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20th over: India 71-3 (Kohli 8, Rahane 2) Kohli shows his class for the first time today with a soft-hands glide for four off Curran, who will sit down for lunch with figures of 6-0-23-3.
“Cricket,” says Andrew Benton, sounding definitive. “It’s a bowler’s game. Success is 2/3 bowlers, 1/3 batsmen/batswomen. Or maybe batees – whats the gender non-specific acceptable term these days?” Good question. The players just say batters.
19th over: India 63-3 (Kohli 3, Rahane 1) Anderson is still on, so eager to snaffle Kohli that he is bowling a 10th over in a row at the age of 36. It’s a maiden, so hard to argue, but Stokes and Rashid may be wondering when they will get a go. And Broad will be itching to get back into the action after being upstaged by a new bug.
Written by Tim de Lisle (now) and Daniel Harris(later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/aug/02/england-v-india-first-test-day-two-live under the title “England v India: first Test, day two – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
