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Highlights of IND vs ENG Test Day 1: India 326/5 at stumps vs England
IND vs ENG highlights: Captain Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja slammed centuries under pressure in a 204-run partnership as India recovered from a jittery start to pile 326 for 5 on the opening day o...READ MORE
Right then, India have runs on the board and still have more than enough wickets to target 450 runs from here. One positive for England is that the wicket in all certainty will be even better for batting on Day 2 and if they bundle out India early enough, they would be able to bat in excellent conditions. A fascinating Day 2 will begin on Friday at 9.30 am IST (4 am GMT) but you can join us sooner for the build-up. Cheers!
England on the other end will not be entirely pleased with how things ended on Day 1 given they had the hosts on a string in the first 10 overs of the game. Mark Wood was their best bowler and even in the final session, he looked the most likely to pick up a wicket and he did exactly that by sending back the Indian skipper with a well-planned maneuver. England failed to capitalize though and allowed the debutant to play his shots and conceded quick runs. They also missed a couple of LBW calls on which they could have taken the DRS and got rid of both Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja which did prove costly. However, a lucky chance fell their way and it was Mark Wood yet again but made sure to get the direct hit in and that got them the wicket of Sarfaraz Khan. The second new ball was taken very late in the day and they will hope to do some early damage with it on Day 2.
Session Summary - 34 overs, 141 runs and 2 wickets. What a stellar final session on Day 1 and the runs really flowed late in the day. India began the post-Tea session with two set batters on the crease and both looked to accelerate a bit. Rohit Sharma got a barrage of short balls and dealt with them well until one that he really snatched at and got out on 131. The highly-rated debutant, Sarfaraz Khan then took to the crease and soon enough, he started taking on the spinners. Khan was aggressive and raked up boundaries for fun with Ravindra Jadeja a mere spectator at the other end. Khan brought up his 50 and looked good but was a bit unfortunate to have gotten run out with just a few overs remaining. Jadeja went on to notch up his 4th Test ton and India ended the day with still half of their wickets intact.
James Anderson to Ravindra Jadeja, On the back of a length on the stumps, Ravindra Jadeja defends it to short mid-wicket. This brings us to the end of the first day's play. Stumps on Day 1.
James Anderson to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! This brings up 3000 runs for Jadeja in Test cricket. On the pads on a fuller length, Ravindra Jadeja waits and flicks it through deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav, Too full at 129.2 clicks outside off, Kuldeep Yadav opens the bat's face and runs for a quick single towards backward point. Jadeja wants the double but is sent back by Kuldeep in time with a sharp call.
James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav, Around the wicket and on a length on off, Kuldeep Yadav hangs his bat in the air again and offers no shot at it.
James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav, BEAUTY! Gets the angle away from the left-hander on a nagging length, Kuldeep Yadav plays inside the line of the ball and it zips past his outside edge to the keeper.
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