India Score 1/24 After Spinners Bowl England Out For 205 On Day 1

Indian spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin took seven wickets between them as England were dismissed for 205 on the first day of the fourth and final Test on Thursday. Brief scores: England 20

Joe Root went for five to an in-swinging Mohammed Siraj delivery as his side slumped to 30-3 before Ben Stokes put on key partnerships with Jonny Bairstow, who made 28, and Ollie Pope (29).

Bairstow was trapped lbw by a rising Siraj delivery and failed in a review that showed the ball would have clipped the top of middle stump. However, Stokes' half-century and contributions from Ollie Pope (29) and Lawrence took them to a total which kept them alive.

Siraj and Stokes were involved in a verbal duel, joined by India captain Virat Kohli, until the umpires intervened. Stokes then hit back with three boundaries off the quick bowler.

Ashwin tested Pope with his off-spin after tea and the batsman was unlucky to get an inside edge off his back pad that went to short leg, and Gill took a simple catch.