Birmingham, Aug 3 (CRICKETNMORE):  England finished day two on nine for one in their second innings at stumps of the opening Test match against India here on Thursday.

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The hosts, thus, have a 22-run lead over the visitors with three days of play remaining. Alastair Cook was the lone English batsman to fall in the second innings, castled by Ravichandran Ashwin.

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Earlier in the day, visiting captain Virat Kohli (149) struck a masterclass century to take India single-handedly to 274 all out.

Brief scores: England 287 all out and 9 for 1 in 3.4 overs (Keaton Jennings 5 not out; Ravichandran Ashwin 1/5).

India: 274 all out in 76 overs (Virat Kohli 149; Sam Curran 4/74)
 

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