India vs England Highlights 2nd Test Day 1: Rahul ton, Rohit fifty take India to 276/3 at stumps

End of the day's play and India would be glad to find themselves in a position as strong as this. 119 runs in this session. But overall, a day for India and its fans to be happy about. Asked to bat under overcast skies, openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul laid the foundation. After a testing first hour of play, Rohit unwounded to form a 126-run stand with KL Rahul. And even though he perished Rahul carried his good form and peeled off a 6th Test century. Virat Kohli gave him good company but the India captain would be gutted to lose his wicket with five overs to go. That's all from us. Will India batsman be able to breach the 450-run mark? We shall find out tomorrow. Until then, CIAO!

An ambitious LBW appeal from England against Ajinkya Rahane. Root takes the review but he would end up ruing it as the ball tracker shows it missing leg stump by quote some distance.

Rahane clips the ball off his pads for a single to get off the mark. India opt against sending in a night watchman. That single would calm some nerves for India's No. 5.

OUT! India lose Virat Kohli with five overs left in the day. Wide ball and Kohli nicks it to Joe Root at first slip. Oh he would be gutted with that stroke. Should have left it but decides to put bat on ball. That would lift England's spirits late in the day.

Kohli plays it with soft hands so the ball goes to second slip but on the bounce. Anderson with hands on his head, accompanied by a huge ‘Ooohhhhh’ from the Lord's crowd.

Final half an hour of the day but that won't stop KL Rahul from playing his strokes. Rocks back onto the backfoot and punches the ball past point for a boundary. With the kind of form he is in, this should be a daddy hundred for him.

Ollie Robinson begins proceedings with the second new ball and immediately, Rahul greets it with a cracking cover drive. He is simply oozing confidence at the moment. Moves to 112, and look at Virat Kohli enjoying that shot from his partner. It's almost as if he is the one to have hit that one.

India continue to dominate as they bring up the 250; still only two wickets down. With that, the 100 partnership is up between Kohli and Rahul.

There is comes. A fabulous century for one of the most talented India batsmen. KL Rahul, take a bow. It's his 6th Test century but probably one that he'll cherish for a long, long time. Making his comeback into the Test team, overseeing one of the toughest periods for batting... this one is damn special. Played, KL

The cover drive has been his shot of the day and here, KL Rahul plays another one off Mark Wood to be two shy of a fabulous century. Incredible how after all this while, he is still middling the ball well. 

KL Rahul has entered the 90s. Earlier in the day, Rohit Sharma missed out on his century. Heck, even Rahul missed out on his in the first innings of the Nottingham Test, but could today be the occasion? If he gets there, what a comeback it would be to Test cricket for him.

Sublime wristwork from Kohli. The India captain thrusts Moeen Ali straight for four. Full ball from Ali, but those silken wrists of Kohli does produces the result. Wonderful to the eye. The India captain moves to 27 off 63 balls.

48 balls but Virat Kohli has got himself a boundary. Loose from Mark Wood. Full and outside off, begging to be hit. Kohli gets that big stride forward and caresses through covers for four. Lovely timing on that one from the India captain.

After Anderson's double strike, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have taken India past 200 and also 

In usual Test match situations, going boundary less for four overs is pretty normal. But given how KL Rahul was dealing in boundaries, England have tightened their bowling in the last few overs to keep Rahul and Kohli quiet.

He may have been ruled out of the series but Stuart Broad is conveying his message to the England team through social medal. Hear ye, hear ye!

Take a picture of that cover drive and publish it in the coaching manual. Feet getting to the pitch of the ball, head straight and the free-flowing bat comes down in style. Absolutely caresses it. Rahul is in the 70s and beginning to look dangerous. 

Ah, it took him 108 balls to get his first boundary today but in the last hour, Rahul has really put on quite the show here. The extended spell had an effect as a tired Anderson bowled it full and in the slot. Rahul is well set to miss on that and cracks it through covers for a four.

Wild delivery from Robinson. Short and sailing down leg side. No chance for Buttler to get that one. 

Robinson bowls short to Rahul, but since the ball was angling in, the batsman plays the short arm pull. The ball flies to the left of Buttler and despite the dive, it was just that bit wide. Rahul gets hi fifth boundary.

Walks across the stumps just a little and tucks an Ollie Robinson delivery on the leg side to run two. Virat Kohli is off the mark and he takes a single off the penultimate ball of the over to get back on strike… against whom? Jimmy Anderson.

A bit of width on offer from Anderson and Rahul plays the ball late to guide it between slips and gully for a four. Two fine strokes from him in a span of few balls, before and after the tea break. 

There was a noise as the ball went past the bat and landed in Buttler's gloves as England went up in an appeal. But the umpire stays unmoved and England do not opt for a review either. Indian fans, breathe.

Here we go, the final session of the day is about to begin and all eyes will be on the battle between Virat Kohli and James Anderson. Ollie Robinson will start proceedings from the Nursery end.

We knew KL Rahul scored a lot quicker after Rohit's dismissal. Here are his numbers before and after Rohit's wicket.