'Jaisball' in reply to Bazball; England bundled out for 246, India 119/1

HYDERABAD: India dominated the first day of the first test match against England at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. England, who won the toss and batted first, were bundled out for 246 runs with spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja taking three wickets each. At the end of stumps on Day 1, India were 119/1 and trailed England by 127 runs with Shubman Gill and Jaiwswal unbeaten on scores of 76* and 14* respectively.

Batting first, the visitors had a good start after openers Zak Crawley (20 runs from 40 balls) and Ben Duckett (35 runs from 39 balls) made a partnership of 55 runs. Ashwin made the first breakthrough of the game after he dismissed Duckett in the 12th over. The second wicket came when Ravindra Jadeja removed Ollie Pope (1 run from 11 balls) in the 15th over. The third wicket came soon in the 16th over after Ashwin dismissed Crawley. Stokes with his knock of 70 was the only standout batter for the visitors and helped his side cross the 200-run mark. However, the 32-year-old failed to stitch a game-changing partnership. After the lunch break, England could score only 108 runs and the Indian bowling attack picked up regular wickets and kept the 'Bazball' exploits in check. England ended their first innings with a score of 246 with Ashwin and Jadeja scalping three each giving India firm control in the game.

Coming into bat, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal made England get a taste of their 'Bazball' style of play, scoring runs at a brisk pace and putting the pressure back on the visitors. He came down the ground and smashed Rehan Ahmed for a six which summed up the kind of day he had with the bat. India got off to a flying start with Jaiswal taking on debutant spinner Tom Hartley, scoring two maximums and pushing India's score to 19/0 after the end of the second over. While Jaiswal continued to dominate Hartley, Rohit too joined the party and with a single brought up 50 for India off just 39 deliveries. Jaiswal brought up his half-century with a sublime shot to find the boundary.

Skipper Rohit Sharma (24) was dismissed by English spinner Leach when he tried to go for a maximum. Rohit mistimed his shot and the ball landed into the safe hands of Ben Stokes. The rest of the day saw Shubman Gill and Jaiswal exercising control, keeping the scoreboard ticking and avoiding further loss of any wicket.