India were put in to bat first by Joe Root and weathered some excellent bowling with the new ball from James Anderson and Ollie Robinson. However, England once again struggled to break the opening partnership. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul played with caution in the shortened first session before changing gears.
Inzamam-ul-Haq believes England had hoped for at least 3-4 early wickets due to the conditions on offer for the first two hours. Speaking on his YouTube channel, he said:
Inzamam also spoke about how Rohit Sharma’s approach to ward off England bowlers took a lot of pressure off, something which KL Rahul was able to take full advantage of later on. He praised the opening duo for keeping the momentum and not languishing behind as well. Inzamam added:
Rare to see players like KL Rahul who have more centuries away from home: Inzamam-ul-Haq
KL Rahul struck a historic ton at the Home Of Cricket and became only the third Indian batsman after Ravi Shastri and Rahul Dravid to score hundreds at Lord’s and the Oval. He struck his first hundred on his maiden tour of Australia itself. His lone Test hundred at home coincidentally came against England during their tour of India in 2016.
Inzamam noted Rahul’s rare instance where he had a significant number of away Test hundreds when compared to home tons.
India are well poised for a big first innings total in the second Test, having finished Day 1 on 276/3. KL Rahul remains unbeaten on 127, and is joined by Ajinkya Rahane (1*) at the other end.
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