England made a solid start on day one of the first test against India as they reached 83 for one at lunch on Wednesday. In the host country's 1,000th test match, opener Keaton Jennings was dropped on nine but moved to 38 while skipper Joe Root looked fluent on his way to 31. Root looked imperious, though, and punished any bad balls with four boundaries coming off his bat before lunch in a 57-run partnership with Jennings. ), Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma. England: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root (capt.

Source: dna August 01, 2018 12:15 UTC