3rd Test: Rohit Sharma hits half-century; India 93/3 at lunch on Day 1
Rohit (52 batting), who was dropped by Joe Root on 27, and Ravindra Jadeja (24 batting) steadied the Indian ship, sharing a 59-run partnership.
The series is locked at 1-1 as England captain Ben Stokes is appearing in his 100th Test.
India have made four changes from the previous Test. Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Mukesh Kumar and KS Bharat were dropped. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj have returned.
The hosts handed debuts to middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan, a heavy scorer in domestic cricket for Mumbai, and young wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel, who will replace Bharat in the playing eleven.
Sarfaraz was handed his India Test cap by former captain Anil Kumble while ex-India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik gave the cap to Jurel.
England have brought back pacer Mark Wood in place of young spinner Shoaib Bashir.
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (captain), Ben Foakes (wicketkeeper), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.
