Ind vs Eng: Ashwin, Bumrah strike dismissing momentum of visitors
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Chennai, Feb 5: After India was asked to bowl first, Indian bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah struck before the conclusion of the opening session of the first Test against England after Rory Burns and Dom Sibley provided a steady start at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
At Lunch, England's score read as 70/2 in 29 overs. Sibley is unbeaten at 26 runs while skipper Joe Root is not out on six runs. Both the openers played cautiously and had a 63-run stand for the first wicket.
In the initial overs, India were unlucky as Rishabh Pant dropped Burns off Jasprit Bumrah. However, spinner Ravichandran Ashwin webbed a spell and brought hosts back in the game and scalped Burns. He played a knock of 33 runs.
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Bumrah then sent Dan Lawrence back to the pavilion on a duck. Bumrah found Lawrence in front of the wickets. Root joined Sibley in the middle and the duo survived the final overs before Lunch.
Earlier, India started with five bowling options including three spinners. Jasprit Bumrah and Ishant Sharma are leading the pace attack while Ravichandran Ashwin, Washinton Sundar and Shahbaz Nadeem are the spinners available for the hosts.
Interestingly, Bumrah is playing his first Test in India. The pacer has so far played 17 Tests for India but all on foreign soil. Finally, he gets to make his home debut against England in Chennai.
Before the start of the first Test, Axar Patel was ruled out of the series opener and the Indian board added Nadeem and Rahul Chahar to the squad.
Brief Scores: England 70/2 (Rory Burns 33, Dom Sibley 26*; Jasprit Bumrah 1-17, R Ashwin 1-31)