5 takeaways from India's warm-up match against Essex

Ishant-Umesh impress; Shami-Pandya disappoint

Has Kohli identified his main fast bowling pair for the first Test?

In the tour of South Africa earlier this year, almost every Indian fast bowler played some part barring Umesh Yadav, who did not find a place despite a stellar home season in red-ball cricket where you thought he had finally arrived as a bowler.

In the warm-up, he gave further proof of why he deserved a place in the starting XI when he took figures of 4 for 35 and was well backed up by Ishant Sharma, who picked up figures of 3 for 59.

In contrast, Mohammad Shami and Hardik Pandya endured rough spells with the ball, going wicketless in their 21 and 12 overs spells respectively and conceding 68 and 54 runs respectively.