Fourth Test: England end first day at 288/5

 SMTV Desk 2016-12-08 04:53:50  Keaton Jennings,Mumbai,England,India,spiner Ravindra Jadeja ,Ravinchandran Ashwin ,Wankhede Stadium,
Fourth Test: England end first day at 288/5

Mumbai, December 8: Debutant Keaton Jennings cracked a superb century but India fought back to restrict England to 288/5 to end the first day s action of the fourth Test on even keel at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday.Jennings, the eighth English batsman to hit a century on debut (112), propelled the visitors to a strong position at 196/2 at tea. But India s premier spinner Ravinchandran Ashwin (4-69) orchestrated a turnaround in the final session of the day to peg back England.Jos Butler (18) and Ben Stokes (25) were at the crease at stumps.Left-arm spiner Ravindra Jadeja (1-60) took the only other wicket to fall at the Wankhede Stadium.Jennings fine effort was complemented by Moeen Ali (50). England skipper Alastair Cook contributed 46.