First day of Ranchi Test: England 302-7

First day of Ranchi Test: England 302/7

The first day of Ranchi Test was marked by the return of Joe Root. He scored a century in the Test after 13 innings. He remained not out after scoring 106 runs. On the strength of Root, England scored 302 runs for 7 wickets by the end of the day's play.

Akash Deep took 3 wickets in his debut match against India. Mohammad Siraj got 2 successes. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja also got one wicket each.

Root remained unbeaten after scoring 106 runs.

Joe Root scored a century for England. He remained not out after scoring 106 runs in 226 balls. He hit 9 fours in the innings. Root made partnerships of 52 runs with Jonny Bairstow and 113 runs with Ben Fox. Fox was out after scoring 47 runs. In the end, Root also made a partnership of 52 runs with Ollie Robinson.

Akash Deep took 3 wickets in debut test

Akash Deep made his Test debut in Ranchi on Thursday. He became the 313th player to make his Test debut for India. He bowled Jack Crawley in the fourth over of the innings, but his ball turned out to be a no-ball. He then had Ben Duckett caught behind and Ollie Pope LBW. He bowled Crawley again a few overs later and took his third wicket in the innings.

England lost 5 wickets in the first session

England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bat first at the JSCA Stadium. The openers quickly added 47 runs. Ben Duckett became the victim of Akash Deep after scoring 11 runs. From here Akash also sent Ollie Pope and Jack Crowley to the pavilion. The team lost 3 wickets for 57 runs.

Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root then took control of England by making a partnership of 52 runs and took the score beyond 100 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin made Bairstow LBW 15 minutes before the end of the session. After that Ravindra Jadeja LBWed Ben Stokes and the first session was over. The team scored 112 runs after batting 24.1 overs.

Did not lose any wickets in the second session

England started playing the second session with a score of 112/5. Joe Root led the innings with Ben Fox. Both of them did not let even a single wicket of the team fall in the session and made a partnership of 86 runs among themselves. After the end of the session, the team's score was 198/5. Root returned not out on the score of 67 and Fox 28 runs.

Root's century in the third session

England lost only 2 wickets in the third session. Joe Root completed his century. Ben Fox and Tom Hartley were out in front of him. Mohammad Siraj sent both of them to the pavilion. In the session, England scored 104 runs after batting 29 overs. By the end of the day's play, the team's score was 302 runs. Root remained not out after scoring 106 and Robinson 31 runs.

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