India v England 1st Test
England tour of India - 2021 (2020/21) · MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · 5 February 2021 · England won the toss and chose to bat
England won by 227 runs · Man of the Match: Joe Root
England won by 227 runs. Joe Root top-scored with 218 for England. Man of the Match: Joe Root.
England, 533 (10 wkts)
| Rory Burns | caught (Rishabh Pant) b Ravichandran Ashwin | 33 | 60 |
| Dom Sibley | lbw b Jasprit Bumrah | 87 | 286 |
| Dan Lawrence | lbw b Jasprit Bumrah | 0 | 5 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Shahbaz Nadeem | 218 | 377 |
| Ben Stokes | caught (Cheteshwar Pujara) b Shahbaz Nadeem | 82 | 118 |
| Ollie Pope | lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin | 34 | 89 |
| Jos Buttler | bowled b Ishant Sharma | 30 | 51 |
| Dom Bess | lbw b Jasprit Bumrah | 34 | 105 |
| Jofra Archer | bowled b Ishant Sharma | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Leach | not out | 14 | 57 |
| James Anderson | bowled b Ravichandran Ashwin | 1 | 12 |
Ishant Sharma 27.00-7-52-2Jasprit Bumrah 36.00-7-84-3Ravichandran Ashwin 55.10-5-146-3Shahbaz Nadeem 44.00-4-167-2Washington Sundar 26.00-2-98-0Rohit Sharma 2.00-0-7-0
India, 331 (10 wkts)
| Rohit Sharma | caught (Jos Buttler) b Jofra Archer | 6 | 9 |
| Shubman Gill | caught (James Anderson) b Jofra Archer | 29 | 28 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | caught (Rory Burns) b Dom Bess | 73 | 143 |
| Virat Kohli | caught (Ollie Pope) b Dom Bess | 11 | 48 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | caught (Joe Root) b Dom Bess | 1 | 6 |
| Rishabh Pant | caught (Jack Leach) b Dom Bess | 91 | 88 |
| Washington Sundar | not out | 85 | 138 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | caught (Jos Buttler) b Jack Leach | 31 | 91 |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | caught (Ben Stokes) b Jack Leach | 0 | 12 |
| Ishant Sharma | caught (Ollie Pope) b James Anderson | 4 | 11 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | caught (Ben Stokes) b James Anderson | 0 | 2 |
James Anderson 16.50-5-46-2Jofra Archer 21.00-3-75-2Ben Stokes 6.00-1-16-0Jack Leach 24.00-5-105-2Dom Bess 26.00-5-76-4Joe Root 2.00-0-14-0
England, 171 (10 wkts)
| Rory Burns | caught (Ajinkya Rahane) b Ravichandran Ashwin | 0 | 1 |
| Dom Sibley | caught (Cheteshwar Pujara) b Ravichandran Ashwin | 16 | 37 |
| Dan Lawrence | lbw b Ishant Sharma | 18 | 47 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Jasprit Bumrah | 40 | 32 |
| Ben Stokes | caught (Rishabh Pant) b Ravichandran Ashwin | 7 | 12 |
| Ollie Pope | caught (Rohit Sharma) b Shahbaz Nadeem | 28 | 32 |
| Jos Buttler | stumping (Rishabh Pant) b Shahbaz Nadeem | 24 | 40 |
| Dom Bess | lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin | 25 | 55 |
| Jofra Archer | bowled b Ravichandran Ashwin | 5 | 10 |
| Jack Leach | not out | 8 | 18 |
| James Anderson | caught (Ravichandran Ashwin) b Ravichandran Ashwin | 0 | 2 |
Ravichandran Ashwin 17.30-2-61-6Shahbaz Nadeem 15.00-2-66-2Ishant Sharma 7.00-1-24-1Jasprit Bumrah 6.00-0-26-1Washington Sundar 1.00-0-1-0
India, 178 (10 wkts)
| Rohit Sharma | bowled b Jack Leach | 12 | 20 |
| Shubman Gill | bowled b James Anderson | 50 | 83 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | caught (Ben Stokes) b Jack Leach | 15 | 38 |
| Virat Kohli | bowled b Ben Stokes | 72 | 104 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | bowled b James Anderson | 0 | 3 |
| Rishabh Pant | caught (Joe Root) b James Anderson | 11 | 19 |
| Washington Sundar | caught (Jos Buttler) b Dom Bess | 0 | 5 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | caught (Jos Buttler) b Jack Leach | 9 | 46 |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | caught (Rory Burns) b Jack Leach | 0 | 13 |
| Ishant Sharma | not out | 5 | 15 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | caught (Jos Buttler) b Jofra Archer | 4 | 4 |
Jofra Archer 9.10-4-23-1Jack Leach 26.00-4-76-4James Anderson 11.00-4-17-3Dom Bess 8.00-0-50-1Ben Stokes 4.00-1-13-1
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