India were on the front foot after day one of the ongoing first test match against England.
India were on the front foot after day one of the ongoing first test match in Birmingham's Edgbaston Cricket Ground as England were reduced to 285 for nine after after a good start.
Having won the toss and choosing to bat, England got off to a stuttering start as opener Alastair Cook fell prey to a brilliant Ravichandran Ashwin delivery in the ninth over.
However, Joe Root walked in next and stabilized the situation with opener Keaton Jennings, who looked impressive with his score of 42 from 98 balls. Jennings was unfortunate to have missed out on a half-century when a Mohammed Shami delivery tricked through to dislodge the bails.
England then found themselves in a spot of bother as Dawid Malan was quickly sent back to the pavilion as Shami picked up his second scalp via an LBW decision, with the scorecard reading 112 for the loss of three wickets.
However, Root, along with wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow, steered the home side away from danger as they partnered a 100-run stand between them to shift the momentum and the control of the match back England's way.
With the visiting bowlers seemingly clueless in their attempts to break the partnership, it took a display of supreme athleticism from Indian skipper Virat Kohli to put an end to their 104-run stand and, yet again, deny Root a century.
Bairstow drove Ashwin towards mid-wicket and made the mistake of calling for a second run, and Kohli brilliantly picked up the ball and launched his throw towards the non-striker's end and got a direct hit with Root far from home, thus ending the England captain's innings, who achieved the landmark of 7000 Test runs during his 80-run knock.
This dismissal marked the start of England's downfall, with Bairstow, who finished having scored 70 runs from 88 balls, dragged on an Umesh Yadav delivery onto his stumps, with Ashwin picking up Joss Buttler's (0 runs from 2 balls) wicket.
Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad fell to Ashwin who finished with figures of 4-60. Ishant Sharma then ended Adil Rashid's short innings.
Here are the highlights of the play of day one of India v/s England 1st test:
India have done the damage in the first day and will be hoping to take a considerable lead when they come out to bat later in the day.
(With ANI Inputs)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "Virat Kohli")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}