West Indies skipper Roston Chase won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first Test of the two-match series in Ahmedabad on Thursday. India picked three spinners in Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar while the two fast bowlers are Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. Nitish Kumar Reddy is the fast bowling all-rounder.
Hope gets another four
FOUR! Runs are coming in boundaries only. Shai Hope gets his second four. Nitish Reddy delivers a back-of-a-length ball outside off, and Hope, using the width on offer, rides the bounce beautifully and punches it square of the wicket - a perfectly confident stroke. WI 59/4 in 16.2 overs
Spin for the first time as Ravindra Jadeja comes on
Fifty comes up for West Indies
FOUR! Shai Hope brings up West Indies fifty with a boundary. Nitish Reddy delivers fullish on off and Hope gets into the stride and plays it to the left fo bowler for four. WI 51/4 in 13 overs
West Indies 4 down
OUT! Another one bites the dust! Mohammed Siraj adds to West Indies woes with his third wicket. Alick Athanaze falls for 12. He goes for the drive, gets a thick outside edge and KL Rahul takes a good catch at second slip. WI 42/4 in 11.4 overs
Siraj strikes again
OUT! Mohammed Siraj strikes again to leave West Indies reeling. Error of judjement from Brandon King. Siraj bowls full outside off and that's a very poor leave from King as the ball crashes into middle stump. WI 39/3 in 10 overs
King gets going
FOUR! Brandon King launches counter attack after West Indies suffer early blows, smashes Mohammed Siraj for back-to-back fours. WI 29/2 in 7.5 overs
West Indies lose another one
OUT! Jasprit Bumrah strikes to take his first wicket. John Campbell departs for 8. Both West Indies openers are dismissed now. A big shout caught behind appeal but on-field umpire Richard Illingworth was not interested. India go upstairs and UltraEdge shows spike when the bat hit the pad and the ball is next to the bat at the same time. But the ball also takes a faint edge and the third umpire says Campbell has to go. WI 20/2 in 6.1 overs
Athanaze opens his account
FOUR! Alick Athanaze gets off the mark with a boundary. Siraj offers full and wide and Athanaze finds the gap wide of cover-point with a solid drive for four. WI 20/1 in 5.5 overs
STAT: 12 innings without a 50+ opening partnership for West Indies in Tests in India (also includes the one-off Test against Afghanistan in 2019)
Siraj draws first blood for India
OUT! Mohammed Siraj strikes early to give India breakthrough. Tagenarine Chanderpaul goes back to pavilion for a duck. Chanderpaul shuffles across and manages to glove it down the leg side and Dhruv Jurel takes a good catch. WI 12/1 in 3.5 overs
Campbell finds rhythm
FOUR! John Campbell gets another boundary. He gets inside the line and clips it past square leg for four. Campbell reaches 1000 Test runs. WI 12/0 in 2.5 overs
First runs off the bat
FOUR! John Campbell gets off the mark with a boundary. First runs for West Indies from the bat. Overpitched by Bumrah, Campbell leans forward, presents the full face of the bat and drives it handsomely for four. WI 8/0 in 2.3 overs
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj start proceedings with back-to-back maidens, though West Indies manage four leg byes in the opening over. Openers John Campbell and Tagenarine Chanderpaul look comfortable early on, showing little trouble against the Indian pace attack. WI 4/0 after 2 overs
Here we go!
Tagenarine Chanderpaul and John Campbell are out in the middle to open West Indies innings. Jasprit Bumrah will take the new ball
The players are out in the middle for the national anthems. It's West Indies anthem first and then followed by that of India.