India Vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul In Steady Start
India start their ICC World Test Championship campaign in Leeds from today as they face hosts England in the first game of a five-match series. India have a young captain in Shubman Gill and a squad that appears vastly inexperienced compared to their opponents thanks to the absence of star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. England, despite the home advantage and an aggressive batting line-up, will be cautious as their pace attack has been depleted thanks to the injuries to first-choice stars Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson.
India have been gearing up for the tour for the past fortnight with their A team playing a couple of first-class matches against England Lions before an intra-squad match. This is the first series for both the teams of the new WTC cycle. The series has been rechristened from Pataudi Trophy to Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy which created drama even before the start of on-field action.
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