Former English skipper Nasser Hussain finds a crucial change in Indian Test specialist batsman Cheteshwar Pujara’s batting technique in the ongoing rain-marred second Test between England and India at Lord’s.

After the day one of the second Test was totally washed out in rain, the day two has reacted mostly same and has provided only a few overs to play. England decided to field first after winning the toss in perfect bowling condition.

Both teams made two changes each in their playing XI from the last Test that played at Edgbaston (Birmingham). In the England squad, young Ollie Pope has made his international cricket debut while the bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes has also returned in the international side after recovering from the injury. They replaced Dawid Malan and Ben Stokes respectively for this game.

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Meanwhile, Indian skipper Virat Kohli dropped the opener Shikhar Dhawan and brought back Cheteshwar Pujara in the squad. The other change was left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav replaced right-arm pacer Umesh Yadav.

The day 2 started on time but the first session lasted for just 6.3 overs as the rain interrupted the remaining period. In that time, India was batting on 11/2 as both the openers Murali Vijay (0) and KL Rahul (8) were dismissed by English pacer James Anderson.

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Meanwhile, the former English captain Nasser Hussain has found a crucial change in Pujara’s batting technique. He finds that earlier Pujara left a gap between bat and pad but now the right-handed batsman has covered up his stumps more. Hussain also believes that this change can work for him and make an important difference.

Talking on Sky Sports, Hussain said, “He plants his foot and leaves a gap between bat and pad, but he also follows the ball, what we call curtain-railing. For a bloke who averages fifty you think they are odd modes of dismissal. He has made a slight change from what I’ve seen today – he is covering his stumps.”

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However, in the second session, Pujara was unluckily run out after a poor mix-up with the captain Virat Kohli. Pujara faced 25 balls in that innings and scored only one run. The second session of the day only ran for just two overs as India was batting 15/3 in 8.3 overs before another rain interruption.