England finally broke Virat Kohli’s resistance to go 1-0 up on India with a 31-run victory after a titanic struggle in their 1,000th Test match.
Ben Stokes delivered the telling blows on the fourth morning of the Specsavers series opener at Edgbaston, where Kohli appeared to be leading his team home after adding a second-innings half-century to his 149 at his first attempt.
But in his first over after replacing James Anderson at the City End, Stokes had the India captain lbw playing across his pad for 51, and then doubled up with the wicket of Mohammed Shami – fencing a catch behind.
Adil Rashid also chipped in with a wicket before Stokes had Hardik Pandya caught at first slip to dismiss India for 162.
You just don’t get atmospheres like this in the White ball game … #ENDvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 4, 2018
Joe the gambler
Stat of the day
#TestCricket – enough said!
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) August 4, 2018
Kohli ended up with exactly 200 of India’s 436 runs in the match – not quite enough, though!
36 years young
