India v England: early wickets fall on day one of fourth Test as Nick Compton and Alastair Cook out cheaply Then as the ball died off the surface, his bat was thrown into position too quickly and resulted in a thin edge which barely carried to the wicketkeeper. Cook needed 15 balls to get off the mark, as Pragyan Ojha took the new ball in the absence of a second seamer and tried to out-bore the England captain with a seven-two leg-side field and consequent negative line. Trott contributed England's first boundary, a straight-driven four when Sharma helpfully took the pitch out of the equation with a half-volley. But the number three was fortunate to survive on seven when he played too soon at a length ball and was hit on the pad. Sharma was convinced the lbw was stone-dead, but umpire Kumar Dharmasena made the marginal call that ball had hit pad just outside the line of off-stump. Cook found himself on the other side of a similar ruling soon afterwards from Dharmasena - and although it looked as if he was hit outside the line, this time he had to go lbw. England were in danger of fluffing their lines just when they need one more confident performance to complete their mission improbable on this tour. But Trott and Pietersen provided some much-needed stability as they gradually attuned themselves to an unfamiliar experience, even by sub-continental standards. Pietersen became sufficiently in sync to loft leg-spinner Piyush Chawla over mid-on for two boundaries in one over. :: England sprang a surprise this morning by naming 21-year-old Yorkshire batsman Joe Root for a Test debut, in place of Samit Patel. They also replaced injured seamer Steven Finn with Tim Bresnan.