Stumps: India frustrated England's bowlers in the evening session, butStuart Broad and James Anderson helped their side recover with the new ball as the tourists reached stumps on 290-9 on day one of the second Test at Lord's.
The momentum seemed to be flowing in the hosts' direction as James Anderson, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Broad allnabbed wickets before tea.
Shortly after the break, Anderson secured his third wicket of the Test by dismissing Stuart Binny (9) for lbw, but replays showed that the ball was travelling over the top of the stumps, but due to India deciding against DRS, no challenges could be made.
Ali, Stokes, Broad and Liam Plunkett all tried to find the next wicket, but they failed to stop Ajinkya Rahane reaching his third Test half century with a boundary.
In an effort to find England's eighth wicket, Anderson took the new ball instantly, but Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed to hold on until Broad stepped up to unleash a length ball through the stumps to dismiss Kumar on 36.
Despite finding the breakthrough, Rahane was able to hit his first Test century against England, but three balls later, the Indian batsman was sent packing on 103 following a one-handed catch from Anderson.
Mohammed Shami (14 not out) and Ishant Sharma (12 not out) will return to the crease at Lord's for day two tomorrow.
Tea: England have taken a further four wickets in the afternoon session against India on day one of the second Test at Lord's as the tourists reach tea on 140-6.
The hosts struggled in the morning with numerous drop catches, but seamers James Anderson and Liam Plunkettfound the breakthrough by dismissing Shikhar Dhawan andMurali Vijay as India reached 73-2 at lunch.
After the break, Anderson added to his wicket tally as Virat Kholi (25) edged to Matt Prior, while Cheteshwar Pujarawas the next to fall after India surpassed 100 runs.
The 26-year-old was bowled out by Ben Stokes after hitting 28 from 174 balls, and was replaced by MS Dhoni, who was subjected to a few boos from the Lord's crowd.
However, the captain walked back to the pavilion not long later after Stuart Broad nabbed his first wicket of the Test following a delivery, which was edged to Prior and left Dhoni with just one run to his innings.
Ravindra Jadeja was the next to fall for just three after he was sent packing by Moeen Ali for an lbw.
Ajinkya Rahane (26 not out) and Stuart Binny (6 not out) will return to the crease for the evening session.
Lunch: England's pace attack have taken two wickets on the first morning of the second Test against India at Lord's, with the visitors managing 73-2 in the opening session.
Alastair Cook chose to bowl on a pitch that looked suited to seamers, and he was rewarded in the third over as Shikhar Dhawan edged to Gary Ballance in the slips for just seven runs off the bowling of Jimmy Anderson.
After the early breakthrough, India managed to slow down the pace of the match and were looking likely to get through the rest of the session without further loss at a run rate of 2.7 an over.
However, Liam Plunkett continued with his short of a length deliveries and got the wicket that his patience deserved as Murali Vijay also edged to Ballance.
India will resume the second session with Cheteshwar Pujara (11) and Virat Kohli (20) at the crease.
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