Middle-Order: Pujara, Kohli, and Rahane
Pujara reminded his doubters of his friendly relation with patience. He ground a well-compiled 72 and seemed to be well on track to score his first hundred in England before he edged one to Cook. Pujara wouldn’t mind the 72, though.
The backbone of India's batting unit, Virat Kohli, breached the 200 run mark across the innings once again. He easily looks the best batsmen from both sides and makes you doubt if it was his imposter batting here in 2014.
Ajinkya Rahane’s drought with the bat finally ended with an 81-run shower. He looked confident, played shots with authority, and seemed like the Ajinkya Rahane of old. The game was solid in the second innings too before he fell prey to forced acceleration.
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