India vs England Highlights, 4th Test, Day 1: India reach 24/1 at stumps, trail England by 181 runs

Axar Patel has struck in the first over as he sends back Dom Sibley. England 10/1

The ball is swinging and it looks like the pitch has something for the pacers. But for how long can we expect the pacers to continue before spinners come into play.

Siraj bowled an inswinger and it struck the pads of Sibley and raced to the boundary at fine leg.

India have taken the DRS on the second ball of the Test. The ball drifted in and struck the pads of Crawley. The ball was missing the stumps and India lose a review.

Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley are out on the pitch and the first ball is about to be bowled.

Virat Kohli said at the toss that he would have also liked to bat first on this wicket. England have a chance to put up a big score before the ball starts turning on the Ahmedabad surface.

IND (Playing XI): Kohli (c), Rohit, Gill, Pujara, Rahane, Pant (wk), Ashwin, Patel, Sundar, Ishant, Siraj

ENG (Playing XI): Root(c), Sibley, Crawley, Bairstow, Stokes, Pope, Foakes(w), Lawrence, Bess, Leach, Anderson

Joe Root has won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the fourth test.

It has been reported that the pitch for the fourth test has more grass on it than the last match.

The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium has been talked about a lot since the third Test. So how would the pitch behave in the last Test?

With Bumrah taking personal leave, Umesh Yadav is expected to be drafted into the line-up for the fourth Test.

Hello and welcome to our live blog on Day 1 of the fourth Test between India and England. India won the third Test by 10 wickets and took an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series. For the visitors, this is a chance to get one back against their opponents after the humiliation in the last two Tests.