| 0.0 : Hello, folks! We are welcoming international cricket to the Indian shores on this occasion as it is time for the sub-continent to welcome England for a pretty long tour which consists of 4 Tests, 5 T20Is and 3 ODIs. But first, they will contest in the purest form of the game as the Tests are upon us. On that note, let us give you a warm welcome to the first Test between these two giants which is being held in Chennai. |
| Talking about India, they have been on fire as they went Down Under and very famously have won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020/21 with a very depleted squad. Doing something along those lines, that too with the squad that they possessed, must have given them so much confidence heading into this home tour. The return of Virat Kohli will be a massive boost to the hosts, and with the squad that they have, they will be gunning to start this Tour with a big win. |
| England, on the other hand, comes into this series, with a 2-0 win against Sri Lanka in the Test series at the Island nation. They showed that they have what it takes for them to show their dominance in sub-continent conditions but to do it against this Indian team, who have lost just one Test in the period between November 2015 and November 2019 at home, will not be a walk in the park. But with Root's form, the inclusion of Stokes and Archer and with the reliable duo of James Anderson and Stuar |
| TOSS - We are all in readiness for the toss. The men who matter, Joe Root and Virat Kohli are in the middle. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favor of Joe Root. ENGLAND WILL BAT FIRST! |
| The England skipper, Joe Root, starts by saying that they will bat first and try to make the most of it. States that they will try to put up a good first innings total. Adds that he loves to play cricket in India and is looking forward to a great series. Tells that they need to play their best and they are confident. |
| Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper, says that they would have batted first as well as the surface is a good one. Feels that it was an amazing phase as having a child is a different feeling and having the team won the series in Australia was the cherry on the top of the cake. Says that they have not thought about the WTC and that they focused on the process in Australia and it is important to focus on the present moment. |
| England (Playing XI) - Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root (C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (WK), Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, James Anderson. |
| India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (WK), Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Shahbaz Nadeem. |
| PITCH REPORT -Â Nick Knight and Deep Dasgupta are the pitch analysts for the day. Nick Knight says that the pitch looks fresh as cricket has not been played here for a long time. Deep Dasgupta reminds us that the last time India played a Test here was in 2016 and they scored 700 runs. He though adds this does not look like a 700-run wicket. There are a few spots on the deck and every time the ball hits these areas, it could behave slightly differently. Ends by saying that it could be a two-pace |
| Both sets of players along with the umpires walk out to the middle for their respective national anthems. First up it will be the tourists, England followed by India's. We are just moments away from the start of this exciting clash. |
| Right then. We are done with all the pre-match formalities as the action is all set to begin. The Indian players spread out on the field. The openers for England, Dom Sibley and Rory Burns follow them out now. They will want to provide a good platform early on. Ishant Sharma to speed in with the ball. Here he comes... |
| 0.1 : Ishant Sharma to Rory Burns, Sharma starts off with a good length delivery around off, Burns gets his bat down and keeps this one out solidly. |
| 0.2 : Ishant Sharma to Rory Burns, First runs of the morning and England along with Burns open their account now. A good length ball on middle, Burns clips this one to the fine leg region for a single. |
| 0.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Comes 'round the wicket to the right-handed Sibley. Dishes a good length delivery outside the off pole, Sibley just leaves this one alone. |
| 0.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Identical to the last delivery this time and Sibley offers the same shot as he did on the last ball. Which is basically no shot. |
| 0.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Makes Dom play at this one as he bowls it close to the off pole on a good length, Sibley defends this one towards the mid on region. |
| 0.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Good length and on the off pole, Dom plays this one towards mid on again. A tidy start by Ishant. Just the single run off this over. |
| 1.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Good length and outside off, Sibley shoulders arms to this one. |
| 1.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, DROPPED? Looks like it. Pant have to stretch but he does not take this one. Good effort from him. On a length and on sliding down leg, Burns looks to tuck this one but is only able to manage a faint tickle as Pant dives to his right, gets his fingertips to this but is not able to hold on. One run for Rory. |
| 1.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Another length delivery outside off, Sibley, again, offers no shot to this one. |
| 1.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Similar to the last delivery, the ball hits the deck and moves inwards slightly as Dom makes another leave. |
| 1.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, On a length and around off, Sibley blocks this one solidly. |
| 1.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Back of a length and around off, Dom pushes this one to the leg side. Bumrah's first over sees him concede just a single run too. |
| 2.1 : Ishant Sharma to Rory Burns, Fuller and outside off, Burns raises his blade and lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 2.2 : Ishant Sharma to Rory Burns, Bowls this one with the angle around the off pole, Burns fends this one out. |
| 2.3 : Ishant Sharma to Rory Burns, Sharma bowls a good length ball on middle, Burns flicks this one through the mid-wicket region and Sundar and Ashwin give it chase. Sundar does well to pull it back before the ropes. Saves one run for his side. Three runs taken. |
| 2.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, In that channel outside off, Sibley makes no attempt to play at this. Has not opened his account yet here, has Sibley. |
| 2.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Closer to the off pole on a length, Dom taps this one to point. Says a loud 'no' for the single. |
| 2.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Dom is off the mark now! On a length and around off, Sibley pushes this one to the covers for a quick run. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl from the other end with the new ball? No surprises here as Jasprit Bumrah shares the new ball with Ishant Sharma. |
| 3.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Quick early call and good running. A length ball on off, Dom dabs this one to the point region and calls Rory for the single. Burns replies and they complete this one nicely. |
| 3.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Just outside the off pole and on a fuller length, Burns has no issues in leaving this one alone. |
| 3.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Two this time. Length and on middle, Burns clips this one to the fine leg region and the openers for the English Lions come back for the second run as well. |
| 3.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Hops and blocks this one towards mid-wicket. 'NO RUNNNNN', says Burns, to Sibley, in regard to the single. |
| 3.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, As this one is in the channel outside the off pole, Rory has no problems in letting this one go. |
| 3.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Does what he did on the previous delivery on this one as well. Ends the over with a dot. 3 runs off this over. |
| 4.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Closer to the off stump and around off, Dom offers a solid defense. |
| 4.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On a good length and around the off pole, Sibley works this one towards the mid on region. |
| 4.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On a good length and around that fourth stump channel, Sibley will leave this one in his sleep. Does the same while he is awake too. |
| 4.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Comes around slightly slower and on off, Sibley pushes this one to the cover-point region. 'No run' is the early call from Dom. Also, no ball called for overstepping. |
| Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Around off on a length, tucked to the leg side. |
| 4.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Slightly closer to the off pole on a good length, but still not enough to trouble Dom who raises his willow and lets this one through to Pant. |
| 4.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, BEAUTYYY! A jaffa to end with from Sharma. A wry smile on his face after this delivery. On a good length and around off, straightens a touch after hitting the deck as Dom looks to block this one out. Misses and the ball whizzes past the outside edge to Pant. |
| 5.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Gets his bat down and defends this one to mid-wicket. |
| 5.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Drags his length back and bowls a bumper on middle and leg, Burns sits under this one. 'BOWLING, JASSSSSI', is that the Indian players are chattering around, to show their support to Bumrah. |
| 5.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Rory has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 5.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Slightly behind that good length area, closer to off, Burns tucks this one but finds the fielder stationed at square leg. |
| 5.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Bowls a full toss around off, Burns works this one towards Gill at mid on. |
| 5.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, A dot to end and Bumrah gets a maiden. On a length and around off, Rory keeps it out. |
| 6.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On a length and around off, Dom pushes this one to point. There is a bit of yes-no regarding the single but nothing results of it. |
| 6.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On a good length and outside off, DS blocks. |
| 6.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On middle, clipped to the fielder present at short mid-wicket. |
| 6.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Sibley tucks this one to the short mid-wicket fielder yet again. |
| 6.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Outside off, left alone this time around by Dom. |
| 6.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On a good length and on off, Sibley pushes this one to the left of the mid on fielder. Back-to-back maidens for the Indians. |
| First bowling change of the game. Spin into the attack now as Ravichandran Ashwin is all set to operate. |
| 7.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Floated on middle, Burns prods forward looking to block this one but the ball takes the inner half of the blade and goes through square leg for a single. |
| 7.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, FOUR! First boundary for the English Lions and SIbley is the one who supplies this one. Short and wide outside off, Sibley goes on his back foot and slaps this one through backward point to fetch a boundary. |
| 7.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, flicked to the leg side. |
| 7.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On off, tucked to the leg side yet again. |
| 7.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flat and around off, spins back in after hitting the deck slightly, Sibley goes on his back foot and clips this one through square leg for one more run. |
| 7.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Flighted on middle, Burns defends this one out. 6 runs off Ashwin's first over. |
| 8.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Length and around off, Sibley pushes this one to covers. |
| 8.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Gets his bat down and blocks this one to the mid on region. |
| 8.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On a length and around off, Dom pushes this one to the cover region again. Sibley raises his blade and yells a loud 'NO RUN, NO RUNNNN' to Rory. |
| 8.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Bumper on middle, Dom ducks under this one well. |
| 8.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On a good length and on middle, enough for Dom to flick it through square leg for a single. |
| 8.6 : Ishant Sharma to Rory Burns, Bit of hesitation for the single but they get it in the end. On a length and on off, Burns tucks this one to square leg and the batters have a bit of yes-no again. But they go for it and complete it in the end. 2 off this over. A steady start by England so far. |
| 9.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Tossed up and around off, Rory keeps it out. |
| 9.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Comfortable couple this time. On middle, Burns goes back slightly and clips this one through square leg. Comes back for the second run as well. |
| 9.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Loopy on off, Rory comes on his front foot and blocks. |
| 9.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Bowls this around leg, spins back in slightly as Burns comes forward and fends this one out. |
| 9.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Outside off, Burns is aware of his off pole as he lets this one through. |
| 9.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, On middle, kept out. |
| 10.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, EDGY. On a good length and around off, Sibley looks to defend this one but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes through the slip cordon for one run. |
| 10.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Bumrah slips this one down the leg side, Burns looks to flick but misses this one. |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. Jasprit Bumrah is back in action. He comes from the other end now as he replaces Ishant Sharma. 3-1-4-0, his figures from his first spell. |
| 10.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Overthrows and a single. On a length and on off, Rory pushes this one to covers and looks for the single. Dom sends him back. Nadeem runs in and takes the ball and has a shy at the striker's end but misses as Rory puts in a dive. There is no one backing up and so the batters can take on run there. |
| 10.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Good length and on middle, clipped to the deep square leg region where Nadeem runs to his right and looks to stop this one and does so with his boot. He pushes the ball out of play and the batters take three. The umpires want to confirm this and concur with the third umpire. Replays roll in and it is seen that it is a clean save. Three runs. |
| 10.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Outside off, left alone. |
| 10.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Rory defends this one solidly off the front foot. |
| 11.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted around off, Dom keeps this one out. |
| 11.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Slightly short and on leg, tucked to square leg this time. |
| 11.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Dom comes on the front foot and keeps this one out. |
| 11.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, clipped to the leg side. |
| 11.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up and on middle, DS fends this one out. |
