India’s bowlers showed their true colors on Day one of the third Investec test at Southampton on Sunday. Better application by England’s top order meant a healthy score of 247/2 at draw of stumps on the first day. Alastair Cook came close to scoring his 26th test century and in the process, quelled some of the criticism against him. India should have known that their victory in the Lords test was more the result of poor English batting rather than any overnight improvement in their bowling. India made two changes for the Southampton test.