Ajinkya Rahane was the star of the first day of the second Test between England and India. Playing his first Test match at the Lord's stadium, Rahane made it a memorable one by scoring a century which also saved the Indian team. England captain Cook won the toss and elected to bowl first. The English bowlers made use of the greeny pitch and picked up wickets at regular intervals.

India was looking good till lunch when the score was 113/3 but from here wickets started tumbling. James Anderson led the bowlers and took four crucial wickets. However, Rahane along with Bhuvneswar Kumar made India crossed 200 runs mark. However, Rahane was dismissed by Anderson just after completing his century. At the end of the day, Ishant and Shami remained unbeaten.

Scores: India 290/9, Rahane 103, B Kumar 38, Anderson 4/55, Broad 2/79

(AW:Vamshi)