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The ball was turning and bouncing but the India opener’s aggressive intent put his team in the driver’s seat.

The 33-year-old hit a superb century and added a crucial third-wicket partnership with Ajinkya Rahane to put India on top.

Joe Root. (PTI Photo) CHENNAI: It won’t be an exaggeration to say that India were swept out of the first Test against England at the Chepauk. Joe Root and Ben Stokes swept and reverse swept the Indian spinners so hard and over such a big arc that R Ashwin apart, the rest didn’t know where to land the ball. For the second Test starting on Saturday, the pitch has a “darker soil”, as England’s new wicketkeeper Ben Foakes put it, and it is going “to turn earlier than what it did in the first Test”. Now it becomes imperative that India stop Root & Co. from sweeping and on Thursday...

India vs England: Virat Kohli a little hard to understand with his overall strategy, says Sanjay Manjrekar Sanjay Manjrekar didn't fault the India's tactics in the first Test but he did raise doubts over some of Virat Kohli's decisions in the series-opening loss to England in Chennai. advertisement Courtesy by BCCI It was India's fourth successive Test defeat under captain Virat Kohli The second Test between India and England will be played at the same venue from February 13 Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar defended India's tactics in the first Test defeat against England but did question th...

India's comprehensive loss in the first Test of a four-match series against England meant that not only did the series start off in the worst way possible for Virat Kohli and co.