Ind vs Eng 1st Test: India on top as Ashwin gets 4; England 285/9 at Stumps

Ashwin (4/60) registered his best figures in Test cricket across South Africa, England and Australia as the hosts lost six wickets for 69 runs in the third session of Day 1

In the first test of 5-match series, off-spinner Ravichandran Aswhin produced one of his impactful performance outside the sub-continent as Virat Kohli's India reduced England led by Joe Root to 285/9 at Stumps on Day 1 at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham. Ashwin (4/60) registered his best figures in Test cricket across South Africa, England and Australia as the hosts lost six wickets for 69 runs in the final session of play to find themselves in a precarious position after opting to bat. Joe Root (80 runs off 156 balls, 9x4s) scored an unbeaten 41st Test half-century, but the English