London, Sep 7 (IANS): It was quite a sad day for the English fans as it is Alastair Cook’s last test match at the Oval at the 5th Test match of the Pataudi Series 2018. The day started off with Cook getting a guard of honour from the Indian team. Needless to say that the fans expected a 100 from him. But Alas! Alastair Cook missed a century as England threw away a decent start to huff and puff their way to 198/7 and Indian bowlers came up with a captivating Day 1 performance in the fifth Test here on Friday. Shikhar Dhawan dances to the beats of the dhol 

Former England skipper Cook, who called time on his illustrious career before the final rubber, top-scored for the hosts with a patient 71 off 190 balls before he was removed by Jasprit Bumrah.  It was after the tea that the Indian bowlers pulled their strings and started getting wickets after Cook’s departure. Joe Root had won the toss and elected to bat first. Moeen Ali got to a 50 as well but India came roaring back in the third session after struggling to get wickets in the first two, to reduce England to 198 from 133/2 at one stage. Check out the video highlights of the Day 1 of the fifth test match here

Pace spearhead Ishant Sharma returned best figures of 3/28, while Ravindra Jadeja -- playing his first match of the series -- and Bumrah grabbed two wickets each conceding 57 and 41 runs, respectively. At stumps, Jos Buttler (11 batting) and Adil Rashid (4 batting) were at the crease.

Brief scores: England 1st innings 198/7 (Alastair Cook 71, Moeen Ali 50; Ishant Sharma 3/28, Jasprit Bumrah 2/41, R. Jadeja 2/57)

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