| 11.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, EDGY SINGLE. Sibley takes one on the last ball. Flighted on off, Sibley looks to tuck this one to the leg side but the ball takes the outside edge and goes towards point for one run. |
| DRINKS! A very good hour of play for the tourists. The pair of Sibley and Burns have managed to get through the first hour of this game unscathed. India have bowled well but have not got the reward so far. They will be looking to get that right in the next hour of this session. Can Sibley and Burns see off the next hour as well? |
| 12.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Fuller on off and middle, Sibley flicks it away from short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Full on off, Burns defends it to mid off. |
| 12.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Good length delivery outside off, Sibley shoulders arms to it. |
| 12.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Full around off, Burns looks to play it towards mid on. The ball goes off the outer half of his bat through point for a single. Nadeem does well to stop the ball. |
| 12.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Nicely defended! Full outside off, Sibley gets on his front foot and blocks it. |
| 12.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Excellent running! Fullish ball on off and middle. Sibley gently pushes it to the left of mid on. The batters call for a quick run. Ishant charges to the ball and sends a wild throw at the keeper's end. Pant behind the stumps does well to stop it. |
| 13.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley flicks it to short mid-wicket with the spin. |
| 13.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Good shot! Sibley is looking good out in the middle. Floated delivery on middle and leg, Sibley gets on his front foot and flicks it through mid-wicket. Rohit Sharma gives it a chase and puts in a slide too but the ball beats him to the fence. |
| 13.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley defends it off his back foot. |
| 13.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on the stumps, Sibley defends it. |
| 13.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on middle, Sibley flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 13.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 14.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Good length ball around off, Burns flicks it straight to the man at catching short mid-wicket. |
| 14.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Length ball around off, Burns tucks it to square leg. He looks for a run but Sibley is quick to turn him down. |
| 14.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Good length delivery around off, Burns taps it to point. |
| 14.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, On middle and off, Burns shuffles in his trademark style and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 14.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Length ball on middle and off, Sibley flicks it to the on side and gets a single. |
| 14.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rory Burns, Almost a Bumrah special. He bowls a dipping low full toss around off, Burns manages to push it to mid off for a single. NO BALL! It has been caught by the T.V. umpire. Second no ball of the day. One by Ishant and now by Bumrah. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Beauty to end the over. Bumrah bowls this on a good length area around off. Sibley looks to defend but the ball shapes away and beats the outside edge of Sibley's bat. |
| 15.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Floated on off, Burns blocks it. |
| 15.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Good running and also good fielding! Floated on off, Burns comes down the track and hits it to the right of mid off. He takes off for a quick run. Shahbaz Nadeem gets to the ball and scores a direct-hit but Burns is well in. |
| 15.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on the stumps, Sibley blocks it. |
| 15.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted on middle, Sibley tucks it to the on side with the spin. |
| 15.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 15.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shortish on the stumps, Sibley knocks it to the on side. |
| 16.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Rory Burns, On off, blocked to mid-wicket. |
| 16.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Rory Burns, Short and on middle, Burns gets on his knees and sweeps this one to the deep mid-wicket region and the fielder giving it chase does well to pull it back before the ropes. Three runs. |
| 16.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Dom looks to block this one but the ball takes the inside edge and hits him on the pads. |
| 16.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Shorter and outside off, slapped to covers. |
| 16.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Dom Sibley has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 16.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Sibley plays this one very well. Width on offer and he pounces. This one is fractionally short and also outside off, Sibley camps back and slaps this one through the point region to fetch the boundary. |
| 0.0 : Shahbaz Nadeem to roll his arm now. |
| 17.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Comes on the front foot and blocks. |
| 17.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Another solid defense offered by Burns to this one. |
| 17.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Flatter and outside off, Burns slaps this one through the cover region and Bumrah does well to chase this one down and pull it back before the ropes. Three this time. |
| 17.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, tucked to short leg. |
| 17.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted and on leg, flicked to short leg. |
| 17.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, worked to the leg side. |
| 18.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Rory Burns, Angled into the pads, Burns works it through square leg for one. |
| 18.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Well bowled! Slows it up, it is outside off, draws the batter into playing at it. Sibley pushes it to covers. |
| 18.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Outside off, left alone. |
| 18.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 18.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Short and around off, pushed to the cover region. |
| 18.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, On middle, defended back by Dom. |
| 19.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Flighted on off, Burns pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 19.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, On middle, worked to the leg side. |
| 19.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, 50 up for England. Flighted on middle, clipped to the square leg region for a couple of runs. |
| 19.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Floated on the stumps, Burns defends it. |
| 19.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Flighted on off, Burns gets on his front foot and defends it. |
| 19.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Tossed up on off, Burns is happy to watchfully negotiate it. |
| 20.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Nadeem gives this one air around off. Sibley uses his tall frame as he leans forward and blocks it. |
| 20.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley pushes it to mid on. |
| 20.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted around off, Sibley defends it to point. |
| 20.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 20.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated outside off, Sibley tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 20.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Single to end the over! Nadeem floats the last ball on the pads. Sibley is happy to turn it around to mid-wicket and keeps the strike. |
| 21.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on middle, Sibley plays it short mid-wicket. |
| 21.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shouts of catch it but it is away from the man at leg gully. On the pads, Sibley flicks it uppishly but away from Gill at leg gully. |
| 21.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley,Floated on middle and off, Sibley taps it to cover for a single. |
| 21.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, FOUR! Ashwin is not finding it as easy as he would have hoped for coming back to India. Nicely played shot from Burns! Flighted delivery around off, Burns takes a big stride forward and sweeps it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 21.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Flighted on the stumps, Burns keeps it out. |
| 21.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, On off, kept out by RB. |
| 22.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on middle and off, Sibley defends it. |
| 22.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, On middle, Sibley turns it to short square leg. |
| 22.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley leans forward and defends it. |
| 22.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up around off, Sibley defends it to point. |
| 22.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on middle, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 22.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, NO BALL! Nadeem oversteps and that is criminal if you are a spinner. Floated around off, Sibley pushes it to cover. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Arm ball to finish the over. It is just outside off, Sibley taps it onto the ground. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Arm ball to finish the over. It is just outside off, Sibley taps it onto the ground. Another No Ball called for overstepping. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted around off, kept out. |
| 23.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, FOUR! Wonderful shot! Brilliant use of the feet from Burns! Rory comes down the track and hits it wide of mid on against the spin for a boundary. |
| 23.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Shorter on off, Burns defends it. |
| 23.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Tossed up on middle, Burns blocks it. |
| 23.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, Flighted on off, Burns blocks it. |
| Dan Lawrence is the new batter in at Number 3. |
| 23.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, OUT! CAUGHT! Ashwin gets the breakthrough and the budding, gritty opening stand has been broken. The bigger question is where has this shot come from, Rory Burns and was it even necessary in the first place? This is a Christmas gift for Ashwin from Burns which has come super early. Ashwin comes over the wicket for the southpaw and bowls a floated delivery on middle. Burns brings out the reverse sweep. The ball bounces a tad extra, kisses his glove and lob |
| 23.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Floated on the stumps, Lawrence starts his innings with a front foot defense. |
| 24.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on middle, Sibley pushes it to mid on. |
| 24.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 24.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on middle and off, Sibley defends it. |
| 24.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, On the stumps, kept out by Sibley. |
| 24.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Nadeem flights one on off. Sibley looks to defend and does so off the outer half of his bat. |
| 24.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on middle and off, Sibley watchfully blocks it. |
| 25.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dan Lawrence, Good length ball outside off from Bumrah to start his new spell. Lawrence leaves it alone. |
| 25.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dan Lawrence, Good length ball on off, Dan Lawrence defends it with a straight bat. |
| 25.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dan Lawrence, Fuller and targetting the stumps. Lawrence defends it. |
| Two quick wickets fall for the visitors now. The skipper, Joe Root makes his way out into the middle now. |
| 25.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Root is up and running straight away! Good length ball around off, Root taps it through point and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 25.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Bumrah targets the stumps, Lawrence defends it with a straight bat. |
| 26.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, In the air but thankfully for Root it is in the gap. Floated on off, Root looks to play it on the leg side. There is some turn and bounce for Ashwin. It takes the edge and flies through cover in the vacant region. Two taken. |
| 26.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root blocks it. |
| 26.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short around off, Root blocks it. |
| 26.2 : The third umpire is called into play for this run out appeal. Have India got another one just before the Lunch break? They will certainly hope so. Replays roll in and Root's bat is grounded before the wickets are broken. The big screen reads a big 'NOT OUT'. |
| 26.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley lunges and blocks it. |
| 26.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on off, Sibley manages to keep it out. That will be the final ball of the session. Lunch on Day 1! |
| A very intriguing session of play which hangs in the balance, you would say, as England dominated the majority of the session but towards the last half hour of the session, two quick wickets for the Indians means that this session will be shared between both these sides. |
| The openers for England, Sibley and Burns started off nicely. They were watchful and attacked the loose deliveries they did really well to fend off the early challenge and were looking set to head into the first break unscathed but a poor shot from Burns meant that his stay out in the middle came to an end. Lawrence then came out and went back quick as he was out plumb for a 5-ball duck. Then, there was a run out scare for Joe Root but he was safe and Sibley and Root have since managed to negoti |
| The bowling by India was not poor but they were not rewarded for their hard work with any wickets. The pitch also was not assisting the bowlers all that much and it was slightly easy for Burns and Sibley to stroke to ball around to keep the scoreboard ticking. That is until Ashwin struck and broke this opening stand and Bumrah then sent Lawrence back into the shed for a duck. India ended the first session on top and will look to continue the same in the second session. Will they be able to do so |
| 26.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, NOT OUT! Frantic but in the end the England Test skipper is safe. A run out here would be nothing but disastrous for England especially right before Lunch. Short on off, Root turns it to square leg and takes a single. There is a slight hesitation but they go for it. The fielder scores a direct hit at the bowler's end.The umpire takes it upstairs and replay shows it is not a direct hit but Ashwin deflected the ball onto the stumps. Anyway, Root is well insid |
| 26.6 : ... Day 1, Session 2 ... |
| We are back for the second session of play now. The batters for England, Joe Root and Dom Sibley make their way out into the middle now. The Indian players are in a huddle near the ropes as Virat Kohli is imparting some final words of wisdom before they look to spread out on the field. Jasprit Bumrah to operate first up to begin the second session of play. He looks ready and here he comes... |
| 27.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Starts off with a good length delivery just outside the off pole, Root is aware of where his sticks are as he lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 27.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length and around off, Root taps this one towards the cover-point region. They look for the single but then do not go for it. |
