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 90.2: Single. Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes,

    Over 91.4: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes,

    Over 91.5: No runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes,

    Over 91.6: Four runs. Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes,

    Over 92.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Joe Root,1 run, gets across the line and nudges it to the right of mid-wicket for a single.

    Over 94.3: No runs. Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes,

    Over 94.6: No runs. Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes,

    Over 101.6: No runs. Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes,

    Over 102.2: No runs. Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes,

    Over 102.6: No runs. Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes,

    Over 103.1 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Ben Stokes, Boundary! Gets forward and whips it with a lot of bottom hand to the left of mid-on, Gill gives chase but the ball wins the race.

    Over 103.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, Boundary! Comes forward and opens the bat face and creams the drive square on the off-side, no chance of chasing that down.

    Over 103.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and knocks it with a straight bat to mid-on.

    Over 103.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and goes for the drive and gets an inside edge towards mid-on

    Over 103.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a back of length delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it down the pitch with a straight bat.

    Over 104.2 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to the sweeper cover and picks up an easy single.

    Over 104.3 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, 2 runs, goes on to the back foot and flicks it down to the fine leg and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 104.4 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, presses forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 104.5 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes,1 run, goes down on his knee and swept it down to the deep square leg and picks up a single.

    Over 105.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to Ben Stokes, no run, goes on to the back foot and punches it straight to the man at mid-wicket.

    Over 105.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to Ben Stokes,1 run, makes a bit of room and cuts wide of point. Didn't time it very well as he was a touch cramped

    Over 106.1 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and defends from the crease.

    Over 107.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and pushes it through point and gets a single.

    Over 107.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 107.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, goes down on his knee and slaps the reverse-sweep to backward point.

    Over 107.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and  another reverse-sweep attempted by Stokes and this time he misses it. 

    Over 107.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Ben Stokes, no run, gets inside the line and defended from the crease

    Over 108.3 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, goes down on his knee and sweeps it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

    Over 108.4 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and defended into the on-side

    Over 108.5 Shahbaz Nadeem bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no run, gets forward and  manages to keep it out. It actually took the glove but then went down in front of short leg after ricocheting onto the arm.

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