India won the toss and chose to bowl on a pitch which was wet due to rainfall over the past few days. From then on, England were on the back foot and kept on losing wickets. India had an exceptional day with the ball. Alastair Cook scored 43 and became the youngest England batsman to cross 1500 test runs, before being dismissed lbw by Ganguly. Zaheer was the pick of the Indian Bowlers and took 3 wickets. The other Indian Bowlers responded well, too. England ended the day at 169-7 at Stumps on Day 1.