Twitter Reactions: 307 runs for India, 6 wickets for England on Day 1 at Trent Bridge

Green wicket, bowler friendly conditions and Joe Root was absolutely certain they wanted to start the match with the ball in hand. The Indian batsmen who’ve been forever susceptible against the moving ball had a tough task ahead of them. Before that skipper Virat Kohli announced the three changes in the line-up Rishabh Pant was to make his debut, Jasprit Bumrah was back and so was Shikhar Dhawan.

Dhawan was the first one to make an impact as he saw through the initial burst from James Anderson and Stuart Broad, when Ben Stokes gave him room outside the off-stump he crashed it through the off-side for three square drives to different parts of the off side boundary. He scored 35 before being dismissed, KL Rahul also played a few good shots and looked certain about things in his knock of 23.

The openers gave them a 60-run start and proved to be a real platform as Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli dwelled up on it with a 159-run fourth wicket partnership. Rahane got out after playing his best knock in a really long time worth 81 via a splendid catch from Alastair Cook at first slip. Skipper Kohli played another one of his magnificent knocks and didn’t give the bowlers any opportunity until the 152nd ball of his innings. He edged one from Adil Rashid to Stokes at slip and fell just three runs short of his 23rd Test ton.

Thereafter, England made a decent enough comeback in the game keeping things tight. Rishabh Pant walked out to bat in the whites for the first time and owned the moment in style. The second ball he faced hit Rashid straight over his head for a six and just showed the world how his nerves act in such occasions.

Hardik Pandya after working really hard for 57 balls edged the last ball of the 87th over to give England their 6th success as it was stumps on day 1 with the Indian total on 307. For the home team Chris Woakes was the best bowler having dismissed the Indian top three in his first spell.

Here is how Twitterati reacted during the course of the game:

Rishabh pant excites me ..I hope he scores a big one ..has so much time and uncomplicated technique ..good luck

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) August 18, 2018

Hardik pandaya is not fitting in this team. India could have gone with specialist batsman in place of him #ENGvIND

— Arun Kumar (@arun46536) August 18, 2018

So first Pujara gets out doing a Pandya on the last ball before lunch, and then Pandya gets out doing a Pujara on the last ball of the day #ENGvIND #rolereversal

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) August 18, 2018

That Hardik wicket shows that there is something in this pitch at least with the new ball. Therefore, India won't mind that mode of dismissal, with 300+ already on the board #ENGvIND

— Hari Sadanandan (@iamharry_88) August 18, 2018

James Anderson is also the first England bowler to take 100-plus wickets against two teams in Tests (Australia and India).#ENGvIND #ENGvsIND

— Virat Kohli (@Kohli_Official) August 18, 2018

Pant has so many flaws so did sehwag .
Doesn't look like Rishabh pant opening for India anytime soon but he can be our own Gilchrist down the order #ENGvIND

— #FAN (@Sarcastic__Raj) August 18, 2018

An enthralling first day at Trent Bridge comes to a close with India 307/6. James Anderson dismissed Hardik Pandya with the final ball of the day to take his 100th wicket against India. #ENGvIND #CricketMeriJaan

— HulkAdarsh (@HulkAdarsh) August 18, 2018

Test cricket needs more players like Pandya and Pant, it's the freaks that make the game much more enjoyable #ENGvIND

— Gaurav (@grv5) August 18, 2018

should #HardikPandya ask Kohli to drop him for rest of the series if he wants to save his test career? #ENGvIND #INDvENG#PoliteEnquiries

— S A Rizvi (@sarizvi) August 18, 2018

Good intent shown by the Indian batsman, playing as a unit and supporting the captain @imVkohli, who was unlucky to miss out on a deserved 100 .. Losing wickets at crucial intervals puts the game in balance though.. All depends on how the first session on Day 2 pans out #ENGvIND

— TheSportsBuffs (@TheSportsBuffs) August 18, 2018

#ENGvIND #INDvENG
What is the role given to Hardik Pandya? With his batting technique is he planning to graft runs in English conditions?
Better for him to force the pace and be aggressive. Else no use for him as a batsman.

— Chennai_wasi (@catlover_ind) August 18, 2018

Great start to what I think is going to be a phenomenal and long career. Rishabh Pant opens his account with a 6 in test Cricket, the first Indian to do so #ENDvIND

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 18, 2018

Pandya could have faired better with bat perhaps he could overlook the defensive algorithm and be at his natural best . #ENGvIND

— Gaur Farmaiye !! (@Shikhar_Gaur) August 18, 2018

What a day of test cricket. Fab!#Redemption #ENGvIND

— Aniket Kolapkar (@aniketkolapkar) August 18, 2018

It was indeed a good day for India. Sad about Virat Kohli 😔 but happy for #TeamIndia thank God Rishab pant is still there and our model is as Usual departs early 😂😂 #KyaHogaIssBaar #EngvInd

— Banit gogia (@Banit515) August 18, 2018

Nah man! Twice in a day, wicket at the stroke of break. But India will take this score everyday. 307 for 6. If they can take this closer to 400, this game will be on

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 18, 2018

Yet another fascinating day. Brilliant from @imVkohli and @ajinkyarahane88 but with the second new ball Eng will want to close this early tomorrow. Lower order resilience will make a huge diff to this game. Pant good in his 22.

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) August 18, 2018

Rishab Pant's first Test runs had 'Dilli Se Hu BC' written all over them. #ENGvIND

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) August 18, 2018

India finishes 307/6 at stumps on first day, couple of less wickets would have been perfect but nonetheless good decent day for India!#ENGvIND

— mayank (@MayankDPatel1) August 18, 2018

Hardik Pandya could have contributed much more had he played his natural game. I don't know why is he being so defensive when it's not his game #ENGvIND #INDvENG

— Himanshu Ghiya (@brainteaser_him) August 18, 2018

Yesss Virat got 97
Still mood off 😡😡
Aaj toh pakka neend nhi ayegi 🙁#ENGvIND

— 🏏⚽🎾❤ (@AfjalHu37225061) August 18, 2018

This is Anderson's 100th Test Wicket against India. #ENGvIND

— ❤ⱽᶦʳᵃᵗᶦᵃⁿADI🇮🇳❤ (@Aditya_k168) August 18, 2018

Ahh if only @hardikpandya7 hadn't gotten out, this would have been our day! But don't blame him, he actually showed great application and temperament ! Tried his best to hang in there but cant do much against @jimmy9 with a brand new Dukes! #ENGvIND

— Thyagu (@thyagarajan29) August 18, 2018