England: England walked off the field for Lunch looking happier of the two teams as India found themselves seven down after the first session of play on the second day in the second Test at Lord’s.
Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant counter-attacked the English bowlers but fell soon after for 37 runs off 58 balls as India lost two wickets in quick succession.
Moeen Ali dismissed Mohammed Shami for a duck to bring England back in the game. Earlier, KL Rahul (129 runs off 250 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (1 run off 23 balls) departed early with pacers Ollie Robinson and James Anderson giving England massive breakthroughs, NDTV reported adding that Ishant Sharma was batting on 0 not out and Ravindra Jadeja was in the middle at 31 as India were placed at 346/7 after 116 overs.
Earlier, Rahul added two century plus stands, with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, during his stay at the crease. Rohit missed out on his maiden overseas Test century by just 17 runs as he was castled by veteran pacer James Anderson for 83.