| 27.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Outside off on a good length, stays a touch low as well, Root leaves it. |
| 27.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length and on off, Root pushes this one to mid on. |
| 27.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Gets his bat down and blocks this one to the leg side. |
| 27.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, One run to end the over. On a length and around the off pole, Joe pushes this one through point and collects a single. Retains the strike for the next over. |
| 28.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted around off, Root prods forward and keeps this one out. |
| 28.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Tossed up and around off, Root again comes ahead and blocks. 'Beautiful bowling, Ashwinnnn', says Virat Kohli, to appreciate his bowler. |
| 0.0 : Who will start the session from the other end? It will be Ravichandran Ashwin. |
| 28.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 28.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Tossed up and around off, Root pushes this one to the cover region for a single. |
| 28.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On off, blocked by Dom. |
| 28.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Loopy and around off again, Sibley tucks this one to mid-wicket. |
| 29.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Bowls this one with the angle around the off pole, Root defends. |
| 29.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Gets his bat down and blocks this one to the mid off region. |
| 29.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fires in a fuller ball on the middle pole, Root tucks this one but finds the square leg fielder. |
| 29.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length and around off, Joe taps this one towards the fielder present at gully. |
| 29.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Same sort of delivery as the last ball, Root plays the same kind of stroke. Finds the man there again. |
| 29.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Bumrah fires in a short ball down the leg side, Root just lets it be. Pant does well to move to his left and stop this one. Called a wide first but then called as a no ball as the third umpire passes on the message. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, On off, played to the mid on region. |
| 30.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 30.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted on middle, Sibley clips this one nicely through the mid-wicket region and the batters come back for the double. |
| 30.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, clipped to the short leg fielder. |
| 30.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Prods on his front foot this time to defend solidly, does Dom. |
| 30.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Another solid block offered by Sibley. |
| 30.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Loopy around off, Dom pushes this to point. 2 runs off this over. |
| 31.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good running between the wickets by these two. On a good length and on middle, Root clips this one through square leg. The batters do well to come back for the double. |
| 31.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fires this one with the angle on the off stump, Root shuffles slightly and works this to short mid-wicket. |
| 31.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, An exact replica of what happened on the last ball. Root finds the short mid-wicket again. |
| 31.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Since this is bowled closer to outside the off pole, Root defends it towards the cover region now. |
| 31.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Delightfully played by the skipper, Bumrah goes for a fuller shot and on middle, Root is able to flick this one through the mid-wicket region. By the time, Gill can run in and stop the ball, three runs are taken. |
| 31.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Dom finds the mid-wicket fielder with his flick this time. 5 off this one. |
| 32.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Root shows off his back foot defense this time around. |
| 32.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted and outside off, Root is about to leave this one but decides to play it at the last minute. Misses and Pant collects. |
| 32.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 32.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted and on off, Root looks for the flick away and the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes to the off side. |
| 32.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Joe Root has just watchfully blocked this out as well. |
| 32.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Goes on the back foot and gets his bat across to fend this one out. The skipper does that successfully to see off this Ashwin over. |
| First bowling change of the session. Ishant Sharma replaces Jasprit Bumrah. 5-1-8-0, his numbers from his first spell. |
| 33.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Slightly behind the good length and around the off pole, Dom tucks this to short mid-wicket. |
| 33.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Blocks this one to the leg side, does Sibley. |
| 33.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Around off on a length, Sibley works this one to the gully region. |
| 33.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Good length and on off, Sibley finds the Indian skipper, Kohli at short mid-wicket again. |
| 33.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On the middle pole on a fuller length, slight inward movement noticed as Dibley whips this one to deep mid-wicket where Gill collects this one. Just the single. |
| 33.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Length and outside off, nipping into the right-hander after hitting the deck as Root covers his sticks and the ball goes to Pant. A wry smile on Root's face after this one. |
| 34.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Ohhh...what a beauty! Ashwin comes 'round the wicket and floats this one up around the off pole, Sibley comes ahead looking to block but he misses his defensive push completely. |
| 34.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Down the leg side, left alone. |
| 34.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shortish and outside off, Dom camps back and looks to slash at this one but he does not connect bat with ball. |
| 34.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 34.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Screams of 'catch it' but it goes through the fielders there. Flighted and on middle, Sibley comes forward and flicks this one uppishly through the square leg region for a single. |
| 34.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On middle, blocked out. |
| 35.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Back of a length and on middle, Dom clips this one to the left of the deep square leg fielder for a single. Also, called as No Ball as Ishant had overstepped. |
| Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Back of a length and outside off, Root looks to slash this one away but the ball takes the inside edge and goes to the left of Pant. |
| 35.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, The English skipper blocks this one nicely to the Indian skipper at the short mid-wicket region. |
| 35.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Too straight and also moving into the right-hander, Root looks to flick but misses and the ball takes the pads and goes to Pant again. |
| 35.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Length and outside off, tapped to point. |
| 35.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, An excited appeal for lbw but turned down by the umpire. A back of a length ball around off, it jags back in after hitting the deck and goes onto hit Root's pads as he misses his flick away. A loud appeal but the umpire shakes his head. Must have been high and also going down leg. Kohli and Ishant ask Pant what he thinks and he says that they probably should not take the review on this one. |
| 35.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 36.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Short and on off, Sibley works this to mid-wicket. |
| 36.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, worked to mid-wicket again. |
| 36.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated on middle, flicked to short leg. |
| 36.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Loopy and on leg, clipped to deep square leg where Sundar stops this one well. |
| 36.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Blocks this one solidly off the front foot. |
| 36.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Comes down the track slightly and flicks this one to deep square leg again. Maiden by Ashwin. |
| 37.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Good length and around off, Root is solid in his defense. |
| 37.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, EDGED...SHORT! Great bowling by Ishant. Bowls a good length ball around off, nips away slightly as Root plays this one with soft hands. It takes the outside edge and goes to Rohit on the bounce at first slip. Smart work by Joe to play it with soft hands and that is why this one did not carry to the slip. |
| 37.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 37.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Length and on off, worked to the leg side. |
| 37.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Slowish good length ball around off, Root blocks this one out towards the off side. |
| 37.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller and on off, Root clips this one to deep mid-wicket. |
| 38.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted and on off, blocked. Kohli is heard saying 'BAHUT ACCHE ASHHH', which means 'Very good, Ash'. |
| 38.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Sibley releases some pressure now for the visitors. Flighted and on middle, Sibley flicks this one through the mid-wicket region and the ball runs away to the ropes. |
| 38.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, flicked to mid-wicket. |
| 38.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Down the leg side, left alone by Dom. |
| 38.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 38.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated and on off, Dom keeps this one out nicely. 4 runs off this over, courtesy Dom. |
| 39.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root keeps this one out. |
| 39.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short and around off, pushed to the off side. |
| 39.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Down the leg side, JR misses his flick and it bounces a tad bit more than what Pant anticipated as he spills this one. |
| 39.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, On off, pushed to covers. |
| 0.0 : Shahbaz Nadeem is back! 5-1-11-0, his figures so far. |
| 39.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Tucked to square leg with soft hands by the skipper. |
| 39.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Loopy and around off, Root pushes this one to covers for a quick run. |
| 40.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Floats this one up around off, Root prods forward and keeps it out. |
| 40.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, FOUR! Classy stroke from Root, who welcomes Sundar into the game with a boundary. Flighted and around off, Root moves away and creams this one through the cover region to find the fence. |
| 0.0 : Sundar time! Washington Sundar is in to the attack for the first time in this game! |
| 40.3 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 40.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, On off, kept out. |
| 40.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Loopy and on middle, Root gets low and brings out the broom. Sweeps this one to the square leg region for a single. |
| 40.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Full and floated on middle, flicked to mid-wicket. 5 runs off Sundar's first over of the game. |
| DRINKS! A proper hour of Test match cricket. India kept things tight for the majority of that hour but were unable to get the wicket. Root and Sibley have battled it out in the middle. The runs had dried up but they are starting to get them now. It has been an enticing contest between bat and ball. What is in store for us in the next hour of this session? |
| 41.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Darted full on off, Root keeps it out. |
| 41.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root defends it off the front foot. |
| 41.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Tossed up around off, Root leans forward and defends it. |
| 41.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Deft touch! Short around off, Root dabs it towards third man. He looks for two but decides against it. Good call as it would have been very dangerous. |
| 41.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley defends it off his front foot. |
| 41.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on off, Sibley defends it to the right of the bowler. |
| 42.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Tossed up around off, Root defends it off the outer half of his bat to point. |
| 42.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Flatter on middle and leg, Root defends it to the leg side. |
| 42.3 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Tossed up around off, Root leans forward and blocks it. |
| 42.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, FOUR! Lovely shot! Root brings out the reverse sweep and unlike Burns, he plays it with perfection. Tossed up outside off, Root picks the right length and the right ball to play the shot. He hits it behind point for a boundary. |
| 42.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root goes back to watchfully defending it. |
| 42.6 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, On the stumps, the England skipper carefully defends it. |
| 43.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up around off, Sibley strides forward and defends it. |
| 43.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley defends it off the back foot. |
| 43.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Excellent shot! He uses his feet to perfection there. Tossed up on off and middle, Sibley puts on his dancing shoes and plays it with a straight bat through the cow corner region for a boundary. 100 up for England as well. |
| 43.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up around off, Sibley goes back to defending. |
| 43.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Shorter on middle and leg. Sibley flicks it onto the ground. It hits Gill's pad at short leg. |
| 43.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 44.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Shorter around off, Root tucks it to the on side. |
| 44.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Around the pads. Root glances it to fine leg and gets to the other end. Runs starting to come frequently now for this pair. |
| 44.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Darted full on middle and leg. Sibley flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 44.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, This time Sibley flicks it with softer hands and wide of Rohit Sharma at mid-wicket for one. |
| 44.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Swept hard but there is a man at deep backward square leg. On the pads, Root sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 44.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Good take from Pant! Pitched outside leg, Sibley leaves it alone. There is some extra bounce off the surface on this one. Pant takes it well as that was not an easy take. |
