India vs England 1st Test, Highlights: Ashwin shines with four-for as visitors dominate on Day 1

Birmingham, Aug 1: Joe Root became the quickest England player to reach 6,000 runs but later watched as the hosts crumbled on the opening day of the first Test against India.

Root raced to the milestone in five years and 231 days, yet it was the skipper's dismissal at Trent Bridge that sparked a rapid downturn for his side.

Sitting on 216-3 before Root was run out for 80, England saw the wickets tumble until they finished the day on 285-9.

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India are playing with three genuine pacers, an all-rounder in Hardik Pandya and just one spinner in Ravichandran Ashwin. Kohli has shown his faith in out-of-form Shikhar Dhawan and dropped Cheteshwar Pujara from the playing XI. Ashwin shone for India, taking four wickets for 60 runs from his 25 overs.

After England won the toss and elected to bat, Alastair Cook became Ashwin's first victim when he was bowled for just 13 runs in the ninth over, bringing Root to the crease.

Keaton Jennings (42) and Root combined for 72 as England showed signs of taking control of their 1,000th Test before the former was bowled by Mohammed Shami (2-64) and Dawid Malan (8) followed him back to the pavilion four overs later.

Root formed a fruitful partnership with Jonny Bairstow (70) - the pair adding 104 to the total by the time Root was run out by opposite number Virat Kohli.

Bairstow lasted only three more overs before Ashwin claimed the wickets of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes (21), the former for a duck.

Sam Curran (24 not out) and controversial inclusion Adil Rashid (13) momentarily steadied a listing England ship, but the home side lost Stuart Broad for one to leave them on the brink at stumps.

As It Happened:

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Teams:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

England: Joe Root (c), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Jamie Porter, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad.

(With OPTA Inputs)