After a rain washout in the opening Test, Virat Kohli-led India will now be praying for the rain Gods to stay away from the Home of Cricket at Lord’s, London when playing against Joe Root’s England in the second Test. The good news is that the weather forecast seems to be pleasant for the second Test with chances of sunshine throughout five days. There could be partial cloud cover on all days and a heavy shower on Sunday or Day 4.

India started off their second Test against England in the ongoing five-match series on a positive note by ending the first day on 276/3 in their first innings at Lord’s, London. The first Test was drawn.

After being sent out to bat first, India openers Rohit Sharma (83) and KL Rahul (127*) stitched a 126-run partnership. James Anderson (2/52) scalped two wickets in the middle to peg the visitors back a little bit but a 117-run third-wicket partnership between Rahul and skipper Virat Kohli (43) changed the fortunes in the final session. Ollie Robinson (1/47) dismissed Kohli towards the end of the day. Earlier, the start of play was delayed by 15 minutes because of some morning rain.

England (Playing XI): Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Haseeb Hameed, Joe Root(c), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

(With inputs from agencies)