India vs England, 1st Test: Key takeaways from Day 2

Resuming on 128*, Root smashed his maiden double-century against India.

The scores of his last four Test 100s read: 226, 228, 186, 218.

Notably, Root became the 15th foreigner to hit a double-ton in India and the first to do so since Brendon McCullum (225 in 2010).

The England skipper looked ominous and played sensibly to get to a significant milestone in Test cricket.

Ben Stokes played a significant knock, scoring 82 from 118 balls at a strike rate of 69.49.

Stokes, who was dropped by R Ashwin, made the Indians pay with an aggressive knock.

He smashed 10 fours and three sixes. Stokes looked comfortable against the Indian bowlers and also surpassed the 1,000-run mark against Team India.

His 124-run stand alongside Root deflated the hosts.

Team India was sloppy on the field for the second successive day and dropped catches.

The hosts bowled a whopping 19 no balls as well in the first innings.

Shahbaz Nadeem and Jasprit Bumrah led the way with six no balls each.

Ishant (5) and Ashwin (2) were in the mix as well.

England dominated the Indian bowlers, who were inconsistent and leaked runs.

The brilliance of Root and Stokes helped England start strongly and the latter mistimed a shot to be dismissed by Nadeem.

Root and Pope added 86 runs for the fifth wicket, before India got them both.

Ashwin and Nadeem got the respective wickets.

As Buttler tried to counter, Ishant was finally rewarded as he got two wickets.

Washington Sundar remained wicketless as Bumrah misfired.