England slump after Root 80
02 August, 2018
England were 285 for nine after winning the toss at stumps on the first day of the first Test against India at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
Joe Root, the England captain, made 80 before his run out sparked a collapse that saw the hosts lose three wickets for eight runs in 25 balls in what is their 1,000th Test match.
At stumps, Sam Curran was 24 not out and James Anderson unbeaten on nought.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets for 60 runs in 25 overs while paceman Mohammed Shami had two for 64 in 19.
Earlier, Shami struck twice to remove Keaton Jennings (42) and Dawid Malan (eight).
England suffered an early setback after Root won the toss on a typically good Edgbaston pitch.
Ashwin, brought on as soon as the seventh over by India captain Virat Kohli, struck with his 11th delivery.
From round the wicket, he bowled Alastair Cook -- England's all-time leading Test run-scorer -- for 13 with an excellent ball that pitched on middle and hit the top of off stump.
Root, who has made 10 Test fifties since he last scored a century at this level, then took advantage of several loose deliveries.
Root was fortunate when he edged the final delivery before lunch, from all-rounder Hardik Pandya, onto his pads only for the ball to trickle past his leg stump, with the hosts then 83 for one.
Shami's accuracy was eventually rewarded with Jennings, playing on via bat, pad and heel, to end a promising 98-ball innings of more than two-and-a-half hours and a stand of 72 with Root.
Malan, who survived an lbw appeal from Ashwin, was then leg before to Shami as he played back.
Root, who in the course of his innings passed 6,000 Test runs, went to his fifty in 107 balls.
SCORES IN BRIEF
England: First innings 285 for 9 (Jennings 42, Root 80, Bairstow 70; Ashwin 4-60, Shami 2-64)