Local boy Axar Patel tasted immediate success on his debut at the home ground in Ahmedabad. The left-arm spinner got Jonny Bairstow was trapped in front of the stumps and the umpire had no doubt raising his finger.
The batsman called for DRS to overrule the decision, but the hawkeye suggested the ball was hitting the stumps and India were delighted to get two wickets of England. He also started the account of Indian spinners in Pink Ball Tests in India as both Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin had gone wicketless in the only Day-Night Test in India against Bangladesh in 2019.
Earlier, England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat first after making as many as four changes. Jofra Archer, James Anderson, Zak Crawley, and Jonny Bairstow came into the playing XI in place of Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Moeen Ali and Olly Stone.