Virat Kohli delivered his first Test century in England at a crucial time for India on the second day of the first match at Edgbaston.

The India captain has struggled previously in the longest format in England, but he was the one visiting player who hit his stride on Thursday to drag India through.

Although Sam Curran and Ben Stokes were each in inspired form with the ball, Kohli held it together with the aid of a pair of Dawid Malan drops at slip that could and should have removed the touring skipper.

Instead, Kohli kept plugging away and he passed 100 after 172 balls with a boundary that he celebrated delightedly as opposite number Joe Root applauded.

India were 221-9 as Kohli reached three figures, trailing England by 66 runs.