside edges. In between, Rahul drove an overpitched delivery through covers for a four. One more single to third man which was cut powerfully by Rahul made it 5 runs off the over.

Curran continues…

After 28 overs,India 52/0 ( Rohit Sharma 25 , KL Rahul 22)

A couple of confident shots in that over from Rahul. He left the first one alone but then square drove one through gully for a four. He then drove one back crisply but Broad made a good diving stop to restrict them to just a single. Rohit too looked confident with his drives and defense. Broad overstepped off one of the deliveries in that over. Broad then beat Rahul’s outside edge with an outswinger but he had again overstepped. Rohit pushed the last one to backward point to end the over. 6 off it. Runs starting to come now for India.

FOUR! Very full from Broad, a touch wide. Rahul goes for a square drive but slightly gets the outside half of the bat wide of the backward point for a boundary.

Broad continues….

Drinks on day 2….

After 27 overs,India 46/0 ( Rohit Sharma 25 , KL Rahul 17)

A good start from Curran, he got nice shape into the batsman. He also mixed them up well and beat Rahul’s outside edge with one that moved away. There was only one delivery where he erred in line, Rahul flicked it to fine leg for a single. Rohit ends the over pushing one back to the bowler. One run off the over.

Sam Curran into the attack now..

After 26 overs,India 45/0 ( Rohit Sharma 25 , KL Rahul 16)

Broad starts off well. Even though he conceded a boundary, he would be happy with the lines and lengths he bowled. Rohit pushes one to the off side for a couple and then went for another push off a scrambled delivery but got a thickish outside edge wide of the slip cordon for a four. Broad then beat Rohit’s outside edge with a beautiful outswinger. 6 off the over.

FOUR! Not quite off the middle, but he will take it. It’s a scrambled seam delivery which moves away, Rohit pushes at it with an open face of the bat but gets a thickish outside edge wide of third slip to third man.

Stuart Broad into the attack now…

After 25 overs,India 39/0 ( Rohit Sharma 19 , KL Rahul 16)

Good contest this time between Robinson and Rahul in that over. Robinson brought one back in sharply and Rahul missed his defense, an appeal for an LBW is turned down by the umpire. England again ponder a review but are hamstrung with one left so they don’t go upstairs. Replays show it was missing leg. Robinson then looks to take them away from Rahul. Rahul gets a leading edge to the off side along the ground and another outside edge which falls short of the slips. Robinson overstepped off one delivery as well in that over. 6 runs off the over.

FOUR! Well placed, it’s full from Robinson, Rahul leans forward, opens the face of the bat and square drives it through point. A few words spoken between the bowler and the batsman.

After 24 overs,India 33/0 ( Rohit Sharma 18 , KL Rahul 12)

Another very good over from Anderson. After a couple of outswingers which Rahul leaves alone, he tries to cut one uppishly but fortunately, it falls short of the backward point fielder. Anderson then brings one back in, Rahul strides forward and looks to defend with bat and pad, seems to get hit on the pad as Anderson goes up in a huge appeal. After a lot of pondering, Root doesn’t opt for a review as he has only one left. It is a good decision as it seemed to have hit the bat first and then pad on the replays. Anderson then bowls another probing outswinger, Rahul leaves it alone well. The last one is comfortably left alone. Another maiden from Anderson.

After 23 overs,India 33/0 ( Rohit Sharma 18 , KL Rahul 12)

Robinson is bowling with a good rhythm. Again looking to hit the stumps. Rahul gets a slight leading off one that straightens and then misses an indipper to get hit high on the pads. Rahul then turns one to fine leg for a single before Rohit defends one solidly to the offside. One run off the over.

Robinson continues…

After 22 overs,India 32/0 ( Rohit Sharma 18 , KL Rahul 11)

Nice probing over from Anderson. Another maiden from him. He’s bowled four maidens out of five. Rohit hangs out his bat off one of the deliveries and the ball whizzes past the outside edge. The next one, Rohit plays inside the line and misses. Off the penultimate ball, Rohit surprisingly walks down the ground and pushes an outswinger to covers. He tucks one to mid-wicket off the final ball.

