England vs India 1st Test at Rajkot, 09 Nov, 2016

Toss: England,who chose to bat first
Match drawn
1
England,who chose to bat first
India 172/6 in 52.3 Overs
Current Run rate: 3.28

England 537/10 (159.3) & 260/3 (75.3)

India 488/10 (162) & 172/6 (52.3)

Player of the Match: Moeen Ali
Batsman
Runs
Balls
4's
6's
S/R
Mat
Runs
HS
Avg
49
98
6
0
50
91
7490
254*
52.37
32
33
6
0
96.97
50
1926
100*
35.66
Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Mat
Wkts
BBI
Avg
14.3
1
64
3
4.41
19
60
5/49
39.83
19
5
47
1
2.47
61
189
6/53
36.24
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Current Partnership: 40 runs, 10 overs, RR: 4 (Ravindra Jadeja, V Kohli )
Last Wicket: Wriddhiman Saha 9(13)

Over 53.0  

Moeen Ali is the Man of the Match

Kohli: Good opportunity to find out new things about your game. That is what I spoke to Jadeja as well. It's a situation, can't get better than that to find another aspect of your game. Specially in Test cricket, we have been a positive side and played for a result. To play against the momentum, it requires skill. It is very important to convince yourself that you can get through those tough periods. You trust your defence and trust that you can negotiate anything that is thrown at you. We could have been better on day one and day two. We dropped five catches and the opposition take the game away from you. England are a side that we are not taking for granted. Sometimes these things happen and good to not give away a result at the start of the series. They [spinners] bowled on the first two days, where the wicket was really good to bat on. Not taking anything away from the England bowlers, but with 540 on the board it's a different ball game. We need to correct the areas before going to Vizag. There are a lot of positives that we can take. Anything happen in Test cricket. We have the batting line up to score 500 and if we had scored, the opposition would have felt the pressure. Credit to England for applying in the second innings as well and as I said we are not taking them for granted.

Cook: Really tough five days. It was a good toss to win. In India if you get 530, you usually win. To keep them to 480, we bowled really well. The way Hass (Hameed) played in the second innings was unbelievable. There were only two chances to win. In the end, they held on. It was really flat for the first three days and turned more and more, but people managed to score runs. It turned for both left and right-handers. It's quite a case. Hopefully I can add to that. Brilliant knock. I thought the way he played, it was brilliant. I thought all our spinners bowled really well. Adil stepped up in this game. This is a game where all three of them can be proud of.

Rashid shakes hands with Kohli and the first Test between India and England ends in a draw.
52.3
1
Over 52.3 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, 1 run, gets forward and works it wide of mid-on and gets a single.
52.2
0
Over 52.2 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, no runs, stays on the front foot and blocks it down the pitch.
52.1
0
Over 52.1 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.
End of Over 52 (8 runs)   India 171/6

Ravindra Jadeja 32/33 Moeen Ali 19-5-47-1
V Kohli 48/95

51.6
0
Over 51.6 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Ravindra Jadeja, no runs, blocks it back to the bowler.
51.5
4
Over 51.5 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Ravindra Jadeja, Boundary! Gets big stride forward and drives it along the ground to deep extra-cover fence for four.
51.4
4
Over 51.4 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Ravindra Jadeja, Boundary! Gets forward and drives it between cover and mid-off, the ball raced away to the fence for four.
51.3
0
Over 51.3 Moeen Ali bowls it flat in the air to Ravindra Jadeja, no runs, gets forward and let it go through to the keeper.
51.2
0
Over 51.2 Moeen Ali bowls it flat in the air to Ravindra Jadeja, no runs, stays back in the crease and defends it to the on-side.
51.1
0
Over 51.1 Moeen Ali bowls a tossed up delivery to Ravindra Jadeja, no runs, gets forward and defends it to point.
End of Over 51 (7 runs)   India 163/6

V Kohli 48/95 Adil Rashid 14-1-63-3
Ravindra Jadeja 24/27

50.6
2
Over 50.6 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, 2 runs, gets forward and works it wide of mid-on and picks up couple of runs..
50.5
0
Over 50.5 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.
50.4
4
Over 50.4 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, Boundary! Gets reaches out for it and smashes it through cover, the ball raced away to the fence for four.
50.3
0
Over 50.3 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, no runs, gets forward and pushes it straight back to the bower.
50.2
1
Over 50.2 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Ravindra Jadeja, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and clips it behind square on the on-side.
50.1
0
Over 50.1 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Ravindra Jadeja, no runs, gets half forward and defends it back to the bowler.
End of Over 50   India 156/6

V Kohli 42/91 Moeen Ali 18-5-39-1
Ravindra Jadeja 23/25

49.6
0

Over 49.6Moeen Ali to V KohliNo runs ...