Yashasvi Jaiswal had a second Test hundred in sight on the second morning of the Test.

Keen to repeat the carnage of the last session of the opening day, when he made 76 off 70 balls, the left-hander hit a boundary off the second ball he faced from Joe Root.

But his enthusiasm was shortlived as two balls later, he tried to repeat a similar stroke, didn't connect and played it back to the bowler. England had got the break they desired though they failed to make full use of the circumstances by the close.

Jaiswal though has no regrets for playing that shot.

"I think I could have played well but it happens in cricket. Sometimes you think something will work for you, but it doesn’t," the opener said after the second day's play.

But was he surprised that England began the day with Root, who didn't get to bowl an over on the opening day?

"Of course, I knew that somehow he was going to bowl and I was prepared for him... He bowled the first over, but as I said I was trying my best to do what I could and sometimes I can commit a mistake and get out. I am still learning and if I make a mistake, it’s important I learn from the mistakes," said Jaiswal.

Much like his batting, the 22-year-old displays a sense of maturity in his thought process which defies his age.

"It would have been amazing if I had scored a hundred but what took me there was my technique, thinking and process to score runs. I was positive in my mind and kept thinking if I was building the innings it would have been amazing... but it was good," Jaiswal said.

He clarified that his attacking ploy wasn't the result of any definite plan. "We are trying to play positive cricket and I was doing the same, play positive shots," he said.