Mumbai Test: Keaton Jennings hits fifty on debut, England 117/1 at lunch

Hundred! Captain Kohli brings up his century in Wankhede. Kohli, meanwhile, reached his 15th Test fifty off 111 balls.

Out! Jadeja dismissed, caught Jos Buttler off Rashid’s bowling. In Ravindra Jadeja, he had someone who could deliver some equally effective blows. Kohli is batting on 83, Jadeja is unbeaten on 22.

Pujara, who came to the crease after a flawless Moeen off-break had penetrated the gate of KL Rahul, was composed and confident from his first ball. Ashwin and Jadeja now have 35 wickets between them in this series, as opposed to the 26 of Rashid and Moeen.

Dancing down the wicket he was beaten by the spin and was stumped by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.

Murali’s opening partner K.L. Rahul was out for 24, bowled by Moeen Ali (1-22). Okay, perhaps South Africa unearthed Jennings and Durham and England applied a bit of polish but he is not the first dual-national to tread this well-worn path even though, with tougher qualification rules, he may prove to be the last.

The Australian was rushed to hospital for a precautionary scan and rested for the remainder of the day with third umpire Marais Erasmus taking his on-field position. Playing too much doesn’t give enough time to think and break down your game.

Another good catch by Steve Smith while David Warner has once again tormented NZ’s bowlers with a 156-run haul as Australia clean swept the Chappell-Hadlee series at the MCG. The ICC, in a statement, said that Reiffel’s scan reports are clear but he won’t be officiating further in this Mumbai test as a precaution.

“We don’t have to go over the top and try and play a sweep or a reverse sweep because we know that a bad ball is coming soon”, the 31-year-old Patel said. But since then it has been all India.

“The number of runs Kohli’s scored this series, if you take them away it’s a completely different series”, said England’s vice-captain. With the Indian pair comfortably steering India forward, Cook turned to Rashid but he wasn’t as menacing as he was during the third session on Friday.

But Buttler-Ball then began the resurrection work, putting on undefeated 51-run stand for the ninth wicket.

The decision was reviewed and the batsman escaped as the ball had hit the pad in line with off, just marginally, and the original decision of the umpire stayed.

Ex-England batsman Ed Smith: “It’s been extraordinary to watch Virat Kohli in this form”. Indian trail by 179 runs.

Normally Mumbaikars have a batsman of their own to deify, but Sachin Tendulkar has retired to join the celebrity lecture circuit; the rather wonderful Rohit Sharma (owner of two of the six double-centuries in one-day internationals) is recovering from thigh surgery in England; and Ajinkya Rahane had a finger broken hitting throw-downs before this Test. His second in the series. “Always great to bat with Pujara and Virat”. Interestingly, before the start of the Test match, Rashid was the highest wicket-taker on either side with 18 wickets. Cheteshwar Pujara clean-bowled off Jake Ball’s bowling. The ball was spitting off the deck in the second session – indeed Jayant Yadav was unlucky not to induce an edge or two. The Englishman opened the innings with skipper Alastair Cook.

BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: “The India fans have moved on from Sachin Tendulkar in Mumbai, and Kohli is their hero”. The bowler has equalled Kapil Dev’s record of 23 five-wicket hauls.