India Vs England, 1st Test: Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik departs as Ben Stokes strikes for England, India 100/5
England paceman Sam Curran and Ben Stokes thrashed the Indian batting line-up. England paceman Sam Curran scalped 3 wickets while Ben Stokes scalped 2 wicket.
India removed the tail swiftly. India’s got a decent start. Virat Kohli's men are set for the five-Test match series. England won the toss and opted to bat first.
England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler bowled for a duck by Ravichandra Ashwin. In the first innings of India he got injured and has gone to a local hospital for an X-Ray on his left middle finger.
Ravichandra Ashwin and Mohammed Shami scalped 4 wickets and 3 wickets respectively for the Indian side.
England skipper Joe Root top scored for the hosts with a fluent 80 runs but his run out from a brilliant throw by Indian Virat Kohli sparked their demise.
1st Test. 29.2: WICKET! D Karthik (0) is out, b Ben Stokes, 100/5 https://t.co/HeruIJq0DO #EngvInd
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 2, 2018
27.4: WICKET! A Rahane (15) is out, c Keaton Jennings b Ben Stokes, 100/4 https://t.co/HeruIJq0DO #EngvInd
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 2, 2018
India (Playing XI):
Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma
England (Playing XI):
Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root(c), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow(w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
First published: 2 August 2018, 18:53 IST