Nottingham: A solid opening partnership between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma has put the Indian team in the driver’s seat on lunch on day 2 of the first test match against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Rohit Sharma fell on the stroke of lunch while attempting a pull shot and handing a soft catch to the fielder on the fine leg.

The openers who remained not out at the end of day 1 after the Indian seamers ran through the England line-up, continued batting with good intent after a defensive first hour.

The English bowlers although troubled the two in the first few overs with a few play and misses but couldn’t grab any luck to break through the partnership before managing the first wicket in the 38th over of the inning.

While Rohit remained solid in his defense and watchful in his shot, Rahul played quite freely and majestically drove through the off-side for a few boundaries.

Going into Lunch on Day 2 India’s scorecard read 97-1 with Rahul batting on 48 and Rohit falling after a well-made 36.

Earlier on Day 1, Indian bowlers had bundled out England on 183, triggering a collapse after the host looked confident at 138-3 at one stage.

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in connection with the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogish Gowda from Hebballi in Dharwad district.

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Karol passed the order granting bail to Kulkarni.

Earlier, following the cancellation of his bail, Kulkarni had surrendered before the Special Court for MPs and MLAs. His recent bail plea had also been rejected by the High Court.

Subsequently, Kulkarni approached the Supreme Court, which has now granted him bail.