Summing up
Well it turned alright, and India’s attack was better able to make hay than England’s was, as we suspected it would be. The tourists batted well in patches, notably at the very start and in Ben Stokes’s characteristically smart yet belligerent innings alongside some decent tailend hitting, but Yashasvi Jaiswal’s sparkling 76 not out has put India firmly in control. Thanks as ever for all your splendid emails, and I’ll leave you with Ali Martin’s report from Hyderabad. The OBO will be back in the early hours tomorrow. Bye.
Ben Duckett speaks, and echoes the view at tea that England had managed a competitive total. “Normally when you bat first you want to make a few more but on that pitch it was pretty tricky. We always try to be positive against the new ball but even more so today before the spinners get on top, but I thought [India] played really well in the end there. But if we get a couple of early wickets tomorrow we’ve got a chance – I can’t see the pitch getting any better to bat on.”
Duckett backed his teammate Tom Hartley who had a mixed first day. “It was incredible to see how he went out and batted. Then they put him under pressure [when he bowled] and played him really well, though he came close to getting a coouple of poles later on.”
