Birmingham, July 2 -- England pace legend Stuart Broad hailed pacer Chris Woakes for his fine new ball spell against India during the first session of the first Test's day one at Edgbaston.

At the end of the first session, India was 98/2, with Yashasvi Jaiswal (62*) and skipper Shubman Gill (1*) unbeaten. Woakes was fantastic in his new ball spell, taking the wicket of KL Rahul and bowling four maiden overs out of seven overs, giving away just 15 runs. During his spell, he created chances against Karun Nair and Jaiswal, but luck did not go in his favour.

Speaking on air as quoted by Sky Sports', Broad said that the first session was "really good Test cricket", which left India "happier of the two sides as England had to bowl two really ...