| 45.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Beautifully played! Short around off, Root punches it through point. Sundar misfields and there is a yes-no for the second and they opt against it. Good call, they will not want to risk a wicket in chasing a run. |
| 45.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on the stumps, Sibley blocks it. |
| 45.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up around off, Sibley comes down the track and defends it. |
| 45.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 45.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley defends it with a straight bat. |
| 45.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, On the stumps, kept out. |
| 46.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Darted fuller on middle and leg. Root reverse sweeps it to backward point for a single. |
| 46.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Floated on middle, Sibley flicks it to mid-wicket and shouts an audible no. |
| 46.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Good ball! Washington gives this a lot of air on middle and leg. Sibley looks to flick but closes the face of the bat early. The ball goes to point off the leading edge. |
| 46.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 46.5 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Uppish but safe! Floated on middle, Sibley brings out an aggressive sweep. There is a shout of catch it as it goes uppishly but it well away from short leg and mid-wicket. Sibley finds the gap and gets a boundary. Moves to 44 with that. |
| 46.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 47.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flighted outside off, Root shoulders arms to it. Pant likes the pace at which this is bowled as he says it in Hindi to Nadeem. |
| 47.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Brings up the 50-run stand. Tossed up fuller around off, Root strides forward and sweeps it in front of square for a boundary. |
| 47.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root blocks it. |
| 47.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Tossed up on middle, Root defends it. |
| 47.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Shahbaz Nadeem gives this a bit of air on middle. Root defends it off the inner half of his bat. |
| 47.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, 1 run. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, NO BALL! Another one from Nadeem and he needs to sort these out now. Short on middle, Root flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Excellent from Sibley. Just two away now from what will be a very good and gritty fifty if he gets there. Flighted on middle, Sibley uses his wrists and flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 48.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Nicely bowled. Floated around off, Root defends it towards point. |
| 48.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Short around leg, Root dabs it to the leg side. |
| 48.3 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Shorter on off, Root defends it off his back foot. |
| 48.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Falls just short of leg slip! On the pads, Root flicks it behind on the leg side. There is a leg slip for this shot but unluckily for Kohli and co. it falls short of the fielder there. |
| 48.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, On the pads, Root flicks it in front of the crease on the leg side and gets a single. |
| 48.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, On the pads, Sibley blocks it. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is back on. 10-1-24-1 for him so far. |
| 49.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, On a good length and on middle, clipped to the square leg region for a single. |
| 49.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Length and around off, Sibley blocks this one out. |
| 49.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Good length and on off, Sibley pushes this one to the mid on region. |
| 49.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Outside off on a good length, way too outside the off pole for Dom to be to worried about having to play at this. Lets it be. |
| 49.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Angles in a length delivery around off, Dom blocks this one out. |
| 49.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, On the pads this time, Sibley tickles this one to the fine leg region for one. Moves onto 49 with this one. Just one run away from his half-century. |
| 50.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley defends it off his back foot. |
| 50.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, FIFTY FOR SIBLEY! This has been a gritty knock from the English opener. A real impressive innings from Sibley. He has shown heart and courage today. Shorter on off, Sibley punches it through covers and gets a brace to bring up his fifty. It has been a well-composed innings from him/. He raises his bat as his teammates applaud his effort. He knows the job is not done though and he will look to convert this into a hundred. |
| 50.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 50.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on off, Sibley defends it. |
| 0.0 : Change from both the ends now. Ravichandran Ashwin is back into the attack. 16-2-39-1 are his numbers so far. |
| 50.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Darted around the pads, Dom Sibley flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 50.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated on midddle, Sibley blocks it. |
| 51.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length ball on off, Root defends it. |
| 51.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length delivery angling in on middle. Root flicks it using the angle behind square on the leg side for one. |
| 51.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, NO BALL! On off, Sibley blocks it. It is another no ball as Bumrah has overstepped. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Length ball on off, Sibley defends it. |
| 51.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Edged but does not carry! Leg cutter on off, Sibley looks to defend but gets an outside edge which does not carry to Rohit Sharma at first slip. |
| 51.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Wow! This is crispy from Bumrah! A leg cutter is followed by a pacy yorker on middle. Sibley does really well to get his bat down in time. |
| 51.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, On the pads, Sibley defends it to the leg side. |
| 52.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root sweeps it to square leg for a single. |
| 52.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shorter around the pad, Sibley tucks it to the on side. |
| 52.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flighted on the stumps, Sibley defends it. |
| 52.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flights one on off, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 52.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 52.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, In the air but off the pad. Floated outside off, Sibley looks to defend but misses. The ball hits his pad and lobs to leg slip, who takes the catch. There is a muted appeal but nothing from the umpire. |
| 53.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Appeal for LBW but turned down by the umpire. Seems like it is going down leg and hence Kohli has opted to not review it. Slower delivery on middle and leg. Root looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. There is an appeal but the umpire is not interested. Kohli, Bumrah and Pant have a chat but the latter does not seem too keen and the Indian skipper does not review it. Good call not to review it as Ball Tracker shows it to be going down leg later on. |
| 53.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Full on the pads, Root flicks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 53.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Short ball from Bumrah! The effort ball. Sibley ducks under it. |
| 53.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, On the pads, Sibley flicks it to the leg side. |
| 53.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Angled into middle, Sibley flicks but to mid-wicket. |
| 53.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Good running! Fuller around off, Sibley pushes it to the right of mid off and takes a quick single to keep the strike. |
| 54.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Short and spinning in around off. Sibley knocks it to mid off for a single. |
| 54.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Shorter on off, Root defends it. |
| 54.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Another one which is short on off, Root gets on his back foot and defends it. |
| 54.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! First poor ball from Ashwin and Root is quick to punish it. Short around off, too short and slightly wider from off pole. Root pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 54.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! This time through the off side. Too short, very wide, and Root is in too good a form to miss out on it. He gets on his back foot and punches it through covers. There is a huge gap there and the England Test skipper hits it in that gap for a boundary. Back-to-back poor deliveries from Ashwin. You seldom see that. Is it the sign of the spinner being tired? |
| 54.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Shorter on the pads, Root dabs in onto the ground in front of short leg. |
| 55.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Length ball around off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 0.0 : Ishant Sharma (8-2-11-0)Â is back on. |
| 55.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Keeps a bit low. Good length ball on off, it comes in a bit with the angle and keeps low. Sibley adjusts to the bounce in the eleventh hour and manages to get bat on ball. |
| 55.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Fuller around off, Sibley gets on his front foot and defends it. No problem with the bounce this time around. |
| 55.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Full around off, Sibley flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 55.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Beauty! Ishant has been brilliant today. Reverse swing on offer for him. Fuller outside off, it comes back in. Sibley looks to defend but is a bit late and luckily does not get any bat on it. |
| 55.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, NO BALL! This one goes the other way around. Outside off on a length. Sibley does well as he keeps his eyes on the ball and leaves it alone. Oh, dear! Another no ball from India. They have been poor with their discipline. Not something you usually associate with this Kohli-led side. |
| Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Length ball outside off, Sibley shoulders arms to it. |
| 56.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root defends it. |
| 56.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root whips it to mid-wicket. |
| 56.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted on middle, Root sweeps it to deep square leg for one. |
| 56.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Tossed up on middle, Root defends it to the leg side. |
| 56.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Tossed up around off, Root leans forward and blocks it. |
| 56.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Last ball of the session, and Sibley negotiates it. Floated on off and middle, Sibley gets on his front foot and dabs it onto the ground. Tea on Day 1! |
| England's session, you would say, based on the way things have panned out in the second session of the day. They have added 73 runs to their total and have also not lost a wicket. The duo of Root and Sibley have kept going and have not looked back even once. Even though they lost 2 quick wickets at the end of the first session, they have not let that bog them down. |
| Starting off the session, the duo found it hard to find the runs as the Indian bowling was on top. They kept things tight and the pressure was mounting on the batters but after one point, both of them decided to flick that switch and then they started looking to keep the runs flowing, be it boundaries, or be it singles or doubles. In that process, Sibley also reached his half-century and Root is also closing in on his fifty and with the way these two are set out there, they will be looking to st |
| Not much to talk about the Indian bowling. No no, it is not because they were bad but just because they were not able to break this partnership even when they were on top, right at the starting phase of this session. Ishant bowled really well but was not able to convert that into wickets. Ashwin and Bumrah bowled well too but they seemed tired at the end of this session. They will be hoping to come back fresh and break this stand. Will they be able to do so or will this duo continue on their mer |
| ... Day 1, Session 3 ... |
| Right then. We are back for the third and final session of Day 1. The batters for England, Joe Root and Dom Sibley make their way out into the middle. They have played very well so far and will look to continue the same now as well. The Indian players too come out and spread out on the field. Ishant Sharma to begin proceedings with the ball for India in the final session. |
| 57.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, EDGE..DOES NOT CARRY! This one does not carry to Pant. It was an under edge though. On a good length and outside off, Root looks to push this one to the off side but the ball stays low and takes the under edge and goes to Pant on a bounce. |
| 57.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Length and outside off, pushed to covers. |
| 57.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, EDGED...DOES NOT CARRY AGAIN! Takes the outside edge this time. On a length and outside off, moving away from the right-hander, the ball takes the outside edge off Root's tentative poke as goes to the right of Pant and the ball bounces just before he could take it and goes into his gloves. |
| 57.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Back of a length and on middle, clipped to the leg side. |
| 57.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller and on middle, Root clips this one to the deep square leg region for one run. |
| 57.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Defends this one solidly to the mid-wicket region. A good over to start with by Sharma. |
| Who bowls from the other end? Shahbaz Nadeem, it will be. |
| 58.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short and around off, Root punches this one to the cover region. |
| 58.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Prods on the front foot and blocks. |
| 58.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flatter and outside off, slapped to the cover region again. No run though. |
| 58.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Too short and on off, Joe pulls this one to the deep mid-wicket region towards Ishant. Takes a single. |
| 58.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Gives it air and lands it on middle and leg, Dom tucks this one to the on side for one more run. |
| 58.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FIFTY FOR JOE ROOT! His 50th half-century and in his 100th Test game, he has put up a good show once again. The English skipper seems to have carried forward his form from the Sri Lankan series and he is looking very solid out there. He will though want to continue on. Shortish and outside off, Root slaps this one through point and even though Sundar gives it chase, he tries to stop this one but fumbles and lets the ball trickle through to the ropes. |
| 59.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, On middle, flicked to the on side for a single. |
| 59.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Bumper outside off, Root just lets this one though to the keeper. |
| 59.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, NO BALL! Another one from India. Short ball around the body, Root pulls it behind square leg for a couple. |
| Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Play and a miss! Good length ball around off, Root has a poke at it. The ball though shapes away and beats the outside edge of Root's willow. |
| 59.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Lenght ball on off, Root defends it with a straight bat. |
| 59.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Good shot! Length ball around off, Root punches it through cover for a couple. |
| 59.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Full on off, Root flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 60.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Short and spinning away. Sibley punches it to cover. |
| 60.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted outside off, Sibley pushes it to cover. |
| 60.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on off and middle, Sibley pushes it to mid on. |
| 60.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Too short, too wide, and rightfully punished! Short and spinning away from outside off. Sibley cuts it behind point for a boundary. |
| 60.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up outside off, Sibley gets on his front foot and defends it. |
| 60.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Around the pad, Sibley turns it to square leg. |
| 61.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Full on off and middle, Root flicks it to the right of deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 61.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Length delivery around off, Root defends it with a straight bat. |
| 61.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Reverse swing where the ball comes in. It is outside off, Sibley is aware of his off pole and shoulders arms to it. |
| 61.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, This one shapes away a bit. Sibley once again calmly leaves it alone. |
| 61.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Fuller around off, Sibley defends it. |
| 61.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Good length ball on middle, Sibley flicks it behind square on the leg side and keeps the strike. |
| 62.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley gets on his front foot and blocks it. |
| 62.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Good leave! Flighted outside off, the ball turns in a bit. Sibley shoulders arms to it. |
| 62.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Down the leg side. Sibley looks to turn it on the on side but misses. Pant appeals but no one else is interested. |
| 62.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 62.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Good fielding from Pujara. On the pads, Sibley flicks it to the right of mid-wicket. Pujara there dives and saves runs for his side. |
| 62.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Gives this air on off, Sibley carefully blocks it. |
| 63.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length ball outside off, Root leaves it alone. |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. Jasprit Bumrah is into the attack for the first time in this session. |
| 63.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fuller around off, Root defends it by bending his back. |
| 63.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good shot but straight to the fielder. Length ball around off, Root punches it off the middle of the bat but straight to cover. |
| 63.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, FOUR! Glorious! Close your eyes and imagine a beautiful cover drive, that is what has Root has played. Fuller ball outside off, not a half volley by any means. Root shows great balance as he goes on his front foot. The England Test skipper then shows crispy timing and drives it through cover for a boundary. Elegant way to bring up the 100-run stand. This has been a very good stand between the England skipper and the English opener. |
| 63.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Bumrah pulls his length back a bit and Root calmly defends it. |
| 63.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Around off, Root defends it to get through the over. |
| 64.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, On off, tucked to mid-wicket. They think about the single but then decide not to go for it in the end. |
| 64.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 64.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on middle, kept out. |
| 64.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Short and on off, Dom keeps this one out as well. |
| 64.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Another beautiful boundary by Sibley. His 9th one of the game. Tossed up and on middle, Dom whips this one through the mid-wicket region and the ball runs away to the ropes. |
| 64.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Comes down the track and pushes this one to the left of mid on. They want the single but seeing that the fielder has stopped this one. They opt against it. |
| 65.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length ball around off, Root drives it beautifully but straight to the man at cover. |
| 65.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Yorker. Bumrah special this. Root does well to jam it out. |
| 65.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Short ball around middle, Root pulls it away from deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 65.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fuller around off, Root defends it off the front foot. |
| 65.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Back of a length delivery outside off, Root sways away from it. |
| 65.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Full and coming back in. Root looks to defend but the ball comes in a little extra. It goes behind square leg off the inner half of his bat for a single. |
| 66.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short on off, Root defends it off the back foot. |
| 66.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Floated on middle, Root sweeps it to square leg for a single. |
| 66.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley pushes it to mid on. |
| 66.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Shorter on off, Sibley defends it off the back foot with a straight bat. |
| 66.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, On the stumps, kept out. |
| 66.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley keeps it out. |
| Change in bowling. Washington Sundar is back into the attack. 0/18 from his 5 overs so far. |
| 67.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Tossed up on off, Root defends it off his front foot. |
| 67.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, FOUR! Not the kind if welcome Washington Sundar would have wanted. A gift from Sundar as he bowls one down the leg side. Root sweeps it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 67.3 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root keeps it out. |
| 67.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Tossed up on off, Root leans forward and defends it. |
| 67.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Another sweep from Root! This is played through square leg for a couple. |
| 67.6 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root defends it off his front foot. |
| A bit of delay here as there is some issue with the sightscreen. |
| 68.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated around off, Sibley pushes it to Rohit Sharma at cover. |
| 68.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up outside off, Sibley taps it to point. |
| 68.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley comes down the track and pushes it to cover. |
| 68.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Arm ball outside off. Sibley picks it up and leaves it alone. |
| 68.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Uppish but safe! Floated on off, Sibley drives it uppshly but it falls short of Kohli at short extra cover. |
| 68.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Arm ball again outside off. It is bowled slower through the air. Sibley leaves it alone. |
| 69.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Flighted on off, pushed to the mid on region. |
| 69.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Quick run this time. Flighted around off, Root looks to push this one away but the ball takes the inside edge, hits the pads and goes to the off side for a quick run. |
| 69.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 69.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Blocks this one solidly off the front foot. |
| 69.5 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Loopy and on off, Dom keeps this one out. |
| 69.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Another solid front foot defense shown by Sibley this time. |
| 70.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Shortish and outside off, Root slaps this one to the point region. |
| 70.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, In the air...safe! Root looks to play the sweep but it takes the top edge this time. Flighted on off, Root sweeps but the top edge takes the ball aierally towards the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. |
| 70.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Outside off, cut away to point. |
| 70.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Root has absolutely nailed that one! Flighted around off, Root gets on his knees and brings out the broom. Sweeps this one fine towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary. |
| 70.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Goes on his back foot this time around and fends it out. |
| 70.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and tossed up and on leg, Joe tucks this one towards square leg for a quick run. 7 runs off this over. |
| 71.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Flighted and on middle, eased through the mid on region for a single. |
| 71.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Shortish and around off, Dom defends this one towards the leg side. |
| 71.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Sibley shows off his front foot defense, which is very solid. |
| 71.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Flighted and around the off pole, Dom whips this one through mid-wicket and rotates the strike. |
| 71.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Full and on middle, Root keeps this one out. |
| 71.6 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Root goes on his back foot and whips this one through the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 72.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Root plays this shot so well. He moves onto 84 as well. Great control. Flighted on middle, Root switches his stance and powers this one through the backward point region and into the ropes. |
| 72.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, On off, kept out. |
| 72.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, On middle and leg, Root just pads this one away to the leg side. |
| 72.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short and on the leg pole, flicked to the leg side again. |
| 72.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Tossed up and on leg now, Root works this one to the short fine leg region for a quick single. That came off the toe end of the bat as well. |
| 72.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up and on middle and leg, Dom tucks this one to square leg. Gets to the other end this time. Oh no! Another no ball for overstepping. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR OVERTHROWS! A wayward throw and extra runs for England. Short and on off, Root punches this one to the cover region and the fielder there collects the ball. He sees Sibley out of the crease and tries to hit bullseye but he misses. There is no one backing up and the ball runs away to the deep mid-wicket ropes. |
| 73.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, On middle, flicked to mid-wicket. |
| 73.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Shortish and on middle, he pushes it with a straight bat towards mid-wicket again. |
| 73.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Flighted on middle, DS looks to sweep this one but he finds the leg slip fielder. |
| 73.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, On the middle pole, flatter as well, Dom goes on the back foot and whips this one through square leg for one more run. 200 up for England. |
| 73.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, FOUR! Wonderful placement. Root escorts this one to the boundary now. Into the 90s now, is Root. Floats it up and lands it on middle, Root whips this one nicely through mid-wicket and the ball wins the race to the ropes. |
| 73.6 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, On off, pushed to the mid off region for a quick run. |
| DRINKS. It has been all England so far as they have dominated proceedings since the post Lunch session. They have continued the good work and have not stopped how they are accumulating the runs at the moment. Root is well on course to reach his hundred and Sibley is also playing well. Kohli will be hoping that he can break this stand, with the new ball atleast, when it is available and he will wish that they can end the first Day strongly. |
| 74.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Shortish and around off, pushed to the cover region. |
| 74.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 74.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flighted on middle, Root blocks coming on his front foot. |
| 74.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Played it so late and the ball wins the race to the ropes again. Root moves onto 98 now. Short and around off, Root waits and waits and waits and then guides this one through the short third man region into the ropes in the deep. |
| 74.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Joe Root has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 74.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, On middle, blocked to the leg side this time. |
| 75.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Tossed up and on middle, pushed away to the leg side. |
| 75.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Swept away and swept away very nicely. This also brings up the 150-run partnership between these two. Tossed up and around leg, Sibley gets down on his knees and sweeps this one fine to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 75.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 75.5 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Dom defends this one solidly off the front foot. |
| 75.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Tosses it up and lands it on leg, DS clips this one to square leg for one more run. |
| 75.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, An appeal for lbw but nothing from the umpire. Floats this one up around leg and middle, Dom gets down and looks to sweep again but misses it and gets rapped on the pads. A loud appeal but no says the umpire. Was pitching outside leg this one. |
| 76.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, pushed to the short cover fielder. |
| 76.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Too short and too wide for Sibley to not do have a go at this. Dom sends this one packing to the ropes. Shortish and outside off, slashed away to the deep point region for a boundary. |
| 76.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 76.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up and on off, DS comes on the front foot and defends solidly. |
| 76.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Another solid defense offered to this one by Dom. |
| 76.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Outside off, Sibley works this one to the fielder present at covers. |
| 77.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Flighted and on off, Root works this one to the mid off region and picks up a single. Wanted two but it was not possible to do so. He moves onto 99 now. |
