Eng 251-4 (83 overs) vs India |
Scorecard
New ball is taken and Akash Deep is back into the attack. He begins with a full delivery on off, which Root carves to wide off mid-on for a single.
Round the wicket to Stokes and he leaves the back of a length delivery way outside off.
A flick down to fine leg brings Root on strike, who clips one to backward square for a single.
Two dots to end the over. Three runs come off it.
Bumrah is back into the attack. Starts off with a fuller delivery outside off and Root nudges it to deep backward point for a couple.
Follows it up with a single through backward point.
Bumrah then sends down one down the leg but Stokes swings and misses.
Three more dots follow. Just three runs come off the over.
Root needs just four runs to reach his hundred while Stokes is batting on 39.
Akash Deep continues and begins with a good length ball on middle and Root edges it back.
A fuller delivery outside off and Root drives it through point for a couple.
A dot ball follows as Root punches a good length delivery outside off to the gully fielder.
He then picks a single through square of the wicket to get Stokes on strike.
Root is on 99 off 191 balls.
Stokes defends the remaining two balls of the over. Just three come off it.
And it's stumps on Day 1. England finish on 251 for four in 83 overs.
Joe Root remains unbeaten on 99 off 191 balls. He has hit nine boundaries so far. Skipper Ben Stokes is batting on 39 off 102 balls (3x4).
England have lost two quick wickets in two sessions, but Root has built two solid partnerships in the company of Ollie Pope (44 off 104 balls, 4x4) and Stokes.
England have maintained a rate of around 3 throughout the innings.
India, on the other hand, bowled well in patches and Nitish Kumar Reddy was the standout bowler with 2-46 in 14 overs. The other wicket-takers were Jasprit Bumrah (1-35 in 18 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (1-26 in 10 overs).
