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Day in Pictures: India vs England, 5th Test, Kia Oval, Day 1
England were 198 for seven after winning the toss at stumps on the first day of the fifth Test against India at the Oval on Friday. Alastair Cook made 71 in his final Test appearance before he retires from England duty.
Last Updated on - September 7, 2018 11:36 PM IST
Alastair Cook walks out to agaurd of honour in the fifth Test (Getty Image)
Alastair Cook received a guard of honour from players from England and India at the start of the fifth Test after England skipper Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat first. (Getty Image)
Andhra’s Hanuma Vihari became the 292nd Test player for India as the 24-year-old was handed his Test cap (BCCI Image)
On what seemed like a slowish pitch, England openers Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings had no trouble as such to play out the first hour of play and went on to add their second 50-run stand of the series. (Getty Image)
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Ravindra Jadeja, playing his first game of the series, had Keaton Jennings caught at slips for 23, thus ending the opening stand at 60. England ended the first session at 68/1 (Getty Image)
Post lunch, Alastair Cook compiled his 57th Test fifty off 139 deliveries. This was the first time an opener scored a fifty in the series – that’s 30 completed innings (Getty Image)
Moeen Ali and Alastair Cook then blunted the Indian attack combining for a 73-run stand for the second wicket (Getty Image)
Moeen Ali and Alastair Cook then blunted the Indian attack for a while combining for a 73-run stand for the second wicket. They took England to tea at 123/1 (Getty Image)
Alastair Cook then played one on to his stumps when on 71 off a Jasprit Bumrah back of a length delivery. That opened the floodgates (Getty Image)
Three balls later, Jasprit Bumrah trapped England skipper Joe Root in front with a ball that seamed in even as Joe Root was on the move. Root took the review but in vain (Getty Image)
Ishant Sharma then brought India back in the game with a perfect delivery to a right-hander as Jonny Bairstow departed for yet another 0 in the series. England slumped to 134/4 after being 133/1 (Getty Image)
Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes then stuck around for a bit with Ali notching up his 13th Test fifty (Getty Image)
Ravindra Jadeja then send back Ben Stokes for 11 trapping him in front and that opened the floodgates once again for India (Getty Image)
Ishant Sharma then put in an inspired spell of fast bowling late in the session claiming Moeen Ali and Sam Curran in the same over to leave England at 181/7 (Getty Image)
