Openers dominate after Kuldeep fifer
Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets to bundle out England for 218, with India's batsmen starting strongly on a dominant opening day for the hosts in the fifth Test on Thursday.
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India spinners share 9 wickets
Kuldeep returned figures of 5 for 72 and, along with fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who took four wickets in his landmark 100th Test, bowled out the tourists in just 57.4 overs at the picturesque Dharamsala stadium.
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Strong start
India reached 135-1 at stumps, still trailing England by 83 runs. Skipper Rohit Sharma, on 52, and Shubman Gill, on 26, were batting at the close of play after in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal fell for 57.
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Jaiswal's purple patch continues
Yashasvi Jaiswal looked assured until his departure as he smashed spinner Shoaib Bashir for three sixes in an over, and consolidated his position at the top of the series batting with 712 runs. Bashir, a rookie off-spinner, got Jaiswal stumped to end a 104-run opening stand.
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On a record-breaking spree
Aged 22, Yashasvi Jaiswal went past 1,000 runs in just his 16th Test innings since his debut last year, becoming the second-quickest Indian to the mark after former batsman Vinod Kambli (14 innings).
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Anderson 2 shy of 'Club 700'
Veteran seamer James Anderson, 41, is just two wickets shy of becoming the third bowler to take 700 Test wickets, after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and the late Australian great Shane Warne (708).
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England's top-scorer Crawley
Earlier, England elected to bat first in their bid for a consolation win and Zak Crawley started strongly with his 79 before the batting collapsed from 175 for 3.
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The England collapse
Jonny Bairstow (29), in his 100th Test, Joe Root (26) and skipper Ben Stokes -- out for a duck -- went back on the same team score of 175. England lost five wickets for eight runs in seven overs.
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Bairstow 100th Test
Bairstow, who received his 100th cap from Joe Root with his family by his side in the morning, joined the former captain at the crease and looked solid. He went past 6,000 Test runs before Kuldeep got him caught behind off a googly.
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India eyeing 4-1 win!
India lost the opening Test but hit back to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
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