IND vs ENG 1st Test: England reach 108/3 at lunch on day one

Indian spinners were at their effective best in exploiting the turn on offer to jolt Englands Bazball ambitions in the first session of the first Test itself reducing them to 108 for three at lunch here on ThursdayJoe Root 18 batting and Jonny Bairstow 32 batting are holding the fort for England who batted by choice after Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja put them through the wringerAlso Read IND vs ENG 1st Test We will miss Virat Kohli says a fan ahead of the test matchAshwin and Jadeja started their symphony in the ninth over of the morning after England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley plundered 41 runs in the initial eight oversAshwin fetched the first breakthrough trapping Duckett 35 39b 7x4 in front of the wicket underlining for the zillionth time his mastery over lefthanded battersThe 37yearold managed to skid one on and Duckett played for nonexistent spin and the ball beat his bat to hit the pads Umpire Chris Gaffaney did not have to think long before raising his finger and even a review could not save Duckett as Englands opening stand ended at 55Also Read IN PHOTOS IND vs ENG 1st Test Heres all you need to knowIt was Ashwins 11th ball of the innings and Jadeja followed his partners suit soon with a regulation leftarm spinner dismissalJadeja found enough turn and bounce outside the offstump and Ollie Popes edge was pouched at first slip by skipper Rohit Sharma in the 14th overAshwin added a 492nd Test wicket to his kitty in the very next over as Crawley wanted to assert himself over the offspinnerThe righthander drilled a fuller delivery to midoff where Mohammed Siraj completed a fine tumbling catch and the replays also confirmed the legality of his effortEngland were 60 for three then before Root and Bairstow steered them with luck and pluck for the rest of the passage with more hefty work coming their way in the second sessionHowever the start England made to this Test belied their travails later onDuckett and Crawley carried the visitors past 50 in the 11th over after cracking 25 in the first four overs bowled by pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed SirajThe Indian quicks managed to beat the outside edge of England batters a few times but they were also not consistent with their line and lengthDucketts offdrive off Bumrah that raced to the fence perhaps was the shot of the morning But the nature of the contest transformed drastically once India turned to their spinnersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever