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England made a big statement with a more clinical show that that caught the Indians napping. Naturally, all eyes were on Virat Kohli’s men when the series began against the disciplined Joe Root’s team.

Kohli was dismissed cheaply for 11 runs when he edged off-spinner Dom Bess to short leg.

However, the online media is abuzz with another act that was caught in the day but off the field.

The Indian team looked down and out during the day’s play and former England captain Michael Vaughan hit out at the hosts’ players for not showing intent.

Earlier, England were all out for 578 in their first innings with skipper Joe Root's marathon 218-run knock being the highlight of their effort.

Playing in his 100th Test, Root compiled his fifth double century on the second day of the opening Test against India here

Root reached his double ton with a six over long-on off the bowling of R Ashwin.

India took reviews in the 108th and 109th overs but both of them were turned down.

Stokes, who took guard at the start of the second day's play after opener Dominic Sibley was dismissed in the last over of the first day

Joe Root is playing the 100th Test match of his career after having made his debut during the series against India in 2012.

"We know he is a fantastic player and he has got a fantastic record in particular, so it is going to be a great challenge to come up against him,” said Root.

A lot of sides will look at that series that happened in Australia and take huge amounts of confidence from it. Huge credit to India for going there and winning. It is a very difficult place to win.

The International Cricket Council announced the nominees for the inaugural Player of the Month Awards which will "recognise and celebrate the best performances from both male and female cricketers across all forms of international cricket throughout the year".

Some of the Indian players and members of the support staff also landed in this southern city, airport sources said.

The world body said the awards will recognise the best performances of both male and female cricketers across all forms of international cricket throughout the year.

India would be entering the Test series riding high on confidence following their remarkable win in the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia.

On Sunday, Root played a 186-run knock, with the help of 18 boundaries, during England's first innings in the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium.

At stumps on day three, England's score reads 339/9, still trailing the hosts by 42 runs

England are still 283 runs behind with eight wickets in hand

England ensured it didn't have any more hiccups in erasing the remaining 36 required on the last day after Sri Lanka had set up a tricky 74-run target on a turning wicket.