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India v England 1st Test

England tour of India - 2012 (2012/13) · Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad · 15 November 2012

India won by 9 wickets

India won by 9 wickets. Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 206* for India. Pragyan Ojha took 5/45.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of India - 2012 (2012/13)
Ground
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (then Sardar Patel Stadium)
Dates
15 November 2012 to 19 November 2012
Toss
India, chose to bat
Result
India won by 9 wickets
Player of the match
Cheteshwar Pujara
Captains
MS Dhoni (India), Alastair Cook (England)
Debut
Nick Compton (England)
Umpires
Aleem Dar and AL Hill
Match referee
RS Mahanama

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat. It was Nick Compton's first Test.

India batted first and made 521 for 8 declared. Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 206 not out off 389 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 117. Graeme Swann took 5 for 144 for England. The innings was built on a 134-run stand for the first wicket between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag.

England replied with 191 all out. Matt Prior top-scored with 48 off 100 balls, and Alastair Cook made 41. Pragyan Ojha took 5 for 45 for India. India led by 330 on first innings. England followed on.

England made 406 all out in their second innings. Alastair Cook top-scored with 176 off 374 balls, and Matt Prior made 91. Pragyan Ojha took 4 for 120 for India. The innings was built on a 157-run stand for the sixth wicket between Matt Prior and Alastair Cook.

Set 77 to win, India made 80 for 1. Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 41 not out off 51 balls.

India won by 9 wickets.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 521 FOR 8 DECLARED
BatterHow outRB
Gautam Gambhirb Graeme Swann45111
Virender Sehwagb Graeme Swann117117
Cheteshwar Pujaranot out206389
Sachin Tendulkarc Samit Patel b Graeme Swann1318
Virat Kohlib Graeme Swann1967
Yuvraj Singhc Graeme Swann b Samit Patel74151
MS Dhonib Graeme Swann537
Ravichandran Ashwinc Matt Prior b Kevin Pietersen2352
Zaheer Khanc Jonathan Trott b James Anderson710
Pragyan Ojhanot out09

Did not bat: Umesh Yadav

Extras 12 · Total 521 for 8 declared

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson277751
Stuart Broad241970
Tim Bresnan192730
Graeme Swann5181445
Samit Patel313961
Kevin Pietersen81251

FALL OF WICKETS

1-134 (Gautam Gambhir, 29.5 ov), 2-224 (Virender Sehwag, 50.1 ov), 3-250 (Sachin Tendulkar, 56.5 ov), 4-283 (Virat Kohli, 76.4 ov), 5-413 (Yuvraj Singh, 124.1 ov), 6-444 (MS Dhoni, 134.5 ov), 7-510 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 154.5 ov), 8-519 (Zaheer Khan, 157.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstGautam Gambhir (45) and Virender Sehwag (85)134180
secondVirender Sehwag (32) and Cheteshwar Pujara (55)90122
thirdSachin Tendulkar (13) and Cheteshwar Pujara (13)2640
fourthCheteshwar Pujara (14) and Virat Kohli (19)33119
fifthYuvraj Singh (74) and Cheteshwar Pujara (52)130285
sixthMS Dhoni (5) and Cheteshwar Pujara (26)3164
seventhRavichandran Ashwin (23) and Cheteshwar Pujara (42)66120
eighthZaheer Khan (7) and Cheteshwar Pujara (2)914
ninthCheteshwar Pujara (2) and Pragyan Ojha (0)217
ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 191 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookc Virender Sehwag b Ravichandran Ashwin41109
Nick Comptonb Ravichandran Ashwin953
James Andersonc Gautam Gambhir b Pragyan Ojha26
Jonathan Trottc Cheteshwar Pujara b Ravichandran Ashwin04
Kevin Pietersenb Pragyan Ojha1739
Ian Bellc Sachin Tendulkar b Pragyan Ojha01
Samit Patellbw b Umesh Yadav1049
Matt Priorb Pragyan Ojha48100
Tim Bresnanc Virat Kohli b Pragyan Ojha1960
Stuart Broadlbw b Zaheer Khan2523
Graeme Swannnot out32

