England vs India 1st Test at Chennai, 05 Feb, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 578/10 (190.1)  &  178/10 (46.3)
India 337/10 (95.5)  &  192/10 (58.1)
England won by 227 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root

    Over 48.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an angled bat.

    Over 48.2 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, no run, gets on top of the bounce and punches it towards cover.

    Over 48.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no run, gets forward and defended to point with an open face bat.

    Over 48.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 48.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no run, props forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 48.6 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no run, moves across in the crease and turned to short midwicket

    Over 50.1 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and punches crisply through the covers and gets a boundary.

    Over 50.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and  tries glancing it away but misses

    Over 50.3 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, goes on to the back foot and  looking to work through the on-side initially, but then saw it swing and didn't close the face. Rolls into the covers

    Over 50.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it to cover.

    Over 50.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and clips it away through square leg and picks up a single.

    Over 50.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no run, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 52.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and defends it towards point.

    Over 52.2 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it down to the fine leg fence for four.

    Over 52.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 52.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat.

    Over 52.5 Ben Stokes bangs it short onto the pitch to Virat Kohli, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

    Over 52.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and taps it straight to point.

    Over 54.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Presses forward and opens the bat face at the last second runs it down to the vacant third man region.

    Over 54.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and pushes it to point with soft hands.

    Over 54.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, out Bowled!! Kohli moves forward to defend but the lack of bounce defeats him, the ball sneaks under his bat to uproot the off-stump.

    Over 54.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ishant Sharma, no run, gets cover the off stump line and  lifts his bat and lets it go through to the keeper.

    Over 54.5 Ben Stokes bowls a back of length delivery to Ishant Sharma, no run, goes back in the crease and turns it to short leg

    Over 54.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ishant Sharma, no run, shuffles across and blocks it to the off-side