India vs England, 3rd Test: Indian bowlers shine, England end day 1 on 268/8

Mohali: Indian bowlers came to the party as the hometeam, despite being below-par in the field, pegged back England scalping eight wickets on day one of the third Test in Mohali on Saturday.

Jayant Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav scalped two wickets each while R Ashwin and Mohammed Shami had a wicket each as England ended day one at 268 for 8.

While almost all the England batsmen got starts, barring Jonny Bairstow (89) no one showed any application to bat long on a pitch that offered enough help for the batsmen

England 266/8 from 89 overs:

WICKET! Umesh Yadav disturbs the timber. Chris Woakes departs. Umesh tested the Englishman in this over and got his reward.

England 258/7 from 84 overs

WICKET! Big wicket. Jayant Yadav has trapped Jonny Bairstow before the wickets. Looks plumb but Bairstow reviews it but it does not help. End of a fine innings of 89. Parthiv Patel must be relieved to see Bairstow's back. He had dropped him a ball before he got out.

England 215/6 from 69 overs

WICKET! India have got their reward after keeping the things really tight in the post tea session. Buttler jumped out of the crease off Jadeja. He could not time it as well as he would have liked and Kohli did well to cover the ground and took a neat catch.

England 205/5 from 62 overs:

Tea time! Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler are doing a fine job rebuilding England innings. While Buttler, who is playing his first in the series, had taken his time, he is looking to up the ante. Bairstow, meanwhile, is continuing his good show with the bat with another fifty in the series.

England 144/5 from 44 overs:

WICKET! Jadeja has broken the Stokes-Bairstow partnership as he dismisses the left-hander. Stokes made a move out of the creases, failed to connect bat with the ball and Parthiv stumped him.

England 138/4 from 41 overs:

Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow are doing what they have done all through the year for England in Tests. The two are once again involved in a solid partnership and look to rebuild England innings after the visitors lost four wickets in the first session.

England 88/4 from 27 overs:

WICKET! Moeen Ali gets out. Kohli's move to bring Shami back into the attack has worked. Moeen's miscued hook goes to fine-leg and Vijay makes sure he holds on to the catch. England are in a deep hole.

England 53/3 from 16 overs:

WICKET! R Ashwin had made up for that dropped catch of Alastair Cook. First ball of his first over, Cook goes on to the backfoot as he sees a short delivery. Edges it and Parthiv makes no mistake behind the wickets. Ashwin celebrates, a relived man he is for sure. England, meanwhile, are losing their way.

England 51/2 from 15 overs:

WICKET! Jayant Yadav has given India a big breakthrough. First ball after drinks break and Joe Root tries to pull. The ball stays a little low and misses Root's bat to hit him on the pads. And he is out LBW. Plumb. No review taken.

England 36/1 from 11 overs:

DROPPED! Cook is riding his luck as Indian fielders continue to drop his catches. First, Jadeja dropped him in the slips and now Ashwin has spilled a straight forward catch at the mid-wicket. Mohammed Shami has every right to be livid. Poor stuff in the field by India.

Virat Kohli points to the area where the Umesh Yadav delivery took off to end Haseeb Hameed's innings. (Photo: BCCI)

England 32/1 from 10 overs:

WICKET! Steep bounce on day one of the Test has done Haseeb Hameed in. Umesh Yadav and the entire Indian team look on at the pitch in surprise as the England batsman walks off.

Virat Kohli did not look pleased as Ravindra Jadeja dropped Alastair Cook in the third over of the match. (Photo: AP)

England 12/0 from 3 overs

DROPPED! Ravindra Jadeja has failed to cash in on an easy chance in the slip. A repeat of Southampton 2014. Shami drew Cook forward as the England skipper edged it towards Jadeja. The ball went through Jadeja's hands. Poor stuff in the slip cordon.

Mohali: England have won the toss and elected to bat in the third Test against India at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on Saturday.

Karun Nair is making his Test debut replacing injured KL Rahul while Parthiv Patel makes a comeback to India’s Test squad after Wriddhiman Saha is ruled out of the third Test following a strained left thigh.

England too have made multiple changes to the playing XI. Gareth Batty have replaced Zafar Ansari and Jos Buttler has taken Ben Duckett’s spot in the team. Chris Woakes, who did not play the second Test, replaces injured Stuart Broad in the team.

Virat Kohli and Co. will look to extend their dominance over the England side as India take on Alastair Cook-led unit as the third Test of the five-match series commences in Mohali.

While England are certain to replace Ben Duckett with Jos Buttler, India will field Parthiv Patel in place of Wriddhiman Saha. Although there is a possibility that both the teams will make changes to their pace bowling units, it is still not known who will be the exact replacements.

India, who crushed England in the Vizag Test to take 1-0 lead in the series, will once again bank on their spinners while England will expect more from their batsmen. While Cook, Hameed, Root, Stokes and Bairstow had their moments in the second Test, if England to win, they must click as a unit.

While ball tampering allegations against Kohli has generated a lot buzz following the second Test, Indian skipper would like the team not to think much about it and focus on keeping England under pressure.