India began Day 2 with the score at 99/3 with Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma as the overnight batsmen. India lost the wickets of Shubman Gill (11), Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and Virat Kohli (27) on the opening day, with Jack Leach picking two wickets. On Day 1, only two wickets went to the pacers as a combined 13 fell.
Rohit and Rahane did not need a second invite to put the bad ones away in the first hour and quickly knocked off the 13 runs they needed to take the lead, needing only 4 overs in the opening session. Ajinkya Rahane worked a single to the leg side off the final delivery of Jack Leach’s over to give India the lead.
Right after, England’s spinners got into the act again as Leach had Rahane beaten by the straighter one and trapped LBW for 7, adding to his scalps of Pujara and Kohli.
In fact, Rahane’s dismissal was very similar to Kohli’s, only the Indian captain chopped it on to his stumps whereas the vice-captain saw it thud into his pads.
Rohit too could not hang in…