After 21 overs,India 32/0 ( Rohit Sharma 18 , KL Rahul 11)

It’s been a good contest between Robinson and Rohit. Robinson is making Rohit play which is a good thing. He is concentrating on bringing it back into the batsman. Rohit thumped one down the ground for four but then Robinson bounced back well, drawing an inside edge to the leg side with one that jagged back in sharply. They took a single. Robinson finished the over well, with an outswinger which drew an outside edge but fell well short of the third slip fielder. It was played with soft hands by Rahul. 5 runs off the over.

FOUR! Cracking shot! It’s full outside off from Robinson, Rohit comes forward and drives it powerfully straight back past the bowler.

After 20 overs,India 27/0 ( Rohit Sharma 13 , KL Rahul 11)

A good over from Anderson. Rahul lost his concentration a bit off the first ball, looked to cut an outswinger close to his body but misses. He was cautious off the next four balls and left or defended them solidly. A maiden from Anderson.

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After 19 overs,India 27/0 ( Rohit Sharma 13 , KL Rahul 11)

A decent over from Robinson. He started off with an outswinger which Rahul left alone. He then concentrated on bringing them back in. Rahul missed one and is hit on the thigh pad and then got an inside edge to the leg side for a single. Robinson then went up in a huge appeal for an LBW against Rohit but the umpire turned it down. England opted for a review as Rohit hadn’t attempted a shot but replays show it was missing off comfortably. Rohit leaves alone the last two deliveries outside off. Just the one run off the over.

NOT OUT! A poor review, England have lost another one. It’s way outside off, swinging in. Rohit decides to shoulder arms and gets hit on the pads, outside off. The umpire turns down the appeal. England review but replays show it’s missing off comfortably.

Appeal for an LBW against Rohit, off Robinson. The umpire turns it down. England opt for a review.

Robinson continues…

After 18 overs,India 26/0 ( Rohit Sharma 13 , KL Rahul 10)

Another tidy over from Anderson. After a couple of outswingers outside off which Rahul leaves alone. He goes closer, bowls one straight and then moves it away. Rahul pushes it with soft hands but gets an outside edge along the ground to third slip. Anderson then bowls an inswinger, a rare one, Rahul pushes it to the off side for a single. Rohit leaves the outswinger outside off, off the last ball. Just the one run off the over.

After 17 overs,India 25/0 ( Rohit Sharma 13 , KL Rahul 9)

First runs of the day for India in that over. Good contest between Rohit and Robinson. Robinson made Rohit play by bowling much straighter and then beat his outside edge with a beauty. But then he erred in his line off the last ball, dragged it a tad shorter and on leg stump, Rohit flicked it for a boundary. Four runs off the over.

FOUR! First runs of the day for India. It’s a touch shorter and on the leg stump, Rohit flicks it through square leg, the fine leg fielder puts in a valiant effort but can’t stop the boundary.

After 16 overs,India 21/0 ( Rohit Sharma 9 , KL Rahul 9)

Anderson is getting that extra bounce from the length area outside off. He concentrated on bowling the outswingers in that over. After bowling three deliveries outside off, which Rahul left alone, Anderson went a bit straighter and nipped it away. Rahul got a bit of leading edge along the ground to the leg side. Rahul ended the over defending one to the leg side, this time with the full face of the bat. Another maiden. Three in a row from England.

Anderson continues…

After 15 overs,India 21/0 ( Rohit Sharma 9 , KL Rahul 9)

A decent start from Robinson. He bowled a mix of outswingers and inswingers. There was one that jagged back in sharply and beat Rohit’s defense. Robinson went up in a massive appeal but the umpire turned it down. After a conference between Root, the bowler and Buttler, they decided to not take the review. It was a good call as replays showed it was missing leg by some distance. A maiden from Robinson.

Ollie Robinson will bowl from the other end…

After 14 overs,India 21/0 ( Rohit Sharma 9 , KL Rahul 9)

A very good start from Anderson. A hint of swing, plenty of seam and bounce as well. After a couple of outswingers which Rahul leaves alone, Anderson comes closer to the stumps, it zips away, Rahul plays a half hearted backfoot defense but misses. The next one is in a similar channel, there is some extra bounce as well, Rahul again misses a half-hearted defense. The next ball, Rahul plays with soft hands and gets a thicking edge along the ground to third slip. The last ball is slightly from the stumps, Rahul lets it go easily. A maiden.

Right then! The two overnight batsmen – Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul – are at the crease. James Anderson will start off proceedings on Day 2.

Lovely day for cricket! 

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— BCCI (@BCCI) August 5, 2021

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