India missed Ravindra Jadeja's accuracy on Friday, the first day of the first Test against England as neither his replacement left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem nor off-spinner Washington Sundar, who starred in India's win over Australia in the fourth Test Down Under last month, could control the flow of runs.

The easy drizzle of runs saw Ashwin have a rare off-day on his home ground at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.