One look towards the Lord's pavilion from the Nursery End of the ground and an aspect that immediately comes to your mind is the slope from the right (North) to the left (South). To be precise, the drop from one side to another is over eight feet. No other ground in the world is so peculiar. Many elite batsmen and bowlers have arrived at the erstwhile home of cricket and struggled to combat this slight tilt in the pitch.

Former England batsman-turned-selector James Taylor, in an online video, has suggested that it is vital for a batsman to understand his technique, so that he can formulate a method accordingly while batting at the Nursery or the Pavilion End. Four years ago, Virat Kohli was left stunned after he shouldered arms to a ball that jagged up against the slope. It would leave a scar in his mind for rest of the series. Kohli is already in a better state mentally this time around, but for the other Indian batsmen who have struggled in the first Test, the angle on the 22-yard-strip could be another dimension they must cope with.