Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant worked about India’s injury after spending most days from the ground after a blow for his left index finger.
Like Stokes, the pants treated a round on the ground before the second hit, which tried to take the leg side down from Pace bowler Jaspreet Bumrah.
He was not seen after the 34th over of the day, in which the substitute Dhruv Jurael stepped behind the stump and put an excellent catches to dismiss the Pope.
Before starting the second day, tourists have no plans to have X-rays for pants.
The Pope, which was removed from his first ball, made 44 in the third wicket stand of 109 with Root.
On a slow pitch at Lord’s, some outstanding Indian bowling, England were forced to curb their attacking instinct. 3.02 per over run-rate is the slowest for the total for more than 200 as Stokes became captain three years ago.
The Pope said, “It is not necessary that the way we are going about the first innings, but I think there is a very good score in 251-4 minutes.”
“Obviously we must have liked some more runs, but the nature of the surface and the way the Indian attack bowled was very good.
“This is a day we will take. We had to adapt the way we play, but hopefully it is a score that we can actually kick from tomorrow and make it towards 500, in the north of 400.”
