India and England's first test match of the 4 match test series started with England winning the toss and decided to bat first. England openers Rory Burns and Dominic Sibley looked solid in the middle and did a fifty-run partnership, however, Burns who was looking very solid in the middle threw his wicket away trying to reverse-sweep India's ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. In test cricket, a famous quote is one wicket brings you two, similarly Bumrah who is playing his first test in India took the wicket of young Daniel Lawrence with amazing reverse-swinging delivery.
Kohli who is being always questioned for his team selection yet again surprised everyone by picking up Shahbaaz Nadeem as the third spinner instead of Kuldeep Yadav who has been with team India for many tours. Still, Kuldeep is expected to play keeping in mind that Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the series due to a broken wrist.
Before the lunch break, England was 67-2 in 27 overs with Ashwin and Bumrah sharing one wicket each. Talking about another fact about the Chennai test, after 1994, it is the first time two Indian umpires are umpiring in a test match of India.