India v England 2nd Test

England tour of India - 2021 (2020/21) · MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · 13 February 2021

India won by 317 runs

India won by 317 runs. Rohit Sharma top-scored with 161 for India. Ravichandran Ashwin took 5/43.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of India - 2021 (2020/21)
Ground: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Dates: 13 February 2021 to 16 February 2021
Toss: India, chose to bat
Result: India won by 317 runs
Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin
Captains: Virat Kohli (India), Joe Root (England)
Debut: Axar Patel (India)
Umpires: Nitin Menon and VK Sharma
Match referee: J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat. It was Axar Patel's first Test.

India batted first and made 329 all out. Rohit Sharma top-scored with 161 off 231 balls, and Ajinkya Rahane made 67. Moeen Ali took 4 for 128 for England. The innings was built on a 162-run stand for the fourth wicket between Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, 49% of the total.

England replied with 134 all out. Ben Foakes top-scored with 42 not out off 107 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 for 43 for India. India led by 195 on first innings.

India made 286 all out in their second innings. Ravichandran Ashwin top-scored with 106 off 148 balls, and Virat Kohli made 62. Moeen Ali took 4 for 98 for England.

Set 482 to win, England made 164 all out. Moeen Ali top-scored with 43 off 18 balls. Axar Patel took 5 for 60 for India.

India won by 317 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium across the 34 Tests in our archive. England's 134 all out is the lowest completed total at MA Chidambaram Stadium.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 329 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rohit Sharma	c Moeen Ali b Jack Leach	161	231
Shubman Gill	lbw b Olly Stone	0	3
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Ben Stokes b Jack Leach	21	58
Virat Kohli	b Moeen Ali	0	5
Ajinkya Rahane	b Moeen Ali	67	149
Rishabh Pant	not out	58	77
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Ollie Pope b Joe Root	13	19
Axar Patel	st Ben Foakes b Moeen Ali	5	14
Ishant Sharma	c Rory Burns b Moeen Ali	0	2
Kuldeep Yadav	c Ben Foakes b Olly Stone	0	15
Mohammed Siraj	c Ben Foakes b Olly Stone	4	2

Extras 0 · Total 329 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Stuart Broad	11	2	37	0
Olly Stone	15.5	5	47	3
Jack Leach	27	3	78	2
Ben Stokes	2	0	16	0
Moeen Ali	29	3	128	4
Joe Root	11	3	23	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Shubman Gill, 1.3 ov), 2-85 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 20.2 ov), 3-86 (Virat Kohli, 21.2 ov), 4-248 (Rohit Sharma, 72.6 ov), 5-249 (Ajinkya Rahane, 75.2 ov), 6-284 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 82.3 ov), 7-301 (Axar Patel, 89.2 ov), 8-301 (Ishant Sharma, 89.4 ov), 9-325 (Kuldeep Yadav, 95.3 ov), 10-329 (Mohammed Siraj, 95.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rohit Sharma (0) and Shubman Gill (0)	0	9
second	Cheteshwar Pujara (21) and Rohit Sharma (64)	85	113
third	Rohit Sharma (1) and Virat Kohli (0)	1	6
fourth	Rohit Sharma (96) and Ajinkya Rahane (66)	162	310
fifth	Ajinkya Rahane (1) and Rishabh Pant (0)	1	14
sixth	Ravichandran Ashwin (13) and Rishabh Pant (22)	35	43
seventh	Axar Patel (5) and Rishabh Pant (12)	17	41
eighth	Ishant Sharma (0) and Rishabh Pant (0)	0	2
ninth	Kuldeep Yadav (0) and Rishabh Pant (24)	24	35
tenth	Rishabh Pant (0) and Mohammed Siraj (4)	4	2

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 134 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rory Burns	lbw b Ishant Sharma	0	3
Dom Sibley	c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin	16	25
Dan Lawrence	c Shubman Gill b Ravichandran Ashwin	9	52
Joe Root	c Ravichandran Ashwin b Axar Patel	6	12
Ben Stokes	b Ravichandran Ashwin	18	34
Ollie Pope	c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Siraj	22	57
Ben Foakes	not out	42	107
Moeen Ali	c Ajinkya Rahane b Axar Patel	6	30
Olly Stone	c Rohit Sharma b Ravichandran Ashwin	1	4
Jack Leach	c Rishabh Pant b Ishant Sharma	5	34
Stuart Broad	b Ravichandran Ashwin	0	2

Extras 9 · Total 134 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	5	1	22	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	23.5	4	43	5
Axar Patel	20	3	40	2
Kuldeep Yadav	6	1	16	0
Mohammed Siraj	5	4	5	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Rory Burns, 0.3 ov), 2-16 (Dom Sibley, 7.2 ov), 3-23 (Joe Root, 10.3 ov), 4-39 (Dan Lawrence, 17.6 ov), 5-52 (Ben Stokes, 23.2 ov), 6-87 (Ollie Pope, 38.1 ov), 7-105 (Moeen Ali, 48.1 ov), 8-106 (Olly Stone, 49.2 ov), 9-131 (Jack Leach, 58.5 ov), 10-134 (Stuart Broad, 59.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (0) and Dom Sibley (0)	0	3
second	Dom Sibley (16) and Dan Lawrence (0)	16	41
third	Joe Root (6) and Dan Lawrence (1)	7	19
fourth	Ben Stokes (8) and Dan Lawrence (8)	16	45
fifth	Ben Stokes (10) and Ollie Pope (3)	13	32
sixth	Ben Foakes (15) and Ollie Pope (19)	35	90
seventh	Moeen Ali (6) and Ben Foakes (8)	18	60
eighth	Ben Foakes (0) and Olly Stone (1)	1	7
ninth	Ben Foakes (16) and Jack Leach (5)	25	57
tenth	Stuart Broad (0) and Ben Foakes (3)	3	6

