Moment of Magic From Kohli Helps India Restrict England to 285/9
A moment of witch from Virat Kohli made his Test debut against England and helped India to brighten India on Wednesday on the first day of first Test at Edgbaston.
After winning the toss, captain Kohli took three wickets for 21 runs. Captain Kohli was bowled directly by Joe Root for 80 runs. Jonny Bairstow was asked for an ambitious double after mid-wicket.
Root's dismissal sparked a collapse as England lost six wickets for 67 runs to end the day on 285-9.After returning to the pavilion on the back of the route, Kohli showed some apathy in a kissing kiss and kept his finger on his lips.
Joe Root walks back to the pavilion after being dismissed on Day 1.
He last month made a mummy to laugh a gesture from the England captain last month, after he helped with the second-round century for the one-day series in Leeds in Leeds.
Bairstow, who had shared a stand of 104 for the fourth wicket with Root, chopped a ball from Umesh Yadav on to his stumps for 70 before Jos Buttler was trapped LBW by spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for nought.
Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid and Stuart Broad then fell cheaply, leaving Sam Curran 24 not out at stumps alongside James Anderson (0*).
Curran was given lucky let-off when he was dropped by the diving wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik off Shami's penultimate ball of the day Ashwin was the chief destroyer for India, taking 4-60, while fast bowler Mohammed Shami chipped in with 2-64 on a wicket of even pace and true bounce that was good for batting.
Virat Kohli celebrates a wicket with Ravichandran Ashwin. Root was extremely disappointed to fall 20 runs short of his 14th Test century, but he achieved a notable milestone, displacing Alastair Cook as England's quickest (in terms of time) to 6,000 runs in this format. The England captain reached the landmark in five years and 231 days, while Cook had reached the feat in five years and 339 days. Only Cook (13) fell in the first session of the day, his front-foot defense defeated by a perfect off-break from Ashwin as he was clean bowled in the seventh over. Keaton Jennings survived on nine whern Ajinkya Rahane dived in front of Kohli in the slips, but could not hold onto the edge.
The return of Shami for his second spell did for Jennings (42) and ended a 72-run second-wicket stand with Root in curious circumstances The opener pushed the ball down into his crease and then on to his foot before it trickled back on to the base of the stumps. Dawid Malan then fell LBW to Shami for eight to leave England on 112-3.