First test match of most awaited India and England's series has been started in Rajkot. England team won the toss and elected to bat first. Haseeb Hameed is making debut for the English team while DRS is the new technology being accepted by BCCI.

Indian skipper will be hoping for a good start off the series. Indian team is positive after beating New Zealand in the last series while England may look a little nervous because of the last defeat against the Bangladesh.

Alastair Cook will achieve a milestone in Rajkot. He will surpass Michael Atherton’s England record of 54 matches as Test skipper after the first match in India. He had replaced Andrew Strauss as skipper in 2012. Cook has led England to 24 Tests victories, including a 2-1 series win over India on the subcontinent in 2012. Cook has scored 10,688 runs at an average of just below 47 in 135 Tests, with 29 centuries.

The Indian team, ranked no. 1 in Test cricket, will need to at least draw the five-Test series against England to ensure that it seals the number one Test spot at the end of the year.With conditions likely to favour spinners, it will be interesting to see how England batsmen fare against the Indian bowling attack led by the in-form Ravichandran Ashwin.

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