Team India's domestic season is off to an auspicious start with the team putting England under pressure with two wickets in the morning session of first Test in Chennai on Friday. One of the prize scalped on the day also turned out to Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah's maiden Test wicket at home when he removed England's no. 3 Dan Lawrence for nought in the 26th over of the day.
Lawrence was trapped lbw by the 27-year-old pacer after the right-handed batsman failed to read an inswinger which pitched in from just short of the good length.
At the time of writing this report, England went for lunch at 67/2 as Bumrah's over turned out to be the last over before lunch.
To readers' knowledge, this was Bumrah's 80th Test wicket overall with previous 79 wickets coming in 17 Test matches in foreign conditions.
Before Bumrah removed Lawrence, Ravichandran Ashwin provided India the breakthrough to break the 63-run stand between Rory Burns and Dom Sibley. The duo shot five boundaries in the partnership wich stretched over 143 deliveries.
India will host England in four Tests, five T20Is and three ODIs. While the first two Tests take place in Chennai, the remaining two are scheduled at the revamped Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Shahbaz Nadeem
