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England collapse gives India control of final Test

Hosts 135/1 on day 1, trail by 83 runs


Friday, 8 March 2024


DHARAMSALA, India, Mar 07 (AFP): Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets to bundle out England for 218, with India's batsmen starting strongly on a dominant opening day for the hosts in the fifth Test on Thursday.
Yadav returned figures of 5-72 and, along with fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who took four wickets in his landmark 100th Test, bowled out the tourists in just 57.4 overs at the picturesque Dharamsala stadium.
India reached 135-1 at stumps, still trailing England by 83 runs.
Skipper Rohit Sharma, on 52, and Shubman Gill, on 26, were batting at the close of play after in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal fell for 57.
The left-handed Jaiswal looked assured until his departure as he smashed spinner Shoaib Bashir for three sixes in an over, and consolidated his position at the top of the series batting with 712 runs.
Bashir, a rookie off-spinner, got Jaiswal stumped to end a 104-run opening stand.