England captain Joe Root's move to put India into bat after winning the toss on the opening day of the second Test failed for three reasons.

There wasn't as much life in the pitch as a greenish top suggested -- it did not, for instance, seam with any great alarm; the English bowlers failed to bowl late outswing from off and middle stumps with the new ball; and last but not the least, brilliant batting by Rohit Sharma and K.L. Rahul.