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India v England 1st Test

England tour of India - 2021 (2020/21) · MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · 5 February 2021

England won by 227 runs

England won by 227 runs. Joe Root top-scored with 218 for England. Ravichandran Ashwin took 6/61.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of India - 2021 (2020/21)
Ground
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Dates
5 February 2021 to 9 February 2021
Toss
England, chose to bat
Result
England won by 227 runs
Player of the match
Joe Root
Captains
Joe Root (England), Virat Kohli (India)
Umpires
AK Chaudhary and Nitin Menon
Match referee
J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat.

England batted first and made 578 all out. Joe Root top-scored with 218 off 377 balls, and Dom Sibley made 87. Jasprit Bumrah took 3 for 84 for India. The innings was built on a 200-run stand for the third wicket between Joe Root and Dom Sibley.

India replied with 337 all out. Rishabh Pant top-scored with 91 off 88 balls, and Washington Sundar made 85. Dom Bess took 4 for 76 for England. The innings was built on a 119-run stand for the fifth wicket between Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant. England led by 241 on first innings.

England made 178 all out in their second innings. Joe Root top-scored with 40 off 32 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin took 6 for 61 for India.

Set 420 to win, India made 192 all out. Virat Kohli top-scored with 72 off 104 balls, and Shubman Gill made 50. Jack Leach took 4 for 76 for England.

England won by 227 runs.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 578 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Rory Burnsc Rishabh Pant b Ravichandran Ashwin3360
Dom Sibleylbw b Jasprit Bumrah87286
Dan Lawrencelbw b Jasprit Bumrah05
Joe Rootlbw b Shahbaz Nadeem218377
Ben Stokesc Cheteshwar Pujara b Shahbaz Nadeem82118
Ollie Popelbw b Ravichandran Ashwin3489
Jos Buttlerb Ishant Sharma3051
Dom Besslbw b Jasprit Bumrah34105
Jofra Archerb Ishant Sharma01
Jack Leachnot out1457
James Andersonb Ravichandran Ashwin112

Extras 45 · Total 578 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Ishant Sharma277522
Jasprit Bumrah367843
Ravichandran Ashwin55.151463
Shahbaz Nadeem4441672
Washington Sundar262980
Rohit Sharma2070

FALL OF WICKETS

1-63 (Rory Burns, 23.5 ov), 2-63 (Dan Lawrence, 25.4 ov), 3-263 (Dom Sibley, 89.3 ov), 4-387 (Ben Stokes, 126.1 ov), 5-473 (Ollie Pope, 152.2 ov), 6-477 (Joe Root, 153.6 ov), 7-525 (Jos Buttler, 169.2 ov), 8-525 (Jofra Archer, 169.3 ov), 9-567 (Dom Bess, 185.3 ov), 10-578 (James Anderson, 190.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstRory Burns (33) and Dom Sibley (26)63147
secondDom Sibley (0) and Dan Lawrence (0)011
thirdJoe Root (128) and Dom Sibley (61)200390
fourthJoe Root (40) and Ben Stokes (82)124221
fifthJoe Root (49) and Ollie Pope (34)86160
sixthJoe Root (1) and Jos Buttler (3)410
seventhJos Buttler (27) and Dom Bess (17)4893
eighthDom Bess (0) and Jofra Archer (0)01
ninthJack Leach (9) and Dom Bess (17)42100
tenthJames Anderson (1) and Jack Leach (5)1128
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 337 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Rohit Sharmac Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer69
Shubman Gillc James Anderson b Jofra Archer2928
Cheteshwar Pujarac Rory Burns b Dom Bess73143
Virat Kohlic Ollie Pope b Dom Bess1148
Ajinkya Rahanec Joe Root b Dom Bess16
Rishabh Pantc Jack Leach b Dom Bess9188
Washington Sundarnot out85138
Ravichandran Ashwinc Jos Buttler b Jack Leach3191
Shahbaz Nadeemc Ben Stokes b Jack Leach012
Ishant Sharmac Ollie Pope b James Anderson411
Jasprit Bumrahc Ben Stokes b James Anderson02

Extras 6 · Total 337 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson16.55462
Jofra Archer213752
Ben Stokes61160
Jack Leach2451052
Dom Bess265764
Joe Root20140

