5 areas where England batsmen outdid India in the first innings of the Rajkot Test

#3 Attacking the spinners

Joe Root showed not only temperament but flair also

It was the ploy from the outset to not let the Indian trio settle in. All the England batsmen made sure they used their feet to get to the pitch off the ball to smother the turn, whatever little that was on offer.

When they failed to get to the pitch they played the ball with soft hands so that the close in fielders did not have any chance of grabbing one. The easy-paced wicket also aided the English batsman in this.

There was five sixes hit in the England innings and all of them came against the Indian tweakers with Amit Mishra giving away three. Ravichandran Ashwin also yielded 19 boundaries.