India vs England Test series 2016, First Test: Root scores hundred, visitors stable after initial loss of three wickets

England are 102 for three in their first innings at lunch on day one of the first cricket Test against India at Saurashtra Cricket Association.

Live score card: India vs Eng First Test, Day 1

Live Updates: 

# Root out caught and bowled by Umesh Yadav

# Root scores hundred, England stable after initial loss of three wickets

# England are 209 for 3 at tea break

# England are 207 for 3 Joe Root steady the innings batting on 92 with Moeen Ali on 48

# England are 64 for 1

#England skipper Cook and debutant Hameed open for England.Shami and Yadav share the new ball attack for India.

#England win the toss and elected to bat first

#England are 102 for three in their first innings at lunch on day one of the first cricket Test against India at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Joe Root still at the crease for the visitors as Ben Duckett (13) lost his wicket at the stroke of lunch.  

India to take on England in the first of the five matches Test series at Rajkot on Wednesday.

The Indians would like to settle scores with the Englishmen after they were inflicted a crushing 3-1 defeat by the visitors in the 2014 Test series.

Both the sides had contrasting fortunes heading into the Test series. While India are on a high after handing the Kiwis a series whitewash, the English had a mixed bag after leveling the series with Bangladesh. England was handed an embarrassing defeat by Bangladesh in the second Test.

Both the teams are missing out on some of their key players due to injuries and the selectors on either sides have gone ahead with a futuristic direction by handing deserving youngsters Test call-ups.

The Indian batsman would love to play on batting friendly tracks at home with the spinners on either side would like to exploit the turn on the Indian wickets. 

Meanwhile the England batting which would be wary of the Indian spin threat. So let us look at how Virat's team stacks up against Cook's men.

India: Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami.

England: Alastair Cook (c), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Adil Rashid, Haseeb Hameed, Zafar Ansari