Ollie Robinson celebrated his return to Test cricket with his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. He scalped five wickets for 85 runs in the first innings of the first Test against India in Nottingham.
He picked up the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami and finished India’s innings with the wicket of Jasprit Bumrah to register his first fifer.
Notably, he was suspended for “historic” and “racist” tweets after making his debut against New Zealand.
He and James Anderson tried their best to stop India from running away with the game in the first innings, but their efforts could not stop them from taking a big lead of 95 runs.
KL Rahul missed his century but top-scored with 84 and was aptly supported by Ravindra Jadeja, who brought a perfect mixture of caution and aggression in his half-century.
India got into big trouble after an impressive start by Rohit and Rahul but the rearguard action from the batsmen lower down the order put their nose in front of England in the game.
England could only manage 183 runs in the first innings and they will have to bring their best game with the bat in the second innings to stop India from winning the game and taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match long Test series.