Overview

• England will be without injured captain Ben Stokes at The Oval, handing the leadership reins to stand-in skipper Ollie Pope.
• Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue each claimed two wickets as the new-look attack produced a disciplined display on Day One.
• Chris Woakes suffered a late-day shoulder scare while preventing a boundary, raising concerns about England’s bowling depth.
• India captain Shubman Gill was run out for 21, leaving him 52 runs short of Sunil Gavaskar’s Indian series record.
• Karun Nair’s unbeaten 52 anchored a lower-order revival that India will need to extend if they are to square the series.