IND vs AFG Test 2018, Day 1 Highlights: Shikhar Dhawan & Murali Vijay Score Tons As India Nears 350; Afghanistan on Backfoot!

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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

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

India comes in to bat once against after the play resumes. Murali Vijay and KL Rahil bring in 250 runs for India 

As India is once again in a commanding position, rain hampers the play and the covers are on. Both teams have rushed to the pavilion. 

KL Rahul and Murali Vijay look in total control in the session 2 of the day 1. KL has scored 22 runs whereas Vijay has scored 80 runs. 

Finally, Afghanistan got their first wicket as Yamin Ahmadzai bowled away from the off stump landing the ball into the second slip. Dhawan OUT for 107. KL Rahul the new man in. 

Shikhar Dhawan becomes a first Indian to get a 100 in the first session of the match on Day 1. 7th test 100 comes up for Gabbar. 

So the morning session ends with Shikhar Dhawan scoring 104 unbeaten. At lunch, India is on the score of 158 for no loss. Team Afghanistan will have to review their bowling tactics during the break. Far too many boundaries have been conceded this session. Clearly, India has dominated the first session of the match. The openers jointly have hammered twenty-five 4s and four 6s. 

Seems like Shikhar Dhawan playing the test match like T20 cricket. Dhawan gets a 100 off 87 balls. He becomes 6th  batsman to get a 100 before lunch in Day 1. 

The Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay have successfully managed to get past the first couple of hours of the match. Both have brought in 100 runs for the team.  It's turning out to be an interesting day for both the sides. 

So far the Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay are looking to building a rock solid partnership. Afghanistan bowlers as off now have not been able to take much of an advantage of the turn in the deck. 

So there's a lot of movement in the pitch as Yamin Ahmadzai to bowl the first over. India could get only 2 runs off the over. Three slips and a gully set for the opening pair Murli Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan.