14 Jun, 19:42 (IST)

After a horrendous start by the Afghan bowling attack, the bowlers came back well in the ending hours of the day. With rain providing a cushion, the Afghan bowlers were quite impressive as they drew edges from the perplexed Indian batsmen.The Indian team is in a commanding position as the day ends. However, not all is lost for the Afghanistan team. Overall, it was a great day of sport with both teams having edge over each other at different points in time.Here, we end our coverage of Day 1 | Join in with us tomorrow for the live updates of the second day of this historic Test match between India and Afghanistan.

14 Jun, 18:17 (IST)

India ends the first day on a strong note, despite half of the team returning to the dressing room in the last session. India lost the wickets of Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Dinesh Karthik in the last few hours of the match. The Afghanistan bowlers did a fine job by bowling superbly in the last couple of hours in the match. 

14 Jun, 17:58 (IST)

Dinesh Karthik is RUN OUT! as he fails to get back in the crease in time. India loses another wicket in the last session. Pujara at fault there.Karthik plays a defensive shot and sets off for a single. Pujara responds positively to the call; however, he stops in his run, and Karthik who is halfway down the pitch, fails to return. Karthik is not happy as he keeps looking back at Pujara while returning to the dressing room.R Ashwin is the new man in. The Afghanistan team is slowly making its way back into the match; five wickets in the session already.

14 Jun, 17:31 (IST)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman gets an important wicket if Cheteshwar Pujara as the bowler bowls a googly. Pujara pushes it to the man on the leg side. Pujara OUT on 35. Pandya the new man in. 

14 Jun, 17:20 (IST)

Finally, Rashid Khan strikes for the team as he bowls a googly and Rahane misses the back-foot flick. Rahane OUT on 10 runs off 45 balls. Dinesh Karthik the new man in. 

14 Jun, 16:16 (IST)

Yamin Ahmadzai bowls a widesh ball and gets his stumps clipped which makes KL Rahul depart on the score of 55 runs. his half-century came in 64 balls.

14 Jun, 16:10 (IST)

Wafadar strikes for the team and claims the wicket of Murali Vijay who just completed his 100. Bowled a reverse swing, Vijay OUT on 105. 

14 Jun, 15:55 (IST)

Murali Vijay gets his 100 with that boundary. The FOUR brings up his 12th century. Does the dab to with KL Rahul to celebrate his century. 

14 Jun, 15:52 (IST)

So the covers are off and the players have come to the ground. Hopefully, M Vijay will get his 100 now. 

14 Jun, 15:07 (IST)

Just when thought Murali Vijay would get his century, rain once again interrupted the play. 

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It’s a historic Test as Afghanistan make their debut in the longer format of the game. Bengaluru’s M.Chinnaswamy Stadium will be witness to this piece of history. Afghanistan along with Ireland were handed the Test status last year and had to wait for a considerable to play their first game in whites. Ireland last month made its Test debut against Pakistan. Ireland lost that match, nonetheless showed that they can level up their game in the Test cricket. The focus now shifts to Afghanistan as they face-off number one ranked Test side-India. Stay tuned as we bring you the live score updates of IND vs AFG 1st Test Day 1. India vs Afghanistan Test 2018 Live Streaming.

Home side India will be without the services of regular captain Virat Kohli. In his absence, Ajinkya Rahane will lead the side. The Indian Test squad sees the return of wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik, who if selected will be playing his first Test since 2010. Lokesh Rahul and Karun Nair are also part of the squad.

On the other hand, in the Afghanistan camp, the focus will be on spinners. Rashid Khan, no doubt, leads the pack. 17-year-old Mujeeb Ur Rahman also will be the centre of attraction. The Afghanistan squad features five spinners. So the team think-tank will have a variety to pick from. Rashid and Mujeeb will be the first choice. Afghanistan could well go with three to four frontline spinners in the playing XI including all-rounder Mohammad Nabi. IND vs AFG Test Match Live Score.

Teams:

India (From): Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini.

Afghanistan (From): Mohammad Shahzad(w), Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Nasir Jamal, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Sayed Shirzad, Wafadar, Zahir Khan, Ihsanullah Janat, Amir Hamza, Afsar Zazai.