Team India made an excellent start to the opening Test against West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with pacers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah striking early to put the visitors under severe pressure on Day 1.

Siraj draws first blood

Mohammed Siraj gave India the breakthrough after a tight opening spell. Bowling back of a length and angling towards the leg side, he forced Tagenarine Chanderpaul into a defensive push. The left-hander could only glove the ball into the safe hands of wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel. Chanderpaul’s comeback to Test cricket ended in disappointment, dismissed cheaply without settling in.

Bumrah rattles John Campbell

With Siraj giving breakthrough, Jasprit Bumrah decided to ad his name in the wickets list by dismissing John Campbell. The pacer bo

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