ENG vs IND 1st Test LIVE: England ended Day 2 with 209/3, trailing India by 262 runs. Jasprit Bumrah gave a lifeline to Harry Brook with a no-ball. But he was the only bowler to get wickets for India. Bumrah removed Zak Crawley in the first over but England fought back with Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope adding a century stand. While Bumrah dismissed Duckett, Pope scored a century to remain unbeaten. Duckett scored 62 while Joe Root fell to Bumrah for the 10th time, scoring 28. Earlier in the day, India folded for 471, despite Rishabh Pant scoring a century. India went from 430/3 to 471 all out in a batting collapse with Ben Stokes and Josh Tongue bagging four wickets each.
ENG vs IND 1st Test LIVE
IND vs ENG 1st Test, Day 2 weather report
As per BBC Weather, there is a 25-25% chance of rain from 1 PM to 5 PM. This means there are chances of rain interrupting play after lunch on Day 2. As per AccuWeather, there is a forecast for a couple of showers and heavy thunderstorms in the afternoon. The forecast states that the thunderstorm can bring flooding downpours, hail, and damaging wind gusts.
Playing XIs: ENG vs IND
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna