England were bowled out for 183, having lost their last 7 wickets for 45 runs.
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Indian pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami were criticised following a performance not at the same level as expected, in the final of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) against New Zealand. Bumrah and Shami were termed as bowlers who did not prepare well for a vital encounter, which could have earned a lot of prestige for the nation. However, they brought their A-game on Day 1 of the first Test against England, chipping in with four and three wickets respectively.
Bumrah accounted for the dismissals of Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Stuart Broad and James Anderson. Shami sent back Dominic Sibley, Jonny Bairstow and Daniel Lawrence respectively. Shardul Thakur chipped in with two wickets, as Mohammed Shami completed one dismissal. The hosts were bowled out for 183, having lost their last seven wickets for just 45 runs with a flurry of wickets after tea. Root was the top run-getter for England, accumulating 64 runs in 108 deliveries with 11 boundaries to his credit. The England skipper further became England’s leading run-scorer in international cricket, during the course of the innings.
Root needed 22 runs to surpass Alastair Cook, who has retired from the game with 15,737 runs in 387 innings. The England skipper reached the score in the 33rd over of the first innings, after the hosts won the toss and opted to bat. Root surpassed Cook in his 366th inning, following a boundary off a wide half-volley by Mohammed Siraj. The England cricketer bent down on one knee, got close to the pitch of the ball before creaming the drive through cover.
Kevin Pietersen is the third-highest run-getter for England across formats, with 13,779 runs across 340 innings. Ian Bell occupies the fourth spot having scored 13,331 runs in 370 matches. Graham Gooch rounds off the top-five list with 13,190 runs in 337 innings.
Team India ended the day’s play on a score of 21 runs without the loss of a single wicket at the end of 13 overs.
The Indian team has opted to bench Ravichandran Ashwin for the ongoing opening Test. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is the only spinner in the lineup, with Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj the four pacers selected.
Team India skipper Virat Kohli stated that the visitors would have liked to bat as well.
“Last time England chose to bowl first here, and we would have wanted to bat first as well. We would look to get in with the ball in the first session, and a few early breakthroughs will be handy. There is a bit of a change up top, KL Rahul comes in. Our bowling combination is: Bumrah, Shami, Thakur, Siraj and Jadeja as the spinner,” said Kohli as quoted by Cricbuzz.
Root stated the wicket looked reasonable with a little bit of movement.
“We’re going to bat first. It looks like a reasonable wicket, a little bit of movement. If we get off to a good start in the first hour, we could capitalize. Always exciting to play a big series like this. And hopefully we could perform really well. Jonny Bairstow comes back, Sam Curram comes in as well. It has been so long since we last played,” he stated.
Lineups:
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
England (Playing XI): Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Jonny Bairstow, Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler(w), Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
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