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 126.3 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets back in the crease and turned away to square leg for a brisk run.

    Over 126.4 Shahbaz Nadeem bowls it short of length to Ollie Pope, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and cuts it hard through point and gets off the mark with a boundary.

    Over 126.5 Shahbaz Nadeem bowls it flat in the air to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 127.2 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and  works it away through backward square leg.

    Over 127.3 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ollie Pope, no run, moves across in the crease and misses the flick down the leg side.

    Over 127.4 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and looks to defend, gets a thickish edge that rolls to gully.

    Over 127.5 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a short and rising delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and completely opened up because he played the angle and it left him, the ball takes the leg and goes to the keeper. 

    Over 127.6 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a pitched up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and  jam his bat down in a hurry to save his wicket

    Over 128.4 Shahbaz Nadeem bowls a quicker arm ball to Ollie Pope, no run, leans forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 128.5 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, pushes forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 129.1 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and flicks it behind square leg.

    Over 129.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and works it down the leg side with soft hands.

    Over 129.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ollie Pope, no run, stays deep inside the crease and manages to dig it out.

    Over 129.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 129.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets across the line on the back foot and  flicks it to short mid-wicket.

    Over 129.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and works it to short mid-wicket with soft hands.

    Over 130.1 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it towards deep cover.

    Over 130.3 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run,  leans forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 130.4 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, goes down on his knee and sweeps it through square leg and picks up a single.

    Over 130.5 Shahbaz Nadeem tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, advances but manages to defend despite not getting to the pitch of the ball.

    Over 131.2 Ishant Sharma bowls it short of length to Joe Root,1 run, goes back in the crease and pulls it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

    Over 131.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and turns it towards square leg.

    Over 131.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ollie Pope, no run, stays deep inside the crease and digs it out back to the bowler.

    Over 131.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and  flicks and finds mid-wicket, the man close fumbles, but there's one right behind him to cover that

    Over 133.2 Washington Sundar tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, moves across and turns it to square leg.

    Over 133.3 Washington Sundar tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, steps out and the ball dips well in front of him, defends it to mid-wicket.

    Over 133.4 Washington Sundar bowls it flat in the air to Ollie Pope, no run, goes deep inside the crease and works it to mid-wicket

    Over 133.5 Washington Sundar tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and goes for the reverse sweep but the length is too full, toe-ends it square of the wicket on the off-side.

    Over 133.6 Washington Sundar bowls a quicker arm ball to Ollie Pope, no run, gets right behind the line and  blocks it off the frontfoot.

    Over 134.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Ollie Pope, no run, gets forward and watchfully defends to the on-side.

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