India vs England 1st Test live Cricket Streaming: Virat Kohli and Joe Root will be in focus during the series. (Source: Reuters) India vs England 1st Test live Cricket Streaming: Virat Kohli and Joe Root will be in focus during the series. (Source: Reuters) India vs England 1st Test Live Streaming, Ind vs Eng Live Cricket Score: India’s first Test against England starts on Wednesday, August 1. At the toss, Joe Root won when the coin was flipped and chose to bat first. It kick-starts a five-match Test series that will go on until the second week of September. It is the first Test tour of England that India have embarked on since 2014 and the first time that they will play England with Virat Kohli at the helm. In 2014, India were led by MS Dhoni and lost the series 3-1. India vs England 1st Test Day 1 LIVE India’s tour of England started on July 3 with a three-match T20I series. India won that series 2-1 but England came roaring back in the ODI series and won it by the same margin. England’s Test team are coming into this series after a tough run of matches in which they lost the Ashes to Australia, were beaten by New Zealand and their home series against Pakistan ended in a draw. India, on the other hand, have been the no.1 Test side in the world since late 2016 and have lost just one series – away from home against South Africa – in this period. When is India vs England 1st Test? India vs England 1st Test match will take place on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Where is India vs England 1st Test? India vs England 1st Test match will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham. What time does India vs England 1st Test match begin? India vs England 1st Test match begins at 3:30 PM IST. The toss will take place at 3:00 PM IST. Which TV channels will broadcast India vs England 1st Test match? India vs England 1st Test match will broadcast on Sony Six and Sony Six HD in English commentary and Sony Ten Sports 3, Sony Ten Sports 3 HD in Hindi Commentary. They are the official broadcasters for the tournament. How do I watch online live streaming of India vs England 1st Test? India vs England 1st Test match live streaming will be available on SonyLiv. You can catch live scores, live updates and live commentary on IndianExpress.com. What are the squads of India vs England 1st Test? England have already declared their playing XI while India are yet to do so. England XI: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root (c), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow (w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson India squad: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur<doc-sep>Scorecard: India vs England, 1st Test ALSO READ: Kohli can be India's GOAT: Sangakkara ALSO READ: Ishant Sharma reaps rewards of iron discipline BIRMINGHAM: The intrigue of a well-done whodunnit, in an idyllic English setting, made us fall in love with Agatha Christie all those years back. And here in the theatre of Edgbaston, over the last three days, it's the intrigue of who-will-do-it that made us fall back in love with a game that was originally meant to be played in whites.There will be one winner probably by lunch on Saturday, but there have been so many protagonists in this drama that we have lost count. Take Friday for example - how do you choose between Virat Kohli , Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin or Ishant Sharma ? All four played their part, in addition to a few others, on a day that saw India finish at 110-5, 84 short of victory. Kohli (43 batting), on the face of it, looks the last man standing while Dinesh Karthik (18 batting) showed glimpses of a fight.While Ashwin and Ishant bowled beautifully in the first half of the day to make it look like an easy victory for India, the 20-year-old Curran (63), son of former Zimbabwe international Kevin Curran, had other ideas. It seemed all was lost for England when Curran walked into bat at No. 8. Ishant had taken three wickets in one over and a lead of mere 99 simply didn't look enough. The sun had started playing hide-and-seek and the cloud cover made it all the more conducive for swing bowling. In addition to that, there was Ashwin who was hitting the right spot to make things even more difficult.But the Surrey boy showed the conviction to take on the Indian attack and completed his first half-century that helped England take a lead of 193.Would that be enough? The packed galleries with a majority of English supporters - a rarity these days when India is playing - didn't look confident. But when you have the quality of Stuart Broad and James Anderson in your line-up on a pitch with a bit of life, there's no reason to be overly pessimistic.Broad, as if to make amends for his first innings failure, hit a length that didn't allow the Indian batsmen to commit fully to the front foot. Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan were out of the way in no time and it was down to the one man who could do it for India - Kohli.The Indian captain seemed to start from where he left off in the first innings. He took his stance outside the batting crease to deal with the swing that was on offer from Anderson. True, he was beaten a few times, but he looked more assured than in the first innings. The way he left deliveries, it seemed Kohli had a better idea of where his off-stump was.But as much as you try, cricket is not a one-man game and Kohli's mates didn't seem good enough to give him company against an attack that kept asking the right questions. KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane and R Ashwin were all victims of the swinging ball - Stokes, Anderson and Curran being the beneficiaries. It was finally in Karthik that Kohli found an ally and the two helped India stay alive.It all looked so different in the morning. Ashwin was thrown the ball early on and the offie was absolutely magnificent. The classical off-spinning delivery that jumped a little bit had Keaton Jennings' number written all over it.<doc-sep>Last updated on .From the section Cricket First Specsavers Test, Edgbaston (day two of five) England 287 (Root 80, Bairstow 70; Ashwin 4-62) & 9-1 India 274 (Kohli 149, Curran 4-74) England lead by 22 runs Scorecard Virat Kohli withstood England's bowlers to score a fine 149 and keep India in the game on an enthralling second day in the first Test at Edgbaston. England were bowled out for 287 before reducing India to 50-3 and 100-5. Sam Curran took 4-74 and James Anderson and Ben Stokes bowled superbly for two wickets apiece, but captain Kohli dragged India back into the game. India made 274 before England lost Alastair Cook to the day's final ball as they closed on 9-1 - a lead of 22. Cook's dismissal - bowled again by a fine delivery from Ravichandran Ashwin - leaves the game in the balance. England will be left to rue their missed chances: they dropped two catches and allowed India's last two wickets to add 92. Kohli was put down on 21 and 51 by Dawid Malan but he mixed patience with late aggression to reach his first century in England. Former England captain Michael Vaughan told BBC Test Match Special: "Alastair Cook will be gutted to get out, but the man whose head will be down in England's dressing room is Dawid Malan. "It was an easy drop with Kohli on 21. And now the India captain has confidence." Kohli proves a point Kohli's last trip to England was not a success. He finished the 2014 tour with an average of 13.40 and was undone by Anderson, who dismissed him four times in 10 innings. This time, however, feels different. His huge celebration when he ran out England captain Joe Root on the opening day was a sign of how determined he is to succeed in these conditions. It was not an easy start for Kohli. He still struggled to read which way Anderson was swinging the ball and the pace bowler found the edge of his bat four times. After Malan put down a tough one-handed chance at second slip, Kohli settled then targeted Curran, first clipping him through mid-wicket then angling him down to third man. On 97, Stokes dropped short and Kohli leaned back to punch the ball through point for four, before letting out a loud roar in celebration. He removed his wedding ring from around his neck and kissed it - a nod to his wife, Anushka, who was blamed for his poor form in 2014 - before he took the attack to England. His last-wicket stand of 57 with Umesh Yadav - of which the number 11 contributed only one run - was full of clean hitting from Kohli, who launched Rashid over long-on for six before finally falling as he slapped the leg-spinner to Stuart Broad at point. Booed by the crowd when he came out to bat, Kohli left to applause from the England fielders and fans alike. Vaughan said: "The great players love the biggest stage. Kohli thought, "You're going to boo me? OK, I'll stick around.'" Second only to Bradman - Kohli in numbers Kohli scored more in this innings than in the entire 2014 series in England, when he made 134 runs in 10 innings He has now scored 15 Test centuries as captain, bettered only by South Africa's Graeme Smith (22) and Australia's Ricky Ponting (19) He has now scored a Test century in every Test-playing country except Bangladesh He has made 22 Test centuries and 16 fifties; only Australia's Sir Donald Bradman has a better conversion rate, with 29 centuries and 13 fifties England seamers excel in captivating afternoon session Kohli's superb shepherding of the tail took some of the gloss off what was an otherwise impressive performance from the England attack, particularly during a thrilling afternoon session. India remained on 100 for 21 balls during an engrossing passage of play that saw: 27.4 overs: Ajinkya Rahane, on 15, fiddles at a rising short ball from Stokes and edges to Keaton Jennings at third slip 29.2 overs: Stokes uproots Dinesh Karthik's middle stump to claim his 100th Test wicket 29.6 overs: Hardik Pandya is lbw to Stokes but a review shows that the delivery would have missed leg stump 30.6 overs: A subdued Kohli, on 21, is squared up by Anderson and edges to second slip, where Malan drops a simple chance 31.1 overs: Stokes finds the edge of Pandya on nought and Cook drops a sitter at first slip "It was about as good a spell of seam bowling from James Anderson and Ben Stokes after lunch as you'll ever see," said Vaughan. Ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell said: "I would put that up there in my top five sessions of Test cricket." The wickets were ultimately shared around - something that will please England, who have often been reliant on Anderson and Broad. Anderson was rewarded for his efforts with 2-41 while Adil Rashid, brought on to bowl at the tail, trapped Ishant Sharma lbw before dismissing Kohli to finish for 2-31. Earlier, Jos Buttler was taken to hospital after injuring his left middle finger attempting to take an extremely tough chance off Kohli at gully, but an X-ray revealed it was bruised rather than broken. Stokes & Curran show their worth Curran, in only his second Test, bowled intelligently to disrupt India's top order and expose their weaknesses in these conditions. He claimed three wickets in eight balls as he found some movement. Murali Vijay was trapped lbw on review for 20, KL Rahul played a loose drive and was bowled via an inside edge for four, and Shikhar Dhawan was caught at second slip for 26. Stokes, introduced after lunch, showed why he is such an important part of this England side with an aggressive spell. India were unable to get him away - he conceded only four leg byes in a five-over spell - while Anderson helped apply pressure at the other end. Anderson bowled tidily in the morning but did not break through until late on, when he bowled Ashwin and had Mohammed Shami edging a drive to Malan. However, England dropped too short when trying to dismiss a set Kohli, and their tactics of giving him easy singles when in partnership with number 10 Ishant and Umesh backfired. Curran told TMS: "The day had pretty much everything - wickets, runs, good periods, frustrating periods. "We still bowled them out below our total so that's a huge positive."<doc-sep>
Virat Kohli. (AFP Photo) Key Highlights Kohli took a giant stride towards exorcising the ghosts of 2014 with a masterful century Kohli's 149 enabled India to reach 274 thereby bringing down the first innings deficit to only 13 runs At stumps, England were 9 for 1 in their second innings with an overall lead of 22 runs BIRMINGHAM: Virat Kohli took a giant stride towards exorcising the ghosts of 2014 with a masterful century as he singlehandedly pulled India out of the woods against England on an eventful second day of the first Test. BLOG: India vs England, 1st Test, Day 2 | Scorecard Kohli's 149, which will rank amongst one of the finest hundreds by an Indian batsman on English soil, enabled the visitors to reach 274 thereby bringing down the first innings deficit to only 13 runs. England had scored 287 in their first essay. ALSO READ: Virat Kohli scores maiden Test century in England At stumps, England were 9 for 1 in their second innings with an overall lead of 22 runs. The day certainly belonged to Kohli, whose dogged determination for a course correction was evident during an innings where he scored more than fifty percent of his team's runs even as he was booed by England fans for his version of 'mic drop' celebrations on the first day. He got a couple of reprieves early in his innings but his intent to scrap it out under overcast conditions with an incisive Sam Curran (4/74), wily James Anderson (2/41) and relentless Ben Stokes (2/73) asking probing questions, stood out. His 22nd Test hundred had 22 boundaries and a six and the unbridled joy on competing the coveted hundred was palpable as he let out a wild roar and kissed his wedding ring. He was beaten but he looked unfazed. He covered the swing, the footwork was more assured whenever he met the ball on the frontfoot. Kohli's innings is worth its weight in gold simply because of the situation the team was in. Dhawan and Murali Vijay (20) did the hardwork of seeing off the new ball with a 50-run stand but it all went awry after that. Curran used conditions to good effect as he trapped Vijay leg before, got KL Rahul (4) to play a lazy shot and then Dhawan edged one to the slip cordon. Ajinkya Rahane (15) and Dinesh Karthik (0) joined the procession to make it 100 for 5 before Hardik Pandya (22) added 48 with his skipper. But the most effective support came from Nos 10 and 11. Ishant Sharma (5) added 35 with his skipper running those cheeky singles while Umesh Yadav (1) blocked 15 deliveries only to find his skipper cut loose at the other end. Finally he was the last man out trying to cut Adil Rashid and got a standing ovation from the crowd. In the morning, Curran had taken three wickets in the space of eight balls to reduce India to 76-3 at lunch. Vijay was solid as usual, leaving the ball well, while Dhawan looked to play down the ground. It helped that Anderson and Broad bowled fuller early in their spells and didn't get the ball to move around as much as the Indian pacers did on day one. Additionally, they looked to rotate strike as much as possible, going for quick singles even if this approach looked dangerous from the outside. It didn't help matters that England lost an early review as Anderson's loud appeal was turned down, with DRS ruling in favour of the umpire's decision. It was almost an easy-going partnership for the opening duo as they brought up 50 off just 70 balls before the drama began. Curran hit the perfect length as first-change bowler and immediately trapped Vijay lbw in the 14th over. Umpire Aleem Dar turned it down, but DRS overturned the decision as England finally got their breakthrough. It became 54-2 in three balls as number three batsman KL Rahul (4) played a loose shot and diverted a thick inside edge onto his stumps. It brought out Kohli who was booed on his walk to the crease. Curran made it a quick triple blow as Dhawan was caught at second slip in the 16th over. Things could have been worse as three balls later, Kohli ( 0*) edged Anderson to Jos Buttler at gully with the fielder failing to latch onto a tough chance despite putting in a fine dive.