IND vs Eng 5th Test Day 1 Highlights: India vs England Oval Match Key Highlights Analysis Record and Stats – Amar Ujala Hindi News Live

Karun Nair, who is returning to the Indian team, scored a half -century but with the sharp bowling of Gus Atkinson and Josh Tung, England kept their upper hand in the first innings of the visiting team in the first innings at the first on the first day affected by the fifth and final cricket Test. India lost wickets at regular intervals in front of Etkinson (two wickets for 31 for 31) and Tung (two wickets for 47 runs) and no other batsman other than Nair was able to play in favorable conditions of bowling.

Due to rain, only 64 overs game became possible on the first day. On the first day of the Oval Test, 64 overs were played. This is the second 50+ score of Karun’s Test career. Earlier in December 2016, he scored an unbeaten 303 against England. This is followed by his first 50+ run innings.

India lost six wickets for 153 runs, after which Nair (52 not out, 98 balls, seven fours) and Washington Sundar (19 not out) tried to make the team a comeback by making an unwavering partnership of 51 runs for the seventh wicket. Like the first two sessions for India, the start in the third season did not go well. Sai Sudarshan (38), who was playing at one end, was caught by wicketkeeper Jamie Smith on Tung’s brilliant outswing, which led to India’s score to 101 runs for four wickets.

Nair hit two fours in the next over of Tung, but the fast bowler caught Ravindra Jadeja (09) at the hands of Smith and gave India a fifth blow. Jadeja scored an unbeaten century in the second innings of the fourth Test and saved India from defeat with Washington. Dhruv Jurael appeared in a good rhythm during the 19 -run innings. He avoided being fabricated on the ball of Gas Atkinson, but caught Harry Brook in the second slip on the next ball.

Nair tried to reduce the pressure with two consecutive fours on Jamie overton. Nair and Washington faced England bowlers firmly. Nair completed the first half -century of his career in 89 balls with two runs off Jacob Bethel’s ball in the 62nd over and along with the team score to 200 runs.

Earlier, due to rain, only six overs were played between lunch and tea, in which India scored 13 runs after losing the wicket of captain Shubman Gill (21). The game of the second session started at 3 pm local time due to the sudden rains before lunch. After looking at the crease, Gill tried to take a non -essential run off Atkinson’s ball and this fast bowler run him out.

After giving some of this, it started raining again and the players had to return, after which the break of tea was taken. Gill has scored 743 runs in the current series so far and beaten the legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar and became the Indian batsman to score the most runs in a series. Gavaskar scored 732 runs against West Indies in the 1978–79 Test series.

India lost the wickets of their openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Lokesh Rahul in the morning session on the grass pitch, but performed well by scoring 72 runs for two wickets till lunch. England won the toss and decided to bowl first on the pitch with the most grass presence of the series. Gill lost the toss five times in the current series. The ball was doing seam as expected but was not swinging too much.

Etkinson, playing his first match of the series, dismissed Jaiswal (02) in his second over. The field umpire did not give out but he had to change the decision on taking DRS as the ball inside was stumped. Other fast bowlers Josh Tung and Jamie Overton had difficulty in maintaining control. Tung scored 12 runs in his first over which included 10 runs through two wide on either side of the stump.

India’s score was 36 runs for one wicket in the first hour of the game. Rahul (14 runs) in good form became the second batsman to be dismissed. He played on wickets while trying to cut Chris Woakes’ short ball. Sudarshan hit fours off Tung and Vox balls while Gill, the most successful batsman of the current series, sent the oven’s ball for four runs above the cover and then the bridge and put a boundary on both sides.