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Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew. Welcome to the Test Match Special podcast.

It's definitely been India's day on the first day of the second test in Chennai.

Coming up with it from Michael Vaughan and we'll get Sir Alistair Cook's judgement on a superb

century from Rogan Sharma with Jack Leach as well as Jimmy Anderson on that over from the first test.

Close of play of the first day of this second test between India and England in Chennai,

well how do you judge this score? 306 India having chosen the bat first on what can only be described

as a very poor pitch for test cricket. From the very word go the balls going through the

surface and turning sharply India were 86 for three before lunch. The coley out for a duck

he was so bemused by being clean bowl by mowing that he needed a replay to persuade him to leave

his extraordinary stuff. Really, Gil also out for a duck and Pajara for 21 but then the afternoon

was dominated by Rogan Sharma who made 161 and Ajinka Rahane who made 67 a terrific partnership

that and he wondered again the context of the pitch and so on if that potentially has put

India into a winning position but an outstanding partnership they both fell within 14 balls of one

another bit of controversy regarding both actually the third umpah could have seen both of them off

before they were actually dismissed it didn't actually cost too many runs Sharma for a

stumping chance and Rahane definitely should have been given out court short leg one run before

he was actually dismissed but a lid was kept on things and there were a few words between

punt who's on 33 and the close fielders towards the end. Humour was more or less restored throughout

I would say so 306 actually, it tells him 5 brought out quick look at the bowling or the

seamers didn't do very much. One that one would get a stone at the start when Gildenplayer

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