Ajinkya Rahana took the spot on nine occasions while in the last series that Kohli missed entirely - the home Tests against England in early 2024 - India used as many as four batters at two-down: KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar (in two Tests) and Devdutt Padikkal.
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The day was special for English skipper Ben Stokes, who claimed the wicket of Rohit with his first delivery of the series, having not bowled competitively since the second Test of last year’s Ashes. A sharply seaming ball that hit Rohit’s off stump as he resumed his innings after the lunch break brought some relief to the English camp as it ended a sedate 171-run stand for the second wicket between Sharma and Gill.
Ben Stokes (12 batting) and Jos Buttler (13 batting) survived a few scary moments before heading back undivided at the break.
The fourth match of the series is being played at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.
Jonny Bairstow had expressed his desire to retain wicketkeeping responsibilities for England.
So far, Virat Kohli had captained Indian side in 38 Test matches and he had altered team’s playing XI in every match.
England had previously played Sri Lanka (2011) and India (2014), winning the latter game by 266 runs.