Extras 17 · Total 191 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Ravichandran Ashwin279803
Zaheer Khan157231
Pragyan Ojha22.28455
Yuvraj Singh30120
Umesh Yadav72141

FALL OF WICKETS

1-26 (Nick Compton, 13.3 ov), 2-29 (James Anderson, 14.4 ov), 3-30 (Jonathan Trott, 15.3 ov), 4-69 (Kevin Pietersen, 32.3 ov), 5-69 (Ian Bell, 32.4 ov), 6-80 (Alastair Cook, 39.4 ov), 7-97 (Samit Patel, 47.6 ov), 8-144 (Tim Bresnan, 66.4 ov), 9-187 (Stuart Broad, 73.5 ov), 10-191 (Matt Prior, 74.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstNick Compton (9) and Alastair Cook (17)2681
secondJames Anderson (2) and Alastair Cook (0)37
thirdJonathan Trott (0) and Alastair Cook (1)15
fourthKevin Pietersen (17) and Alastair Cook (16)39102
fifthIan Bell (0) and Alastair Cook (0)01
sixthSamit Patel (4) and Alastair Cook (7)1142
seventhMatt Prior (7) and Samit Patel (6)1750
eighthMatt Prior (28) and Tim Bresnan (19)47112
ninthMatt Prior (13) and Stuart Broad (25)4343
tenthGraeme Swann (3) and Matt Prior (0)43
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 406 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookb Pragyan Ojha176374
Nick Comptonlbw b Zaheer Khan37128
Jonathan Trottc MS Dhoni b Pragyan Ojha1743
Kevin Pietersenb Pragyan Ojha26
Ian Belllbw b Umesh Yadav2259
Samit Patellbw b Umesh Yadav01
Matt Priorc & b Pragyan Ojha91225
Tim Bresnanc Ajinkya Rahane b Zaheer Khan2048
Stuart Broadc & b Umesh Yadav311
Graeme Swannb Ravichandran Ashwin1731
James Andersonnot out01

Extras 21 · Total 406 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Umesh Yadav232703
Pragyan Ojha55161204
Ravichandran Ashwin4391111
Virender Sehwag1010
Zaheer Khan27.35592
Sachin Tendulkar1080
Yuvraj Singh40170

FALL OF WICKETS

1-123 (Nick Compton, 44.6 ov), 2-156 (Jonathan Trott, 57.1 ov), 3-160 (Kevin Pietersen, 59.1 ov), 4-199 (Ian Bell, 76.5 ov), 5-199 (Samit Patel, 76.6 ov), 6-356 (Matt Prior, 137.4 ov), 7-365 (Alastair Cook, 141.3 ov), 8-378 (Stuart Broad, 144.3 ov), 9-406 (Graeme Swann, 153.5 ov), 10-406 (Tim Bresnan, 154.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstNick Compton (37) and Alastair Cook (82)123270
secondJonathan Trott (17) and Alastair Cook (14)3373
thirdKevin Pietersen (2) and Alastair Cook (2)412
fourthIan Bell (22) and Alastair Cook (17)39106
fifthSamit Patel (0) and Alastair Cook (0)01
sixthMatt Prior (91) and Alastair Cook (60)157364
seventhTim Bresnan (8) and Alastair Cook (1)923
eighthTim Bresnan (6) and Stuart Broad (3)1318
ninthGraeme Swann (17) and Tim Bresnan (6)2856
tenthJames Anderson (0) and Tim Bresnan (0)04
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 80 FOR 1
BatterHow outRB
Virender Sehwagc Kevin Pietersen b Graeme Swann2521
Cheteshwar Pujaranot out4151
Virat Kohlinot out1421

Did not bat: Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha

Extras 0 · Total 80 for 1

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson20100
Graeme Swann7.31461
Samit Patel60240

FALL OF WICKETS

1-57 (Virender Sehwag, 9.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstVirender Sehwag (25) and Cheteshwar Pujara (32)5759
secondCheteshwar Pujara (9) and Virat Kohli (14)2334
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