The five-match series is currently at 0-0. (AP photo)
Both India and England have got two points each for maintaining a slow over-rate.
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For maintaining a slow over-rate, both the Indian and England cricket teams have been punished with point deduction. Each team is awarded two points which means it now has two points in the ICC World Test Championship points table.
Additionally, both were fined 40 percent of their match fees by match referee Chris Broad for the opening event of the series at Trent Bridge, which was affected by rain and the entire final day’s play was washed away.
England opted to bat first and were bowled out for 183 and their score could have been even lower had captain Joe Root not saved them with 64 for 108. In reply, India fell from a strong start to be bowled out for 278 but took a crucial first innings lead.
In their second dig, England did much better, but it was again due to their captain Root, who played a brilliant knock of 109 off 172. India were on 209 for victory and were 52/1 at the end of the fourth day’s play.
However, the competition ended in a draw and the last day’s play was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. The second Test of the five-match series begins on Thursday at Lord’s.
India, who last won a Test series in England in 2007, have started out as favourites, but the struggle shown by the hosts in Nottingham may have alerted them to the challenges ahead.
The series is part of the ICC World Test Championship, the inaugural season of which was won by New Zealand in June when they defeated India in Southampton.
The third Test will be played at Headingley while the fourth Test will be played at the Kennington Oval in London. The fifth and final match is to be played at Old Trafford, Manchester.
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