The first day of the first Test between England and India belonged to the visitors as they took the upper hand at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on August 4.
Joe Root of England won the toss and chose to bat first. India captain Virat Kohli stunned everyone when he announced India playing XI as big names like R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma were missing, while Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur were picked along with Ravindra Jadeja at no.8.
Jasprit Bumrah hit the first blow, getting Rory Burns out for a duck in the first over, and then it was a procession of wickets, with a calm period in between. Dom Sibley made 18, Zak Crawley made 27 and Jonny Bairstow made 29 runs, while captain Joe Root top-scored with 64 runs, which was his fiftieth half-century for England in Tests.
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He also went past Sir Alastair Cook and became the highest run-getter in international cricket for England.
Bairstow and Root added 72 runs for the 4th wicket. Then Mohammad Shami and Shardul Thakur picked wickets in quick succession as England was left 160/9 quickly.
Sam Curran’s 27* took England to 183 when Bumrah cleaned up James Anderson. The Gujarat pacer finished with 4/46, while Shami took 3/28, while Shardul Thakur took 2/41 and Siraj picked one wicket as well.
The cricket fraternity was proud of the way India bowled on day one and praised the pace attack and Jasprit Bumrah for their performances on Twitter.
Here are the tweets:
