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 1.1: No runs. Jack Leach to Shubman Gill,

    Over 1.3: No runs. Jack Leach to Shubman Gill,

    Over 1.6: Four runs. Jack Leach to Shubman Gill,

    Over 3.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 3.2 Jack Leach bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Hanging back for the back foot drive, gets four. Not sure if he really had that back foot play in control because one can easily skid through or misbehave on this surface. 

    Over 3.3 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 3.4 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and watches it along with going through to the keeper.

    Over 3.5 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets a nice stride forward and defends to cover.

    Over 3.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, presses forward and  blocks it to cover.

    Over 4.3 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and taps in front of cover, looks at Ro and sets off.

    Over 4.6 Jofra Archer bowls it short of length to Rohit Sharma,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and swivel-pull from Rohit down to fine leg for a single.

    Over 5.3 Jack Leach bowls a quicker arm ball to Rohit Sharma, out Bowled!! Rohit was on the front foot to defend, the ball spins enough to miss the outside edge and hit the off stump.

    Over 6.1 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and uppishly clipped towards backward square leg, man there for the catch. 

    Over 6.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets inside the line and defends off the back foot.

    Over 6.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and defends and plays it to the right of the silly mid-on.

    Over 6.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and solidly blocks this to silly mid-on.

    Over 6.6 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

    Over 7.4 Jack Leach bowls it flat in the air to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 7.5 Jack Leach bowls it flat in the air to Shubman Gill, no run, gets covers the line and manages to defend.

    Over 8.6 JM Anderson bowls it short of length to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, blocks to off, shouts a loud no.

    Over 9.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and digs it out to mid-on.

    Over 9.2 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

    Over 9.3 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and driven to the left of the bowler.

    Over 9.4 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and pushes it back to the bowler.

    Over 9.5 Jack Leach bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and blocks off the front foot.

    Over 10.3 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara,1 run, gets forward and drives it through point and picks up a single.

    Over 10.4 Dominic Bess bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 10.5 Dominic Bess bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and tucks it down the leg side.

    Over 10.6 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and  blocks it back to the bowler.

    Over 11.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, coming down the track, and then blocks to leg.

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