India vs Afghanistan, Only Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

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Opening day of your country's Test debut. Afghanistan's players must have felt a gamut of emotions - excitement, pride, nervousness - as they took the field, against India in Bengaluru. The point can be encapsulated by Ahmadzai who lost his run-up while trying to bowl his country's first ball in Test cricket.

A few nerves would have certainly jangled and fingernails chewed in the camp. Maybe that nervousness led to Afghanistan losing the plot in the first two sessions in their maiden Test. Even their trump card Rashid Khan was all over the place. However, the pace duo of Wafadar and Ahmadzai bowled zest-filled spells to pick up three wickets between them and keep Afghanistan in the hunt. Rashid and Mujeeb also snared a scalp each in the final session as India ended the day on 347 for 6.

Meanwhile, for the formidable home side, it was all about Dhawan. He was in complete command against Afghanistan's spin trio of Mujeeb, Rashid and Nabi as he galloped his way to a hundred before lunch on the opening day of a Test match - becoming the first Indian to do so. Murali Vijay, his opening partner, also compiled a steady hundred.

So can the visitors build on the good work of the final session of Day 1 or will India's lower order batsmen add useful runs and pilot their side to a commanding position? We will have all the live updates coming your way in a short while from now.

On Day 1, there were a couple of interruptions due to rain. But for now, the weather looks promising.

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