FALL OF WICKETS

1-19 (Rohit Sharma, 3.3 ov), 2-44 (Shubman Gill, 9.2 ov), 3-71 (Virat Kohli, 24.4 ov), 4-73 (Ajinkya Rahane, 26.3 ov), 5-192 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 50.4 ov), 6-225 (Rishabh Pant, 56.4 ov), 7-305 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 86.2 ov), 8-312 (Shahbaz Nadeem, 90.5 ov), 9-323 (Ishant Sharma, 93.5 ov), 10-337 (Jasprit Bumrah, 95.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstRohit Sharma (6) and Shubman Gill (13)1921
secondCheteshwar Pujara (9) and Shubman Gill (16)2535
thirdCheteshwar Pujara (16) and Virat Kohli (11)2792
fourthCheteshwar Pujara (1) and Ajinkya Rahane (1)211
fifthCheteshwar Pujara (47) and Rishabh Pant (72)119145
sixthWashington Sundar (14) and Rishabh Pant (19)3336
seventhRavichandran Ashwin (31) and Washington Sundar (44)80178
eighthShahbaz Nadeem (0) and Washington Sundar (6)728
ninthIshant Sharma (4) and Washington Sundar (7)1118
tenthJasprit Bumrah (0) and Washington Sundar (14)1412
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 178 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Rory Burnsc Ajinkya Rahane b Ravichandran Ashwin01
Dom Sibleyc Cheteshwar Pujara b Ravichandran Ashwin1637
Dan Lawrencelbw b Ishant Sharma1847
Joe Rootlbw b Jasprit Bumrah4032
Ben Stokesc Rishabh Pant b Ravichandran Ashwin712
Ollie Popec Rohit Sharma b Shahbaz Nadeem2832
Jos Buttlerst Rishabh Pant b Shahbaz Nadeem2440
Dom Besslbw b Ravichandran Ashwin2555
Jofra Archerb Ravichandran Ashwin510
Jack Leachnot out818
James Andersonc & b Ravichandran Ashwin02

Extras 7 · Total 178 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Ravichandran Ashwin17.32616
Shahbaz Nadeem152662
Ishant Sharma71241
Jasprit Bumrah60261
Washington Sundar1010

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Rory Burns, 0.1 ov), 2-32 (Dom Sibley, 10.6 ov), 3-58 (Dan Lawrence, 15.3 ov), 4-71 (Ben Stokes, 18.1 ov), 5-101 (Joe Root, 23.5 ov), 6-130 (Ollie Pope, 28.4 ov), 7-165 (Jos Buttler, 41.2 ov), 8-167 (Dom Bess, 42.1 ov), 9-178 (Jofra Archer, 46.1 ov), 10-178 (James Anderson, 46.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstRory Burns (0) and Dom Sibley (0)01
secondDom Sibley (16) and Dan Lawrence (13)3268
thirdJoe Root (21) and Dan Lawrence (5)2627
fourthJoe Root (6) and Ben Stokes (7)1316
fifthJoe Root (13) and Ollie Pope (15)3036
sixthJos Buttler (15) and Ollie Pope (13)2930
seventhJos Buttler (9) and Dom Bess (25)3577
eighthDom Bess (0) and Jofra Archer (2)25
ninthJack Leach (8) and Jofra Archer (3)1124
tenthJames Anderson (0) and Jack Leach (0)02
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 192 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Rohit Sharmab Jack Leach1220
Shubman Gillb James Anderson5083
Cheteshwar Pujarac Ben Stokes b Jack Leach1538
Virat Kohlib Ben Stokes72104
Ajinkya Rahaneb James Anderson03
Rishabh Pantc Joe Root b James Anderson1119
Washington Sundarc Jos Buttler b Dom Bess05
Ravichandran Ashwinc Jos Buttler b Jack Leach946
Shahbaz Nadeemc Rory Burns b Jack Leach013
Ishant Sharmanot out515
Jasprit Bumrahc Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer44

Extras 14 · Total 192 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
Jofra Archer9.14231
Jack Leach264764
James Anderson114173
Dom Bess80501
Ben Stokes41131

FALL OF WICKETS

1-25 (Rohit Sharma, 5.3 ov), 2-58 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 19.3 ov), 3-92 (Shubman Gill, 26.2 ov), 4-92 (Ajinkya Rahane, 26.5 ov), 5-110 (Rishabh Pant, 32.3 ov), 6-117 (Washington Sundar, 33.5 ov), 7-171 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 51.2 ov), 8-179 (Virat Kohli, 54.3 ov), 9-179 (Shahbaz Nadeem, 55.3 ov), 10-192 (Jasprit Bumrah, 58.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstRohit Sharma (12) and Shubman Gill (13)2533
secondCheteshwar Pujara (15) and Shubman Gill (13)3385
thirdVirat Kohli (10) and Shubman Gill (24)3441
fourthVirat Kohli (0) and Ajinkya Rahane (0)03
fifthVirat Kohli (7) and Rishabh Pant (11)1834
sixthVirat Kohli (7) and Washington Sundar (0)78
seventhRavichandran Ashwin (9) and Virat Kohli (40)54105
eighthShahbaz Nadeem (0) and Virat Kohli (8)819
ninthShahbaz Nadeem (0) and Ishant Sharma (0)06
tenthIshant Sharma (5) and Jasprit Bumrah (4)1316
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