England vs India 3rd Test: Six key highlights for India

Opening Partnership

Opening partnership scored more than 50 in both innings for India after 1986

Overseas success for India have been far and few in between. One major reason has been the lack of solid opening partnerships. In this Test, Dhawan and Rahul provided two fifty partnership in each innings which laid the foundation of this win. Dhawan, axed after Edgbaston, altered his bat speed and shelved the booming drive to score 35 in the first innings. He showcased a more flamboyant version in the second innings of 44.

KL Rahul altered his footwork and tried to play close to body and used the back foot play to negotiate the testing conditions on the first morning of the Test. These two solid opening stands paved way for India posting above 300 totals in both the innings.