As England's new-look attack failed to build on a promising start, Gautam Gambhir's fourth century guided India into a commanding position after the 1st days play in the final Test. The 27-year-old left-hander completed his century shortly before bad light ended play midway through the final session of the opening day. Gambhir played the lead role in an unbroken 173-run partnership with Rahul Dravid which guided India to a powerful 179 for 1 after India won the toss and decided to bat. Gambhir hit 11 fours and a six off Swann in his unbeaten innings of 106 runs while Rahul Dravid who claimed his first half-century in nine Test innings is unbeaten at 65.
Earlier in the day, England made a flying start after play began 20 minutes late for bad light with Stuart Broad marking his recall by dismissing dangerous opener Virender Sehwag with his sixth ball of the match. But despite an impressive new-ball spell from Broad, England struggled to build on that success as Gambhir and Dravid exploited a flat batting wicket and undermined the tourists' hopes of leveling the series.
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