IND vs ENG, 1st Test Match Day 1 Highlights: Captain Shubman Gill century puts India in strong command, IND 359/3

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• 20 Jun 2025, 10:44 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: Stumps IND 359/3 in 85 overs

  The final over of the day's play is approaching. Woakes bowls to Pant, and Pant hits a length ball over the boundary for six runs. He also clips a full delivery on the pads to deep square for two runs. Pant chooses not to play the last three balls, completing an impressive day for India.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 10:30 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 336/3 in 81 overs

  England starts with a new ball and Woakes is the bowler. Pant defends a ball to the leg side. He reaches his fifty by hitting a leading edge that goes past mid-off for a boundary, celebrating in his typical style.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 10:05 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 312/3 in 75 overs

  Gill hits a four through the covers to reach his 100 runs. It’s an excellent performance by the Indian captain. He ends the over with a six.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 09:51 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 284/3 in 72 overs

  Bashir delivers a short ball and Pant reacts quickly hitting it for a four. Pant then aims to hit the ball over mid on but does not time it well, managing only a single.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 09:23 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 271/3 in 68 overs

  Bashir delivers a short ball and Pant hits it for a couple of runs. Pant then pushes the ball to long on for a single. Bashir bowls a longer delivery, and Gill hits it for a single. Another short ball from Bashir sees Pant pull it for another single.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 09:05 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 253/3 in 63 overs

  Stokes bowled a low full toss. Pant saw it late but defended it. Gill received a ball on the pads and hit it down the leg side for a four. India moves past 250 runs.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 08:45 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 239/3 in 59 overs

  Stokes bowls a length ball outside off, and Gill hits it to third man for a single. Stokes then delivers an inward-moving ball to Pant, who lets it go as it passes over the stumps. Pant then plays a shot and gets a single to third man. Stokes bowls a straighter ball, and Gill successfully hits it to the leg side.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 08:28 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 226/3 in 53 overs

  Stokes is bowling, and Jaiswal gets out after scoring 101 runs, caught out by Stokes. Rishabh Pant is now batting at number five. He defends the first ball and then hits a four, showing his classic style. Pant also defends the next ball and takes a single.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 08:02 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 215/2 in 51 overs

  Stokes returns with five minutes remaining before Tea. He bowls a full delivery outside off to Gill, who defends it to short midwicket. Gill pushes another ball to mid off and quickly runs for a single. Stokes then bowls full and wide, which Jaiswal chooses not to drive. Jaiswal edges a ball to the fielders but it falls short. Brook deflects it away, and it hits the helmets, earning the visitors five bonus runs. Jaiswal edges again, but it also falls short of the second slip.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 07:53 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 209/2 in 49 overs

  Jaiswal hits a boundary after a short and wide ball from Carse, but then misses a drive outside off stump. He starts to cramp again. After a break, Carse returns, and Jaiswal defends a back-of-a-length delivery. He then hits two more boundaries, cutting and driving the ball. Reaching 99, Jaiswal finally scores his hundred by defending another ball to point.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 07:43 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 195/2 in 47 overs

  Carse bowled a short ball outside offstump, which Gill chose not to hit. Another short ball followed, and Gill mistimed his pull shot, but still managed to get a single by hitting it to square leg.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 07:30 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: IND 188/2 in 45 overs

  Bashir bowls the first over of the session. Brydon Carse is back in the game. Gill plays a shot to long on and runs three runs. Carse delivers an inswinger to Gill, which hits the top of the pad and goes to the wicketkeeper. It's a close call!

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 05:11 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 172/2 in 41 overs

  Tongue bowls to Gill, who gets a single by pulling a shorter ball. England places fielders on the leg side to catch Jaiswal, but he handles the pressure. Tongue throws a wide ball, and Jaiswal hits it for six over the cover fence, marking the first six of the series.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 06:24 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: Yashasvi Jaiswal hits 50

  Yashasvi Jaiswal, who came out to open with KL Rahul in the 1st Test against England, finally added another fifty to his record. His half-century came off 98 balls in the 35th over of the game.

   

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 05:33 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: 100 up for India 

  After losing two wickets in the first session, Team India managed to touch the 100-run mark in the 28th over with Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal out in the middle.

   

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 05:31 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: Lunch

  With the dismissal of Sai Sudharsan, India are 92/2 till Lunch. The first session of Day 1 ends in a draw.

   

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 05:28 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: Sai Sudharsan gone for DUCK

  After the dismissal of KL Rahul, Test debutant Sai Sudharsan also returns back to the pavilion for a DUCK. Ben Stokes picks up his 1st wicket of the game. India 92.2 after 25.4 overs.

   

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 04:39 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: KL Rahul misses 50

  Brydon Carse finally brought some respite to the English side as he dismissed KL Rahul at 42. India lose 1st wicket at 91.

   

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 04:59 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 77/0 in 21 overs

  Brydon Carse is back. He bowls a full toss to Jaiswal, who hits it into the empty cover area for a boundary. Jaiswal gets four more runs as the ball deflects off his pads down the leg side and goes fine through fine leg.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 04:45 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 58/0 in 19 overs

  Tongue bowled his fifth over, and there was an appeal for a catch when the ball hit the pads and went to slip. There was no bat contact. Jaiswal hit a length ball to deep fine for a single, and Rahul pulled a short ball to forward square for another single.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 04:42 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: ENG 52/0 in 16 overs

  The skipper bowls. He throws a length ball outside off that moves slightly. Rahul avoids it. He tries to hit a short-arm pull down the leg side but misses. The next ball is full and wide, which Rahul leaves alone. Another wide is bowled, and Rahul misses his attempted drive. It's a maiden over.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 03:57 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: 50 up for India

  Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul gave a perfect start to the Indian innings at Headingley as Team India crossed the 50-run mark on the last ball of the 15th over.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 03:40 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: 6 overs gone

  After the end of 6 overs, India are 23/0 with Yashasvi Jaiswal 19 (22) and KL Rahul 4 (14) out in the middle.

   

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 03:16 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: One-minute silence

  Players of both teams are on the field and have a one-minute silence in memory of the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash on June 12. Among the 242 people on board, several were of Indian and British nationality.

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 03:12 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: Playing XI

  India - Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (WK/VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna.

  England - Ben Stokes (C), Jamie Smith (WK), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, and Shoaib Bashir.

   

  
• 20 Jun 2025, 03:10 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 1st Test Day 1: Toss Update

  England skipper Ben Stokes won the Toss and elected to field first against the Shubman Gill-led side.