| 77.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, The batsman, Dom Sibley has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 77.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Flighted and on middle and leg, Sibley works this with soft hands towards the deep square leg region for a couple of runs. |
| 77.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Another sweep and another boundary! Gill misfields and lets this one through. Flighted and on middle, Sibley gets on his knees and sweeps this one to the deep square leg region and Gill misfields and lets this one through to the ropes. |
| 77.5 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, On the pads, flicked to fine leg for one. |
| 77.6 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, HUNDRED FOR JOE ROOT! His 3rd in as many Tests. What a fantastic knock this has been from the England skipper. Playing his 100th Test and he has doubled his joy by scoring a fantastic ton. All his teammates are up on their feet, applauding their skipper who has led from the front. The England Test skipper was unable to score a single century in 2020 but 2 months into 2021 he has his third. What a player! An absolute joy to watch. In a country where many Engl |
| 78.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated and on off, Root keeps this one out. |
| 78.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On middle, Joe gets on his knees and sweeps this one to the deep square leg region for one run. |
| 0.0 : Ashwin is back! 1/52 from his 20 over so far today. He has not bowled badly but the pair of Sibley and Root have played him very well. |
| 78.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 78.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On the pads, flicked to the leg side. |
| 78.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flicked away to the leg side again by Dom. Pant still trying his best to keep the morale up by cheering the players on. |
| 78.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Floated on off, Sibley comes down the track looking to flick this one away. But misses and gets rapped on the pads. A stifled appeal and the umpire says no. Just one run off this over. |
| 79.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Brings out the broom again as this full and floated ball on middle is swept away to fine leg for a brace. |
| 79.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, FOUR. That's just a gentle push from Root and he still fetches a boundary. Tosses it up and lands it just around off, Root pushes this one nicely through the mid off region and the ball runs away to the ropes. |
| 79.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Shortish and around off, JR pushes this one through point for a single. |
| 79.3 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, On middle, flicked to the leg side. |
| 79.5 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Dom blocks this one after going on his back foot this time. |
| 79.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Sibley, Flighted and on off, Dom tucks this one to mid-wicket. |
| The second new ball is available now and one would feel India will take it straight away. Surprisingly, Kohli has not opted to take it straightaway at least. |
| 80.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted and on middle, Root skips down the track and works this one to the mid on region for a single. |
| 80.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, FOUR LEG BYES. Lucky for England and Sibley. Nothing seems to be going India's way. Flighted and on the pads, Sibley looks to block this one out but the ball takes the pad and lobs over the leg slip fielder and into the ropes at fine leg. |
| 80.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Short and on off, pushed to the mid-wicket region. |
| 80.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Shortish and outside off now, DS punches this one off the back foot through the cover region for a brace. |
| 80.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On off, kept out. |
| 80.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Dom Sibley has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 0.0 : Kohli has now opted to take the second new ball. Ishant Sharma is brought back into action to use the second new ball first up. 12-2-21-0, his numbers till now. |
| 81.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Ishant slips this one down the leg side as Root misses his tuck away to the leg side. |
| 81.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, FOUR! Oh wow! Handsomely driven. Looking at that cover drive could make a grown man cry. Beautiful. On a good length and outside off, Root leans into this one and Root creams his drive through the cover region and into the ropes. |
| 81.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Good length and around off again, Joe drives this one to the left of mid on and the fielder does well to move that way and stop it. |
| 81.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Changes it up now, does Root. Pushes this one to the fielder at mid off this time around. |
| 81.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fullish and on the pads, Root clips this one to the left of the fine leg fielder for a single. 5 off the first over with the new ball for Ishant. |
| 82.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length ball on middle and off. Root flicks it in front of square on the leg side for a brace. |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. Jasprit Bumrah to operate from the other end. His figures so far read 15-1-37-1. |
| 82.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Full around off, Root pushes it to cover. |
| 82.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, That is a beauty! Good length ball, in the channel of uncertainty around off. Root has a poke at it but the ball moves away and fizzes past the outside edge. |
| 82.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Another beauty! The previous one shaped away as this one just straightened after pitching. Again it is pitched in the channel of uncertainty around off. Root looks to defend thinking it to come in with the angle. The ball though goes straight past the outside edge. |
| 82.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length ball outside off, Root offers a confident leave this time. |
| 82.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Full outside off, Root pushes it to cover. |
| 83.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Length delivery outside off, Sibley has no interest in playing that. |
| 83.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Good length delivery outside off, Sibley lets it carry to the keeper. |
| 83.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Back of a length ball outside off. Sibley has no qualms letting that go. |
| 83.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Good length ball on the fourth stump line. Sibley opens the gate and lets the ball go through that gate to the keeper. |
| 83.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Outside off, Sibley offers no shot. |
| 83.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Full outside off, Sibley leans on the front foot and offers a solid block. |
| 84.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Angles in a length ball close to off, Root defends it back with a loose bottom hand. |
| 84.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, This one probably stays a bit low! Bumrah hurls in a length ball around off, Root keeps his eyes glued to the delivery and defends it with a dead bat. |
| 84.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Back of a length and around off, JR taps this one towards point. |
| 84.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Shortish and around off, Root hooks this one to the deep square leg region. Picks up a single and also brings up the 250 for England. |
| 84.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Gets his bat across and blocks this one solidly. |
| 84.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Outside off, left alone. |
| 85.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Short of a length and outside off, Root slaps this one to the point region for a single. |
| 85.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Back of a length and around off, Sibley pushes this one to the mid on region. |
| 85.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Fuller and around the off pole, Dom gets on his front foot and offers a very solid defense to this one. |
| 85.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Dom Sibley just pushes this good length delivery to the cover region this time. |
| 85.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Fuller again and just around the off stump, Sibley blocks. |
| 85.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Sibley, Gets his bat across and offers yet another solid defense to the last ball of the over. |
| 86.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short on the pads, Root flicks it on the bounce to short leg. |
| 0.0 : Ravichandran Ashwin is back on. 22-2-56-1, his numbers so far. |
| 86.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root looks to defend but the ball goes towards point off the outer half of his bat for a single. |
| 86.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on middle, Sibley flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 86.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Loopy ball which is given some air on off. Sibley looks to defend but the ball spins in and goes between short leg and leg slip off the inner half of his bat for a single. |
| 86.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root drives it through covers for a couple. |
| 86.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, SIX! Boom! Root finishes the over with a biggie. That will irk Ashwin for sure. Tossed up ball on off and middle, Root brings out the slog sweep and smokes it over mid-wicket for a biggie. The England skipper is struggling with cramp but he is not letting that affect his batting much. |
| 87.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Down the leg side. Sibley does not tease that. |
| 0.0 : Root is getting hydrated here and being treated by the physio as he struggling with cramps. It is very warm out there in Chennai and the England skipper will be looking to go for a cold shower but without losing his wicket. |
| 87.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Full on off, Sibley defends it with a straight bat. |
| 87.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Good length ball outside off, Sibley leaves it alone. |
| 87.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Length ball on off, Sibley defends it with a dead bat. |
| 87.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Textbook front foot defense this from Sibley. Fuller around off, Sibley gets on his front foot and defends it onto the ground. |
| 87.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Full around off, Sibley pushes it to cover. |
| 88.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short around off, Root punches it through cover-point and gets a single. |
| 88.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On the pads, Sibley flicks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 88.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on off, Root blocks it. |
| 88.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root defends it. |
| 88.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Tossed up around off, Root goes on his back foot and keeps it out. |
| 88.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Shorter on off, Root goes on his back foot and taps it onto the ground. |
| 89.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, On the fourth stump line, Sibley leaves it alone. |
| 89.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, Good length ball around off, Sibley blocks it. |
| 89.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Sibley, OUT! LBW! Sibley cannot survive the day! The review does not do him any favors and such a heartbreaking end to the day for Dom Sibley. He batted wonderfully throughout the day but right towards the end, with just 3 balls remaining, he has departed. A Bumrah special finally gets the better of Dom Sibley. These things can happen in the final over of the day. The batter looks to block rather than score and the defensive mindset and tired legs sometimes do get the |
| A hard day at work for the Indians. Bowling and fielding in that heat out there in Chennai was never going to be easy but the way the duo of Root and Sibley have made them work, they will head back feeling extra tired. The Indian bowling was good starting off and they were rewarded as well as they scalped 2 wickets before the Lunch session. After that, they kept knocking on the door but the English batters did not allow them to come in at all and right at the stroke of stumps, a wonderful delive |
| The day started off in good fashion for England. Their openers, Burns and Sibley started off in a gradual manner. They kept attacking the loose balls and respected the deliveries that they know could do them some damage. They almost saw off the challenge until Lunch and that is when Burns played a rash shot and lost his wicket. Lawrence followed him back shortly after for a duck. Then came the resilience by the duo of skipper Root and Sibley. They kept going at it from the post Lunch session and |
| What an intriguing day of Test cricket we have had. The first session of the day saw India and England share the session as both of them had their moments. But since then, England have shown their dominance and have absolutely made all the bowlers of India toil and work hard in the humid conditions of Chennai. Sibley will be gutted to depart in the final over of the day but the tourists will surely be the happier side with how things have panned out on Day 1! |
| The man of the moment, the man who the day belonged to, England skipper, Joe Root is caught down for a chat. Root says he feels alright, he was cramping towards the end, needs to get some fluids. States they need to continue the good work tomorrow and make use of a very strong first day. Adds the surface played well, it is an unusual looking surface, there is not a lot in there, a little bit of reverse swing. Mentions they know they have had a good day but need to capitalize on Day 2. Also says |
| Right then. A wonderful day of play, where the visitors came to foreign conditions and have shown their might on the very first day of the Test. The Indians will be tired, physically and mentally, after this day but they know that this is just Day 1 and there are four more days remaining for them to leave a mark on this game. They will be raring to come out and start strong on Day 2, whereas the English batters will want to pile on the runs and compound the misery on India. So join us on Day 2 a |
| ...DAY 2, FIRST SESSION... |
| 89.2 : Sibley has been adjudged LBW but he has decided to take it upstairs. It looks plumb to the naked eye, has Sibley got some bat on this? |
| 25.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dan Lawrence, OUT! LBW! As plumb as it gets! Bumrah strikes for the first time in his Test career in India. This is a typical Bumrah delivery. Credit to Kohli as well. He has done his homework. Lawrence is a good player of spin and he easily could have continued with Ashwin after the spinner got a wicket but he introduced Bumrah and his strike bowler gives him the breakthrough. Fuller delivery pitching around off and jagging back in at pace. Lawrence looks to flick but is |
| 89.3 : Warm welcome, folks! We're getting ready for the second day's action. It was a remarkable opening day for England as their skipper led from the front and set the tone for the series. Joe Root put on a masterclass and carries his magnificent form from Sri Lanka. His partner in crime, Dom Sibley, also showed good progress and put on an innings full of courage and skill. Together, they made India sweat hard for two sessions and put on a double century partnership. The tourists are in a commanding |