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 286 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rohit Sharma	st Ben Foakes b Jack Leach	26	70
Shubman Gill	lbw b Jack Leach	14	28
Cheteshwar Pujara	run out (Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes)	7	23
Virat Kohli	lbw b Moeen Ali	62	149
Rishabh Pant	st Ben Foakes b Jack Leach	8	11
Ajinkya Rahane	c Ollie Pope b Moeen Ali	10	14
Axar Patel	lbw b Moeen Ali	7	18
Ravichandran Ashwin	b Olly Stone	106	148
Kuldeep Yadav	lbw b Moeen Ali	3	9
Ishant Sharma	c Olly Stone b Jack Leach	7	24
Mohammed Siraj	not out	16	21

Extras 20 · Total 286 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Olly Stone	6.5	1	21	1
Jack Leach	33	6	100	4
Moeen Ali	32	7	98	4
Joe Root	4	0	15	0
Stuart Broad	9	3	25	0
Dan Lawrence	1	0	7	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-42 (Shubman Gill, 11.2 ov), 2-55 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 18.6 ov), 3-55 (Rohit Sharma, 21.1 ov), 4-65 (Rishabh Pant, 25.3 ov), 5-86 (Ajinkya Rahane, 30.3 ov), 6-106 (Axar Patel, 36.1 ov), 7-202 (Virat Kohli, 65.4 ov), 8-210 (Kuldeep Yadav, 67.6 ov), 9-237 (Ishant Sharma, 76.4 ov), 10-286 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 85.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rohit Sharma (20) and Shubman Gill (14)	42	68
second	Cheteshwar Pujara (7) and Rohit Sharma (6)	13	45
third	Rohit Sharma (0) and Virat Kohli (0)	0	13
fourth	Virat Kohli (2) and Rishabh Pant (8)	10	26
fifth	Virat Kohli (7) and Ajinkya Rahane (10)	21	30
sixth	Virat Kohli (13) and Axar Patel (7)	20	34
seventh	Ravichandran Ashwin (56) and Virat Kohli (40)	96	177
eighth	Ravichandran Ashwin (5) and Kuldeep Yadav (3)	8	14
ninth	Ravichandran Ashwin (16) and Ishant Sharma (7)	27	52
tenth	Ravichandran Ashwin (29) and Mohammed Siraj (16)	49	55

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 164 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rory Burns	c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin	25	42
Dom Sibley	lbw b Axar Patel	3	25
Dan Lawrence	st Rishabh Pant b Ravichandran Ashwin	26	53
Jack Leach	c Rohit Sharma b Axar Patel	0	1
Joe Root	c Ajinkya Rahane b Axar Patel	33	92
Ben Stokes	c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin	8	51
Ollie Pope	c Ishant Sharma b Axar Patel	12	20
Ben Foakes	c Axar Patel b Kuldeep Yadav	2	9
Moeen Ali	st Rishabh Pant b Kuldeep Yadav	43	18
Olly Stone	lbw b Axar Patel	0	5
Stuart Broad	not out	5	10

Extras 7 · Total 164 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	6	3	13	0
Axar Patel	21	5	60	5
Ravichandran Ashwin	18	5	53	3
Mohammed Siraj	3	1	6	0
Kuldeep Yadav	6.2	1	25	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-17 (Dom Sibley, 8.2 ov), 2-49 (Rory Burns, 15.6 ov), 3-50 (Jack Leach, 16.6 ov), 4-66 (Dan Lawrence, 25.1 ov), 5-90 (Ben Stokes, 37.6 ov), 6-110 (Ollie Pope, 43.5 ov), 7-116 (Ben Foakes, 48.3 ov), 8-116 (Joe Root, 49.2 ov), 9-126 (Olly Stone, 51.1 ov), 10-164 (Moeen Ali, 54.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (14) and Dom Sibley (3)	17	50
second	Rory Burns (11) and Dan Lawrence (17)	32	46
third	Jack Leach (0) and Dan Lawrence (1)	1	6
fourth	Joe Root (8) and Dan Lawrence (8)	16	49
fifth	Joe Root (14) and Ben Stokes (8)	24	77
sixth	Joe Root (7) and Ollie Pope (12)	20	35
seventh	Joe Root (4) and Ben Foakes (2)	6	28
eighth	Moeen Ali (0) and Joe Root (0)	0	5
ninth	Moeen Ali (10) and Olly Stone (0)	10	11
tenth	Moeen Ali (33) and Stuart Broad (5)	38	19

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