The Tinkerman shuffles his pack

This is Virat Kohli’s 38th Test as captain and India are yet to field the same side in two consecutive matches during his tenure. After being demolished at Lord’s, the visitors made three changes at Trent Bridge – Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan coming in for Kuldeep Yadav, Dinesh Karthik and Murali Vijay – and the decision to restore Dhawan, meaning a third different opening combination in as many matches, raised eyebrows. In the Sky Sports comms box, Harbhajan Singh made clear he thought it was a mistake.

Kohli, dismissed for only the second time in the nineties in Test cricket, was livid. Rashid looked like he could scarcely believe what had happened.

Introducing Rishabh Pant

India’s 20-year-old keeper-batsman has a strike-rate of 95 in first-class cricket so perhaps it should have come as no great surprise that his first scoring shot in Test cricket was a six. Nonetheless, it was a wonderfully audacious start to Pant’s international career in whites, as he skipped down the wicket to Rashid and lofted him straight over his head, becoming the 12th batsman in history to open their Test account with a six. He continued to play his shots, finishing the day 22 not out. Expect further fireworks on day two.