| What to expect today? It's said that on Day 2, the pitch is at its best for batting. England would be looking to make the most of it and get a big total in the first innings, something Joe Root mentioned last evening. Given the unresponsive nature of this surface, it's going to be tough for the bowlers and India's plan will be to keep a check on the scoring rate if the wickets are not coming. The ball is still fairly new and the hosts would be hoping to make some early inroads this morning. A ve |
| Pitch report - Beautiful conditions, the sun is shining bright. The surface is looking much better and 263 is a sign of how this pitch has played. The deck looks dusty and loose near the rough area outside off for the left-handers. Post Tea, it might just start to offer some turn. All in all, it's still an excellent strip to bat on. |
| All in readiness! The players are on the field. Joe Root has a new partner in Ben Stokes. The latter has been off the radar for quite some time and could be a bit rusty. It's going to be Jasprit Bumrah to complete his over. Let's play... |
| 89.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Bumrah begins with a fuller length ball on off, from 'round the wicket, Stokes gets his bat down and jams it out to the off side. |
| 89.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, On a good length this time, outside off and shaping away a shade, Stokes stays back to cover his stumps and shoulders arms. |
| 89.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Another delivery in the zone outside off, moving away again, Stokes leaves it to end the over. |
| R Ashwin to bowl from the other end. |
| 90.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and flighted on off, Root is on the back foot as he allows the ball to come to him and then blocks. |
| 90.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Root is away this morning! Fullish and outside off, Root pushes it in the gap at covers where Pujara makes a diving stop. A single is taken. |
| 90.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Loopy and on off, Stokes defends it close to his front pad. |
| 90.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Gives it a good toss and bowls it full around off, Stokes presses forward and pushes it to covers. |
| 90.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, A slider on middle, skidding in, Stokes moves back and works it off his pads to mid-wicket. |
| 90.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Tossed up ball landing full around off, Stokes is behind the line and defends it back. |
| 91.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length delivery just outside off, Root moves across the stumps a bit and pushes it defensively to cover-point. |
| 91.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, A bit too straight from Bumrah. He serves it full and around off, angling in, Root flicks it in front of square leg and gathers a single. |
| 91.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Back of a length delivery on off, Stokes chooses to stay on the back foot and plays it down to the left of point. |
| 91.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, This time a length ball is angled into the left-hander, Ben rocks back and defends it solidly. |
| 91.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Deft placement. Stokes opens his account. Width on offer outside off, Ben stays back and runs it down to third man fence for a boundary. |
| 92.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flighted and full on off, Root is on the front foot in defense. |
| 92.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Advances down the track to a full ball and pushes it towards mid on. |
| 92.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Once again Root is nimble on his feet and eases a full ball in the direction of mid on. |
| 92.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Leans forward and across to a full ball and defends it on the leg side. |
| 92.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Spinning down the leg side, Joe flicks it towards square leg and picks up a run. |
| 92.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flatter and a touch quicker around middle and leg, Stokes defends it from the inner half to square leg. |
| 93.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Hurls across a length delivery in the channel outside off, Root covers his stumps and then allows it through. |
| 93.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, A length delivery on middle and off, skidding off the surface, Root is slightly squared up in defense and is hit high on the pads. |
| 93.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Too full in length and around off, Root does well to keep it out safely. |
| 91.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Wow! A terrific delivery! Stokes is very lucky to survive. Bumrah spears in a perfect yorker, right in the blockhole, Stokes brings his bat down and is lucky to get some part of his willow on it. The ball then deflects off his boot, beats the stumps and rolls behind to Pant. Bumrah has his hands on his head. That was a lucky escape for the Big Ben! |
| 93.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, FOUR! Well played! Short in length and wide outside off, Root loves it there. He camps back and slaps it through backward point for a boundary. |
| 93.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fullish and on off, angling in, Root defends it back. |
| 93.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Bumrah searches for a yorker but it ends up being a full toss on off, Root brings a straight bat down and pushes it to mid on. |
| 94.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Floated and full around off, Stokes leans forward and defends it to covers. |
| 94.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, A touch flatter and shorter on off, Stokes goes back and plays it down to point. |
| 94.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Lands it full and wide outside off, Stokes tries to drive but it takes the inner half and rolls back to the bowler. Ashwin makes a half-stop in his followthrough |
| 94.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, SIX! This one is dismissed! Stokes wears his skates to run down to the pitch of the ball and lofts it handsomely over long off for a biggie. |
| 94.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Full and flighted close to off, this time Ben strides forward and blocks it watchfully. |
| 94.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Beaten! Good response from Ashwin. He slows it up in the air and lands it full around off. The ball lands and breaks away to beat the forward defensive prod of Stokes. Good contest! |
| 95.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Angles in a good length ball on off, Root defends it back watchfully. |
| 95.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, On and around off, a length ball, Root is firmly behind the line as he blocks it to the off side. |
| 95.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 95.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Bumrah keeps probing with a fuller length around off, Root does well to defend it right near his front pad. |
| 95.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Dishes out a fuller length ball on off, Root pushes it back defensively to the bowler. Bumrah doesn't collect it cleanly as he tries to mime a throw at the batsman. |
| 95.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Gets behind the line of the delivery to defend. But it possibly takes the bottom half of his blade and rolls behind. Root immediately turns to disallow the ball from going onto the stumps. |
| 96.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, A flatter and shorter slider on middle, Stokes punches it down to mid on. |
| 96.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Fullish and around off, Stokes pushes it off his front foot to covers. |
| 96.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, A touch short again, landing around off and turning away, Stokes stays back and keeps his bat away as the ball spins past. |
| 96.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 96.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Loopy and full around off, Stokes lunges and defends it back. |
| 96.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Once again Ashwin bowls a fuller length ball on off, Stokes happily defends it back to the bowler. |
| 97.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Good length delivery outside off, Root stays back and defends it down towards point. |
| 97.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller in length and close to off, Root is behind the line as he defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Ishant has replaced Bumrah here and would like to maintain the same pressure from this end. |
| 97.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Serves a good length delivery outside off, Root stays rooted to the crease and allows it through to the keeper. |
| 97.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Shout for an lbw! Not given. Ishant spears in a very full ball on middle and leg, a hint of swing, Root fails to flick and is hit on the pads. A strong appeal follows but it appears to be sliding down the leg side. No review taken by India and rightly so. |
| 97.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 97.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Ishant probes with a length ball on off, Root stays back-footed and defends it solidly. Holds his pose and then checks where he ended up playing that shot. |
| 98.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Fuller and on off, Stokes sweeps it across the line but doesn't get it away from the middle of the bat. Ends up dragging it to the right of short fine leg for a run. |
| 98.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Fuller and on off, Root flicks it on the leg side, finds short mid-wicket. |
| 98.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated and full on off, Joe drives it back to the bowler. |
| 98.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Loopy delivery, landing full on middle Root flicks it past the diving short mid-wicket fielder for a run. |
| 98.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flatter and a touch shorter on off, Stokes goes on the back foot and defends. |
| 98.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, That's a brave leave! Ashwin hurls across another slider, this time outside off, Stokes decides to offer no shot. It skids back in a shade and goes perilously close past the off pole. |
| 99.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Edgy! Good length ball on off, Root stays back to push it through the line but it takes the inner edge and rolls to square leg for a run. The slowness of the surface possibly coming into play. |
| 99.2 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Ishant, as expected, switches to 'round the wicket for the left-hander. He delivers a full ball on off, Stokes defends it to the off side. |
| 99.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Fullish and on off, Stokes drives it back to the bowler. |
| 99.4 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, A length ball is angled into the batsman, around off, Stokes walks across and defends it towards mid off. |
| 99.5 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, On a length and close to off, Stokes pushes it defensively down the ground and spots an opportunity to rotate the strike. He completes the run with ease as the mid on fielder stops the ball with his boot. |
| 99.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, No run, Beaten! Lovely delivery, angling in around off and then nipping away a bit, Root feels for it inside the line and misses. We are done with 100 overs and England are 284/3! |
| 100.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Quicker delivery, short and on middle, Stokes goes back and defends it to the leg side. |
| 100.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, A touch short and outside off, Stokes cuts it but finds the extra cover fielder. Wasn't middled well. |
| 100.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Here comes the slog sweep! Full and floated landing on middle, spinning away very slightly, Stokes goes down on one knee and slogs it over square leg for a boundary. |
| 100.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Ashwin pulls his length back and bowls it quicker on middle, Ben works it off his pads in front of square leg for a run. |
| 100.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Loopy and full around off, Root presses forward and defends it back. |
| 100.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Fullish and down the leg side, it's swept on line down to long leg for one. |
| 101.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller and on off, Root decides to defend it from the comfort of his crease. |
| 101.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Good length delivery just outside off, Root is on the back foot as he defends it to covers. |
| 101.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Big shout for an lbw! Once again the umpire shakes his head. Going down. Ishant arrows in a fuller length delivery on middle and leg, Root fails to flick and is pinged on the pads. The appeal is not entertained by the umpire. This has happened for the second time in the last two overs of Sharma. Root needs to be careful while trying to execute that shot. |
| 101.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Around off on a length, Root stays back and defends it to the off side. |
| 101.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Outside off, tapped down from the back foot to gully. |
| 101.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Pitches it up and around off, Root keeps it out safely towards covers. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to bowl now as India's search for the first wicket this morning continues. |
| 102.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Straightaway Stokes plays the reverse-batted shot. Full and around off, Ben reverse sweeps but finds point. |
| 102.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Flatter delivery, around middle and staying low, Stokes goes back and does well to defend it. |
| 102.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Tossed up ball around off, a bit on the shorter side, Root chooses to defend it from the back foot to the off side. |
| 102.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Fuller and on middle, Ben uses his wrists and flicks it in front of square leg for a run. |
| 102.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Root goes down on one knee, fetches a full ball from outside off and sweeps it through square leg. Ishant rushes across to his left from fine leg, puts in a slide to stop the ball but then it clips his back leg and rolls to the fence. Good effort but in vain. |
| 102.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, That is defended solidly off the front foot. An ordinary first over by Shahbaz. |
| 103.1 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Shot! Fuller length ball on middle and leg, Stokes leans forward and across before whipping it off his pads through wide mid on. The fielder chases it but fails to pull it back. |
| 103.2 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Big Ben! 300 comes up for England. Ishant overcorrects his line and bowls it fuller around off, Stokes leans into the drive and thumps it through covers. |
| 103.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Fullish and on off, Stokes gets forward and pushes it down to mid on. |
| 103.4 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Miscued shot! Fuller length delivery outside off, Stokes tries to drive it through the line but it takes the inner half of his blade and rolls to mid on. |
| 103.5 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Too full and around off, Stokes brings down a straight bat in defense. |
| 103.6 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Once again Stokes is solidly behind the line of a length ball and defends it back. |
