Root digs deep, Moeen fires; put England on top

Excellent batting by Joe Root and Moen Ali helped England post 311/4 in their first innings on the opening day of the first cricket Test against India. Coming together after England lost three wickets in the first session of the day, Root and Ali added 179 runs between them to help the visitors to a comfortable position.

Root scored 124 before being caught and bowled by pacer Umesh Yadav. Ali was on the cusp of a well deserved century as he was unbeaten on 99 at the close of the day’s play. Ben Stokes, who was batting on 19, was giving Ali company at stumps.

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Scorecard:
England Innings 
Alastair Cook lbw b Jadeja 21
H Hameed lbw b Ashwin 31
Joe Root c and b Yadav 124
B Duckett c Rahane b Ashwin 13
Moeen Ali not out 99
Ben Stokes not out 19

Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 1) 4
Total (in 93 overs) 311/4

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Cook, 15.1 overs), 2-76 (Hameed, 26.3 overs), 3-102 (Duckett, 32.3 overs), 4-281 (Root, 80.5 overs).

Bowling:
Mohammed Shami 12.1-2-31-0
Umesh Yadav 18.5-1-68-1
Ravichandran Ashwin 31-3-108-2
Ravindra Jadeja 21-2-59-1
Amit Mishra 10-1-42-0 

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