Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first in th𝓰e third Test o🌳f the ongoing five-match series against England.
On an overcast morning at Headingley in Leeds, England pacer James Anderson stole the show in the first hour of play with some sublime bowling. He dismissed KL Rahul (0), Cheteshwar Pujara (1) 🐻and Koh💎li (7) all before completing his 6th over of the first innings.
Huge hour for England! 3 big wickets. Brave call from India to bat first, it’s the best Day 1 ground to bowl at in the country I💜MO. Pitch will get better & better. Won’t be much in it for the seamers from Day 3 onwards- enough in it now!
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8)
I💃ndia were 56 for the loss of four wickets at lunch.
For the seventh time, Kohli was sent back by Anderson – the joint-most to any bowler, along with Nathan Lyon. With this dismissal, it’s also 50 innings since Kohli made an international century.
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
✤That is a very poor shot from Virat Kohli. Jimmy Anderson has three⛎ in the first hour.
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp)
Meanwhile, England skipper Joe Root said he wasn’t disappointed to bowl first. England included fast bowler Craig Overton in the playing XI for Mark Wood and top-order batsman Dawid Malan for Dom Sibley.
India XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), A𝐆jinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England XI: Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler 🎃(wk), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson,ไ James Anderson.
