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Bengaluru, June 14
India scored 158 for no loss at lunch on the opening day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Thursday.
Left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (104 not out) completed his century, while Murali Vijay was batting at 41 at the break.
Earlier, India skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to bat against debutants Afghanistan.
Afghanistan became the 12th nation to play Test cricket as skipper Asghar Stanikzai opted for a spin-heavy playing XI here.
For the hosts sans regular skipper Virat Kohli, wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik made a comeback to the Test side after almost eight years.
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane ©, Lokesh Rahul, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Stanikzai ©, Afsar Zazai (w), Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar.
