Rishabh Pant 146, Ravindra Jadeja put India on top on Day 1 vs England in Birmingham

LONDON: Rishabh Pant hit his fifth Test century off just 89 deliveries to lead India's turnaround in the rescheduled fifth Test in Birmingham. Pant broke MS Dhoni's record for the fastest century by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter. India reached 338/7 at stumps on Day 1.

Pant scored 146 runs off 111 balls with 20 fours and 4 sixes while Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten at 83 runs off 163 balls. They put on 222 runs for the sixth wicket after India lost 5th wicket at 98.

Rain delayed the start of the second session by an hour and England were all over India soon after play resumed, reducing the visitors to 98 for five.

While James Anderson did the damaged in the morning, Matthew Potts got the prized wicket of an out-of-form Virat Kohli (11) and a shaky Hanuma Vihari (20) post lunch to put England on top.

Vihari was the first to go after Potts trapped him in front of the stumps with a full ball that darted back sharply.

In his following over, Potts sent back Kohli, who dragged one on to his stumps in his half-hearted attempt to leave the ball.

The former India skipper had looked quite assured in the middle until he was caught in two minds while leaving the ball.

England wicketkeeper Sam Billings is congratulated after taking a catch to see the back of India's Shreyas Iyer.

Shreyas Iyer (15 off 11), playing his first Test outside India, started on an aggressive note by collecting three fours off Potts. However, Anderson and the support staff had done their homework on Iyer, who has had issues against the short ball. Agencies

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