The opening day of the second Test between England and India ended with Virat Kohli's side on top thanks to some outstanding batting from Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.
Sharma notched 83 in testing conditions and dominated his opening partnership with Rahul, who went on to score a century.
England's bowlers attempted to take advantage of the helpful conditions early on, but the skilful batting of Sharma and Rahul ensured that they weathered the storm, allowing Sharma to go on the attack as the day wore on before he was bowled by James Anderson.
Following Sharma's dismissal, Rahul pressed on and made 127, continuing his excellent run of form.
After England took the new ball, Ollie Robinson dismissed Kohli for 42 in what could prove to be a key wicket for Joe Root's side.
However, India ended the day on 276-3 and they are in a very strong position going into the second day.
Here are five talking points from the day's play.
A virtually normal Lords
Lords is the Home of Cricket and seeing it virtually back to normal for a blockbuster Test match between two of the sport's heavyweights was a heartening sight.
Fans were able to attend the historic ground for the first Test between England and New Zealand back in June - the first time England had played in front of a home crowd since September 2019.
However, capacity was limited to 6,700 fans for each day of the Test, meaning things were still far from normal.
Against India, though, Lords was virtually full and it was great to see.
Kohli's losing record
The India captain is one of the best players in the world and presides over what is a highly successful Test team.
However, one aspect of the game where he does not have a good record is when it comes to winning the toss.
Kohli has captained India in 16 Test matches against England and he has only won the toss twice.
In fact, Kohli's failure to win the toss at Lords was the 118th time it has happened in all formats during his time as captain. Only MS Dhoni has lost more tosses as India captain.
Sharma's class
However, losing the toss proved not be such a bad omen for India, despite England putting them in to bat in bowler-friendly conditions.
India's openers shared a hundred partnership, the first time that has happened against England in England since 2016, with Sharma in particular showing his class.
When India reached 100-0, Sharma had scored 75 of those runs, with Rahul much more watchful at the other end.
Sharma was eventually bowled for 83 by Anderson but, having notched his highest individual score in a Test away from home, he has developed into one of the best openers in Test cricket.
Speaking on BBC Test Match Special, former England batting coach Mark Ramprakash was full of praise for Sharma and his partnership with Rahul.
"India have really applied themselves and been up for the challenge," he said. "Rohit Sharma has scored fluently but KL Rahul has played his part.
"India will be looking for that throughout the order, building partnerships all the way through the order."
Rahul's form continues
Rahul was only picked in the first Test of this series because of injuries to Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal, with Gill suffering a shin injury and Agarwal getting ruled out after Mohamed Siraj hit him on the head in the nets.
Going into this series, Rahul had not played a Test match for two years, but he has grabbed his opportunity with both hands.
The 29-year-old top scored in India's first innings at Trent Bridge with an excellent 84 and he continued his good form at Lords, scoring his first Test century since 2018.
Speaking on BBC Test Match Special, former India wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta said: "A very well-paced innings - he started slowly and has moved gears.
"This is another superb innings from KL Rahul."
Wood's return
Mark Wood had only bowled 25 overs in the two months between his last Test and this one and the lack of overs under his belt did show.
Wood's radar was slightly off during his first spell and Sharma in particular looked to attack him at times.
However, the Durham quick did produce some excellent deliveries and consistently hit speeds of well over 90mph, with one ball clocked at 96.1mph!
Ramprakash was happy to see Root not employing Wood as the "enforcer" early on, telling BBC Test Match Special: "There's much talk of Mark Wood's speed. But I'm pleased to see him used in a conventional and orthodox fashion.
"He's used as a bit of a battering ram, an enforcer, with short balls and bowling quick. But with the ball swinging he can bowl a fourth-stump line and then use the odd short ball with a bit more surprise.
"He will create chances by bowling quickly, but with more deliveries in and around off stump."
