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 19.4 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 19.5 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets uses the depth of the crease, goes right back and blocks it with a straight bat

    Over 19.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets a big stride forward and negate it safely

    Over 20.4 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and works it away through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

    Over 20.5 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, leans forward and  plays it with the turn towards mid-on.

    Over 20.6 Dominic Bess bowls it flat in the air to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and pushes it through cover for a single.

    Over 21.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and squeezes the drive to extra cover.

    Over 21.2 Jack Leach bowls a quicker arm ball to Virat Kohli, no run, backs away in the crease and guides it to backward point.

    Over 21.3 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, goes on to the back foot and gently turns it to the on-side

    Over 21.4 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and dabs it towards cover-point and calls for a quick single.

    Over 22.1 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and works it past mid-wicket and collects an easy single

    Over 22.5 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets waits for the ball to spin and nurdles it backward of square

    Over 22.6 Dominic Bess bowls a quicker arm ball to Shubman Gill, no run, gets back in the crease and blocks it down the leg side.

    Over 23.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, 2 runs, gets forward and driven along the ground to the deep extra cover and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 23.2 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and defends it to cover and picks up a single.

    Over 23.6 Jack Leach bowls it flat in the air to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and ams it towards square leg.

    Over 24.1 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, comes down the track, takes it on the full and flicks it to short mid-wicket

    Over 24.2 Dominic Bess bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and digs out his flick to mid-wicket

    Over 26.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, out Bowled!! Gill prods forward and is late in closing the bat-pad gap, the ball goes past that and uproots the off-peg.

    Over 26.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, out Bowled!! Rahane moves across to defend but is defeated by the lack of bounce and the inward movement. Off stump goes for a walk.

    Over 26.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Rishabh Pant, no run, gets cover the off stump line and blocks it watchfully.

    Over 27.1: No runs. Jack Leach to Virat Kohli,

    Over 27.4: No runs. Jack Leach to Virat Kohli,

    Over 27.6: Single. Jack Leach to Virat Kohli,

    Over 28.1: No runs. JM Anderson to Virat Kohli,

    Over 28.6: No runs. JM Anderson to Virat Kohli,

    Over 29.2: Three runs. Jack Leach to Virat Kohli,

    Over 29.6: Single. Jack Leach to Virat Kohli,

    Over 30.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Rishabh Pant, no run, gets covers the line and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 31.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and drives it past the bowler.

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