Kohli, who is going through a lean patch with the bat, looked set throughout his 42-run knock before an outswinger from Robinson undid the skipper’s hard work after a 103-ball stay in the middle.
Speaking on Virat Kohli’s wicket, Ollie Robinson revealed that the plan was to bowl the fourth-stump channel outside the off-stump and it worked.
The demons are back for Virat Kohli as he continues to look to play away from the body. After a golden duck in the first Test, the talismanic run-scorer fought hard for his 42 at Lord’s but that fourth-stump channel has returned to hurt him once again after 2014.
Despite Virat Kohli’s dismissal, KL Rahul scored an unbeaten century to propel India to 276/3 at the end of Day 1.
“Our bowlers were a bit unlucky” - Ollie Robinson
Asked to bat first, the Indian openers showed great application to play the new ball. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul added 126 runs for the first wicket before Rohit departed 16 runs short of a well-deserved century.
After dominating the English bowlers all day, the visitors looked a bit anxious after the dismissal of Virat Kohli but managed to reach Stumps with seven wickets in hand.
Ollie Robinson, who returned with figures of 1/47 from 23 overs, believes the ball missed the edge a couple of times and that England were unlucky.
England would want a couple of early wickets on Day 2 to put India on the backfoot and bundle them out for a low total.
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