India lose openers in rain-hit session

India lost their openers Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara in the first part of the day meeting on day 1 of the delayed fifth Test against England at Edgbaston. James Anderson figured out how to eliminate both the batsmen before downpour carried an early finish to the meeting.

Britain had no delay to bowl first in the wake of winning the throw as they planned to put a half-cooked Indian XI under tension right off the bat in the game. While England entered this Test match on the rear of three Tests against New Zealand, India had just a warm-up game available to them to plan for this delayed conflict.

The new-look Indian opening pair however didn't take a gander at inconvenience in the first place against Anderson and Broad. Gill conveniently coordinated one away through midwicket in the absolute first over to get off the imprint and added a couple of additional great shots to show up in great touch. Pujara, hoping to drive his direction once again into the Indian XI, seemed strong at the opposite end too.

Contrary to the rules however, Gill unnecessarily jabbed at a conveyance outside off. The jab brought about him edging it behind to the slip cordon where Zak Crawley wrapped up. Hanuma Vihari then, at that point, persevered through an extremely precarious period where he had a couple of close shaves however he figured out how to save the England bowlers under control for some time close by Pujara.

Be that as it may, with the runs evaporating totally, the energy didn't take off from England as they brought back Anderson for one more spell before lunch to receive benefits. He bowled a conveyance right external off and the additional bob shocked Pujara as he edged an outswinger behind to fall for 13. Vihari, who was given a relief once in the slip cordon, then broke the shackles with a limit off Matty Potts to move into the twofold digits while Anderson continued his well established contention with Virat Kohli in the accompanying over before downpour showed up.

Brief scores: India53/2 (Shubman Gill 17; James Anderson 2/15) vs England