Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: England 62/0, trail Ind by 86 runs, 5th test, day 1 at stumps
London: England finished at 62/0 in the first innings, trailing India by 86 runs at stumps on Day 1 in 5th Investec Test at The Oval here Friday.Alastair Cook and Sam Robson remain unbeaten on
05:08 PM: India 26/3 after 14 overs
wicket maiden for Jordan
Ajnkya Rahane comes in at no. 5
DRINKS BREAK
India 26/3
He tried to leave that one again and the ball came in. It struck on the edge of the pads outside off, Umpire Dharmsena took his time and raises his finger. Another failure for Virat. He departs for 6. And it's drinks.
Kohli to face Jordan
Chris Jordan replaces Stuart Broad
04:59 PM: India 26/2 after 13 overs
Few pigeons have occupied the point area and seems to be distracting the batsman
Short pitch and way down the leg side. But this time Buttler made a good jump to collect that one.
He tucks it away to the right of short leg for a single
Kohli punches through covers for four. First boundary for India this morning.
Anderson to Kohli
04:54 PM: India 21/2 after 12 overs
Vijay was looking for a crisp extra cover drive but gets an inside edge through midwicket. Two runs
Broad to Vijay
04:50 PM: India 19/2 after 11 overs
He plays quite late in front of point for a single
Vijay facing Anderson
04:45 PM: India 18/2 after 10 overs
Vijay pushed off the hips to fine leg for a single
He pitched it short and Kohli played it to off side and gets the off the mark with a single
Broad to Kohli
04:41 PM: India 16/2 after 9 overs
Anderson bowls it way down the leg side. Buttler had no chance to take that. 4 byes
Appeal for lbw Vijay gets a big stride while defending and is struck quite high on the pad and outside the line of off too. No use appealing for that
Anderson to Vijay
04:38 PM: India 12/2 after 8 overs
just one run from the over
Beautifully bowled again. Outswing delivery
He tried to leave that. But that came in struck the feather of the pads outside off. England appeal but umpire says no.
He takes the single behind square. Kohli on strike now
Vijay facing Broad
04:34 PM: India 11/2 after 7 overs
Vijay takes a single to end the over and keeps the strike.
Swung in and struck on pads. Anderson appeals for lbw but that was down the leg side.
That was close. He tried to play outside off and thankfully it didn't gets an edge.
Anderson to Vijay
Virat Kohli is the new man in
04:30 PM: India 10/2 after 6 overs
wicket maiden for Broad
Gone! Broad gets his man. It came in to Pujara and knocked off his stumps. It struck his back arm first and then the stumps. Umpires are checking for a no-ball but it's all clear and he have to go. Incoming deliveries have been a big weakness for Pujara in the series. He goes for 4.
Broad to Pujara
04:24 PM: India 10/1 after 5 overs
Pujara flicks it to fine leg for another single
Vijay played it behind square for a single
He turned the ball to leg side for one run
Pujara facing Anderson
04:20 PM: India 7/1 after 4 overs
Pujara tucked the last ball behind square for a single to end the over
Another one came in to Pujara and struck him again under his belly
Outside edge and it just fell short of Cook at first slip.
Incoming delivery for Pujara struck under his stomach
Broad to Pujara
04:15 PM: India 6/1 after 3 overs
Vijay pushed it to covers and takes a couple
He gets off the mark with a single to the covers
Anderson to Pujara
04:10 PM: India 3/1 after 2 overs
he start off with a maiden over
Stuart Broad to bowl now to Vijay
04:06 PM: India 3/1 after 1 over
Cheteshwar Pujara comes in next
India 3/1
Gone! He was trying to leave the ball but it hits the bottom edge and caught by Buttler. A first ball duck for Gambhir.
Gambhir is on strike now.
Through the covers and three runs for Vijay.
Pitched up, defended it to covers
Vijay takes the strike first and James Anderson will bowl
Indian openers Murali Vijay and Gautam Gambhir are in the middle
Will Indian batsmen give Independence Day gift to all their fans way back in India?
There's no 50-run opening partnership for India since Abhinav Mukund and Gautam Gambhir scored in 2011.
Average score in batting first at Oval is 391. Can Indian batsmen do it today for India?
Dhoni would like to bat first as well. Stuart Binny is in for Ravindra Jadeja while Ishant Sharma is fit and he is replacing Pankaj Singh.
England skipper Alastair Cook win the toss and elected to bowl first. They are unchanged.
Both the captains are walking in for the toss
We are 5 minutes away from the toss and in another 30 minutes we will be underway for the final test
There's a half an hour delay in the start of the match.