The much awaited India-England series went underway here at Ahmedabad with Dhoni winning the toss and electing to bat first.Both the Indian openers Gambhir and Sehwag started cautiously.They played their strokes with great control.They comleted 100 runs partnership in 20th over which is quite aggressive when we talk about Test cricket.The partnership was broken with the fall of Gautam Gambhir who got out with just 5 runs left for his half-century.He was clean bowled by off spinner Graeme Swann.But then came Cheteshwar Pujara didn't let the momentum go down as he also joined the Sehwag in the run scoring party.
In the meanwhile,Virender Sehwag completed his 23rd Test Century with a four off Swann's bowling.His century came off just 90 balls.This was his first century in last 2 years.But after adding 17 more runs to his score,he was bowled by Swann.The partnership was broken for 90 runs.Then,both Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli got out cheaply with adding only 13 and 19 runs respectively.But Cheteshwar Pujara and Yuvraj Singh made sure that India don't lose any more wickets as they ended the day at 330/4 with Pujara being unbeaten on 98 and Yuvraj on 25.
Graemw Swann was the pick of the bowler and only reason for being happy for the visitors as he picked all the 4 wickets to fall on the day.In the process,he also surpassed the Jim Laker to become England's most successful off spinner with 196 wickets under his belt.
Brief Scores:-
India (1st Innings) 323/4 (93.5 overs)
V.Sehwag: 117 (209) G.Swann: 4/85 (32.0)
C.Pujara: 98* (185)
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