England are in a commanding position at the end of play on day one of the first Test against India, thanks to a century from Joe Root and an unbeaten 99 from Moeen Ali.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, English openers Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed were lucky to last the first hour of play after three catches were dropped by the Indian slip cordon. Indian pacers Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav bowled well on a largely unhelpful pitch, but to no avail.
The Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja had success early on in their respective spells as England were reduced to 102/3 at lunch.
It was then that Moeen Ali joined Root in the middle and the pair added 179 runs for the fourth wicket. Root was finally dismissed for 124 in somewhat controversial circumstances after Umesh seemed to have thrown the ball just after gaining complete control of it. In the end, Root was adjudged to be out by the third umpire.
Moeen Ali, on the other hand, could have a sleepless night after ending the day one run short of a hundred. Here, we collect the top tweets from the day’s play.