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 11.3 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets inside the line and slapped off the backfoot towards extra cover

    Over 11.4 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets uses his reach to actually take this on the full and sweeps it down to deep square leg for four.

    Over 11.5 Shahbaz Nadeem bowls a quicker arm ball to Joe Root, no run, comes on to the front foot and pushes it towards cover.

    Over 12.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence,1 run,  steps forward to the pitch of it and whips it away towards long-on for one.

    Over 12.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, charges down the wicket and check-drives this down to long-on for a single.

    Over 13.1 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and clipped away off the pads towards short midwicket

    Over 14.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets forward and launches into this with a slog-sweep - hardly a slog - hit with surgical precision to deep midwicket for four.

    Over 14.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, stays on the front foot and defends it on the off-side.

    Over 14.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to Joe Root, 3 runs,  backs away and punches this off the backfoot towards sweeper cover for a triple.

    Over 14.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence,1 run, gets forward and tapped on the head towards cover point for a single

    Over 15.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, out Lbw!  Lawrence misses the flick across the line. He's been beaten by the seam in and the lack of bounce, and that's struck him low on the pad. The Umpire raises the finger.

    Over 15.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and watches it along with going through to the keeper.

    Over 16.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets forward and reverse-sweeps this away towards third man for four.

    Over 16.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, lunges forward and works this away towards square leg

    Over 17.1 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run, gets forward and tucks it to square leg

    Over 17.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, goes back in the crease and pats it through the vacant backward point region

    Over 18.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes,  out Caught by Pant!! Stokes reaches for it and feathers an edge to Pant. That was a good catch as the ball did not bounce much but Pant went low and gloved it cleanly. 

    Over 19.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and turns it to short mid-wicket.

    Over 19.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, no run, came down the track and jammed out to mid-off

    Over 19.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 20.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope,3 runs, gets forward and flicks it wide of long-on and picks up three runs.

    Over 20.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it straight back to the bowler.

    Over 20.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and reverse sweeps it to deep backward point, just a single.

    Over 21.1 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and lifts his bat and lets it go.

    Over 21.2 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets back in the crease and  caught in the crease, he's beaten on the inside edge and struck above the knee roll.

    Over 21.3 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, backs away in the crease and goes for the cut and the under-edge bounces to Pant

    Over 21.4 Jasprit Bumrah bowls it short of length to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it behind square on the off-side, the timing ensures that the ball races to the fence.

    Over 21.5 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and tries to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

    Over 22.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Joe Root, no run, comes down the track and misses the clip to the on-side, the ball deflects off the pad into the off-side

    Over 22.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, goes back and across to dab it past Rahane at slip

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