There was unprecedented security at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai as India and England resumed their suspended series in the wake of the terror attacks in Mumbai with the first Test on Thursday.
Highest level anti-terror measures were in place on the opening day of the Test, with deployment of over 5,000 personnel, including 300 commandos, in and around the ground and teams' hotel.
The players, wearing black arm bands, observed a minute's silence before the start of the match in memory of the victims of the attacks.
The English team had left India on November 28 after abandoning the last two matches in the seven-match One-Day International series in the wake of the attacks but returned to the country for the two-Test series after the authorities gave them assurances of water-tight security.
The second Test commences on December 19 in Mohali, where there will be equally tight security.
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