India vs England 4th Test Day 1 Cricket Match live Score: England 112/5 Till Lunch

India leads the five-match series 2-1, therefore the hosts rested their fastest player, Jasprit Bumrah, for this encounter. After winning the toss, England captain Ben Stokes chose to bat, but he didn’t seem to know how the pitch which already had cracks at both ends would play over the course of the following five days.

After being selected for the fourth Test in Ranchi on Friday, seamer Akash Deep became the fourth player from India to make his Test debut in the current series against England.

In this series, wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, batsmen Sarfaraz Khan, and Rajat Patidar, have already made their Test debuts.

Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel, and Rajat Patidar are the four debutants for India in this series. When Murali Kartik, Wasim Jaffer, Mohd Kaif, and Nikhil Chopra made their debuts against South Africa in 2000, India had as many players in a home series as they had ever had.

That's Lunch on Day 1 of the Ranchi Test!

A solid bowling display from #TeamIndia in the First Session! 👌 👌

Stay Tuned for Second Session! ⌛️

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The game started with a magical delivery by the debutant Akash Deep to Crawley but it was a no ball. Duckett becomes the first wicket for the debutant following Ollie Pope and Zack Crawley. It was a dream start for any debutant fast bowler. 

When things are looking good for England with a 50 run-partnership, Ashwin scalps Baristow after he tries to sweep the leg-side bowl and sends him to the pavilion after the DRS.

On a low bouncing ball before Lunch Stokes got plums in front of wickets and got LBW by Jadeja. Till lunch,” England score was- 112/5”. Joe Root 16*, Akash Deep 3/24, Ashwin 1/17, Jadeja 1/28