India vs England 2nd Test Live Score, Day 1: India set to cash in on depleted England bowling attack

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Moeen has played only white-ball cricket, however, since his last Test appearance against India in Chennai in February when he took eight wickets and hit a second-innings 43 in a losing cause but dismissed Kohli twice in that match

Against India at home, off-spinner Moeen has taken 31 wickets in seven Tests during 2014 and 2018 series wins for England

England, outplayed for much of the first of a five-match series, could recall all-rounder Moeen Ali in one of several changes

Who will replace Shardul Thakur?

Overcast conditions at Lord's

But Lord's is also where Ishant Sharma took a Test-best 7/74 during India's 95-run win in 2014

Ashwin has five Test hundreds to his credit and with high temperatures forecast, the pitch may favour spin bowling

Ishant Sharma or Ravichandran Ashwin, neither of whom played in last week's rain-affected drawn first Test in Nottingham, could replace Thakur, who took four wickets - two in each innings -- at Trent Bridge

Indian pace-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur was ruled out Wednesday with a hamstring strain

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England have not played a Test without either Anderson or Broad since October 2016 and it is nine years since they both missed one on home soil

Broad's 524 wickets make him England's second-most successful Test bowler behind long-time new-ball partner Anderson, whose 621 are an all-time record for any fast bowler at this level

Anderson is struggling to be fit for the second Test with a thigh problem sustained on Wednesday

Broad, 35, has been ruled out of the rest of the five-match series after pulling up with a calf problem

An already-depleted England could be without both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in a home Test for the first time in nearly a decade when they face India at Lord's