India batted for 87 overs and ended the first day of the third test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham at 307 for 6. Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane both missed out on their hundreds but they laid a good platform for the tourists to build a good score for the first time in this series.
Earlier in the day, England's captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to field first. The hosts made only one change as Sam Curran made way for Ben Stokes.
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The second day's play is scheduled to start at 10:00 AM GMT, 3:30 PM IST on Sunday, August 18, 2018.
Chris Woakes rocks India back after a good start
India made three changes as Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah replaced Murli Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, and Kuldeep Yadav respectively.
The Indian openers, Dhawan (35 runs) and KL Rahul (23 runs) started the morning session in a positive manner building a 50-plus stand. But, soon Chris Woakes changed the script picking up for the openers in quick succession. Cheteshwar Pujara (14 runs) was the next man to walk out as Woakes picked up his wicket at the stroke of lunch. India ended the first session at 82 for 3.
Captain and Vice-captain save the day
The post-lunch session belonged to India completely as the skipper Kohli and his deputy Rahane steadied the ship and kept the scoreboard moving.
By tea time, India was in a comfortable position as they didn't lose another wicket and ended the second session at 189 for 3.
Both Rahane (81 runs) and Kohli (97 runs) continued their dominance over England until Rahane's wicket ended a 159 runs partnership. Kohli got out soon after that, but Hardik Pandya (18 runs) and debutant Pant (22 runs not out) seem to be building a partnership until Pandya edged the last ball of the day to slips and departed as well.
On this note, India ended the first day's play at 307-6.
For England, Woakes bowled a fine opening spell taking three wickets while Stuart Broad, James Anderson, and Adil Rashid got one wicket each.
Going into day two, England will try to keep India's total as low as possible, while it will crucial for India to at least score 350 or 400 runs in the first innings, having got a good start to the test.
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