Missed India vs. England, 1st Test, Day 1? Highlights here

England's leading batsman in recent years, Root, was his usual elegant self and made 124 off 180 balls, while Moeen Ali was one short of his fourth Test hundred when the stumps were drawn after 93 overs at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

 

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It was the 15th occasion when a batsman was unbeaten on 99 at stumps in a Test.

 

Root's effort was the first Test hundred by a visiting batsman in India since Michael Clarke's 130 at Chennai in February 2013. This was also the first time in the last 21 innings a visiting side crossed a 300 plus score in India.

 

Root's maiden ton on the Indian soil was laced with one six and 11 fours, while Ali struck nine boundaries. The duo shared 179 runs for the fourth wicket to bail England out from a tricky 102/3.

 

Ben Stokes (19) was the other unbeaten batsman at stumps.

 

To India's good fortune, the well-entrenched Root was dismissed midway into the last session through a return catch by Umesh Yadav who bent low to accept the firm drive but then, in his enthusiasm, flicked the ball back over his head.

 

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Luckily for the home team, which looked bereft of ideas on how to dismiss the classy batsman, the third umpire ruled in India's favour after Root stood his ground, indicating the

pacer had not completed the catch.

 

Earlier, things had seemed bright for the hosts, who are seeking their third back-to-back Test series triumph and their first in four rubbers against the tourists. They packed off

 

England captain and their scourge Alastair Cook for 21 who was trapped leg before byRavindra Jadeja early in the day.

 

Cook, dropped on zero off the third ball of the match by Ajinkya Rahane off Shami, later preferred not to review the leg before wicket decision given against him although replays suggested the ball might have missed the leg stump.

 

The other two wickets that fell early in the day were grabbed by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who sent off debutant opener Haseeb Hameed for 31, earning a leg before the verdict that was reviewed by England without success and Ben Dockett for 13, caught at slip byRahane in the last over before lunch.