| Drinks break. A fantastic first hour for England. Both Joe Root and Ben Stokes were largely untroubled as India tried hard to create a breakthrough. Both the Englishmen played some attractive shots and looked at ease. For India, the highlight was the toe-crusher by Bumrah which Stokes somehow managed to dig out. Apart from that, a few deliveries have gripped and turned but nothing threatening to make the batsmen think. 40 runs have come so far in the morning and England are comfortably placed at |
| 104.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Landed outside off, staying low, pushed towards cover. |
| 104.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Fuller, around off, driven through the covers for a single. |
| 104.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Improvising a little bit. That is what he is known for. Full and around middle, Stokes gets down and laps it over leg slip. Two runs taken. |
| 104.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Outside off, slow turn in, dabbed to first slip. |
| 104.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Short and around off, worked through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 104.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short and outside off, punched through the covers for one. |
| Change of ends for R Ashwin. 30-3-84-1 so far. |
| 105.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short and around off, punched back to the bowler. |
| 105.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and around off, well defended. |
| 105.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Slower through the air, shorter, defended to the off side. |
| 105.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around off, punched down to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 105.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Short, around middle, worked straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 105.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Outside off, punched towards cover for one. Stokes moves to 30 from 49 balls. |
| 106.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Landed outside off, spinning in, defended out. |
| 106.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, Stokes reaches out and sweeps it, off the top edge, towards fine leg. No one there for the catch. A single taken. |
| 106.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and around middle, pushed back to the bowler.. |
| 106.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, This is outside off, eased towards cover. |
| 106.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Landed outside off, spinning in, pushed towards mid off. Wants a single but then changes his mind. |
| 106.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and outside off, Root looks to drive but gets an edge. Well wide of cover. A run taken. |
| 107.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Landed outside off, spinning in, Root goes back and punches it towards point for a single. 50-RUN STAND COMES UP! |
| 107.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Quicker one on middle, well defended. |
| 107.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Landed aound leg, Stokes looks to play the reverse sweep but finds point. |
| 107.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, India lose a review. Full and around off, Ben looked to play the reverse sweep. He missed and to the naked eye, it seemed like it lobbed off the glove, well wide of slip. Ashwin appealed for LBW, but there was no conviction. Strangely, Kohli went for the review. The first replay confirms it was glove. India lose a reviw but one feels it was tactical, just to slow things a bit. |
| 107.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Full and around off, pushed towards mid off. |
| 107.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Around off, defended from the crease. |
| 108.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and around off, pushed towards cover. |
| Review time again! This looks a lot close. The umpire has not given Root out and replay seems to suggest that it is going straight on. Here comes Ball Tracker. Bouncing over the leg stump! |
| 108.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Unfortunate for India. It never looked like going over. Full and around middle, Root lunged to defend but missed and was hit on the pads. Nadeem appealed but the umpire was firm. Kohli had a chat with Pant and one feels he says it might have gone over. Kohli goes for the review though. Ball Tracker shows the ball to be going over leg stump. Another review gone. |
| 108.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and outside off, swept to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 108.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Landed outside off, spinning in, worked towards short leg. |
| 108.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Ahh.... outside off, short in length, Stokes goes back, looks to cut but misses. The ball suddenly rears up, takes the gloove but falls safely down the leg side. |
| 108.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Spin from outside off again, Ben looks to work it to the leg side but misses and is hit on the thigh. |
| 81.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Outside off on a good length, Root shoulders arms to this one. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Outside off, pushed towards cover for a single. |
| 109.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Landed outside off, slightly squared up, pushed towards point. |
| 109.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, DROPPED! Tough chance. Full and outside off, Stokes jumps out and looks to go over mid on. However, the ball lands on he rough and spins in. Hence, the leading edge is induced. It goes to the right of Ashwin who is moving to his left and hence, cannot quite react quickly enough. The ball bursts through his fingers and a single is taken. |
| 109.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and outside off, watchfully defended. |
| 109.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around off, easd towards cover. |
| 109.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around off, spinning in, worked straight to square leg. |
| 110.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Full and outside ff, Stokes looks to sweep but misses and is hit on the pads. Huge LBW shout but impact outside off. |
| 110.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, ANOTHER DROP! But a fabulous effort from Cheteshwar Pujara. Full and wide outside off, Stokes reaches out and plays a full-blooded sweep. The ball is flat and Pujara flings himself to his left at mid-wicket. He goes one-handed but the ball just bursts through. Two runs taken. |
| 110.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Around off, eked out towards point for a single. |
| 110.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, 150 FOR THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN! Another stunning innings. Gets there with a gentle push towards point. |
| 110.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Outside off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 110.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, SIX! CLOBBERED! Stokes is not going to hang around. Especially with the pitch starting to play tricks now. Full and outside off, Ben gets under this and slog sweeps this massively over mid-wicket. The stand moves to 63 and BS moves to 41. |
| 111.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and around off, worked wide of mid on, to his right, for a single. |
| 111.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| 111.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Oohhh... looks to whip this one, but gets a leading edge towards mid off. |
| 111.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, watchfully blocked out this time. |
| 111.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around off, watchfully defended. |
| 111.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, RUN OUT CHANCE, MISSED! Around off, Stokes works this towards the left of square leg and sets off for a single. Root is gone for all money but the fielder throws it well wide of Pant, to his right and Joe gets in! |
| 112.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Landed outside off, slow turn, Stokes looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. |
| 112.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, FOUR! What a shot. High degree of risk, but Stokes plays that so well. Full and around off, Ben goes down, reaches out and reverse sweeps it over point! |
| 112.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries and that's 50 FOR BEN STOKES. Very important for England. They cannot be an Australia and rely only one one man. The others need to chip in. Full and around leg, Ben reverse sweeps this along the carpet this time, through point. |
| 112.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Around off, BS goes back to defend. |
| 112.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Fuller, around off, defended from the crease again. |
| 112.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, And another action replay. |
| 113.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and around off, Root lunges and flicks it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 113.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Outside off, spinning in, punched through the covers for a single. |
| 113.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Landed outside off, slower through the air, Stokes goes back and defends. |
| 113.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Quicker through the air this time, watchfully blocked from the back foot. |
| 113.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Tossed up, outsideoff, a touch wide, Ben reaches out and clobbers an off drive but straight to Shahbaz Nadeem at mid off. |
| 113.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Shorter, around middle, blocked in front of short leg. |
| Washington Sundar to bowl now. 12-0-55-0 so far. |
| 114.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Shorter, around off, worked to the leg side. |
| 114.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Fuller, outside off, tossed up, watchfully defended. |
| 114.3 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Full again, outside off, swept hard but straight to square leg. |
| 114.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Ooh... that kicked up. Short, outside off, Root goes back to flick but the ball suddenly rears up, makes Joe lose control of his bat and hits him on the gloves. Root smiles because England are 337/3. But the pitch is starting to play tricks. |
| 114.5 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Comes down the track now and works it wide of mid on for a single. |
| 114.6 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, Around middle, helped towards short mid-wicket. |
| 115.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, A length ball, around off, helped wide of mid on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Finally. Pace is back. Jasprit Bumrah it is, 22-4-49-2 so far. 15 minutes to go to Lunch. |
| 115.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, A length ball, around off, coming in, watchfully tucked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 115.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Full and around middle, towards short mid-wicket. |
| 115.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, driven towards mid off. |
| 115.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Around middle, nudged towards square leg for a single. |
| 115.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Ripper of a delivery! But exceedingly well played as well. This is why Bumrah is so dangerous. He is not about inswingers or outswingers. He fires a yorker, just around off. But Root is watching the ball like a hawk and digs it out perfectly. Excellent cricket all around. |
| 116.1 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, Around middle, pushed towards the bowler. |
| 116.2 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, Fuller, around leg, pushed towards Sundar again. |
| 116.3 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, Outside off, worked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 116.4 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Not quite of the middle of the bat but Stokes gets a boundary. Full and outside off, Ben looks to put the pressure and gets down to play the slog sweep. Gets it off the toe end of the bat but bisects md-wicket and mid on. The stand moves to 81. |
| 116.5 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, Around off, slower through the air, watchfully defended. |
| 116.6 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Goes again and gets away with it again. Full and around off, Stokes plays another sweep, again he cannot get it off the middle of the bat, ends up dragging it, but it is in the gap between mid-wicket and mid on. |
| 117.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Landed outside off, dabbed towards gully. |
| 117.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Angled in from outside off, pushed towards cover for a single. The best seat in the house right now. That is what Joe Root is saying to Ben Stokes. I will get to the other end and watch the fun while you bat. |
| 117.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, very close to the sticks, left alone. Risky. |
| 117.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Third boundary in the last five balls for Stokes. Full and around middle, Ben just works it through mid-wicket and gets a boundary. It is not a bad ball, as if he misses, he is gone LBW. But he connects. Moves to 63 and takes the partnership to 90. |
| 117.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Around off, watchfully defended. |
| 117.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Full and around off, BS drives it towards mid off. That will be the end of the over. Or not. Because the umpire has his right hand stretched out. He has been informed by his partner upstairs that Bumrah has overstepped. So we will have another ball. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Goes for the yorker, but dishes out a low full toss on middle, Stokes pushes it towards mid on. |
| Should be the last over before Lunch. |
| 118.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Tossed up, outside off, driven straight to cover. |
| 118.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Fuller, around off, watchfully defended. |
| 118.3 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Leans, works this towards Rohit Sharma at deep mid on and sets off for a single. But Stokes sends him back immediately. That was hit powerfully. England don't want a mix up right now. |
| 118.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Gets the single this time. Goes back, converts the length into a short one and punches it through cover. |
| 118.5 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, Fuller, around leg, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 118.6 : Washington Sundar to Ben Stokes, Slower delivery to finish. On the pads, watchfully blocked out. LUNCH ON DAY 2! |
| Another excellent session for England. 92 runs in 29.3 overs and crucially, no wickets lost. There were a couple of half-chances but India could not quite grab those. Root has played beautifully, carrying on from last night while Ben Stokes has taken a lot of pressure of his skipper. The duo is involved in a stand of 92, of which, Stokes has 63. He has counter-attacked the bowlers, especially the spinners, not allowing any one of Ashwin, Nadeem or Sundar to settle. He made use of the inexperienc |
| India have not bowled poorly but things have not gone their way. The good balls have not resulted in wickets, the chances have either not gone to hand or not been taken while fractionally bad balls have been punished. In fact, they have bowled way better than yesterday and the pitch is aiding them too. This is where England will be very happy. They would want the pitch to behave indifferently because they are past 350 now. India are the ones to bat last on this wicket and the English spinners wi |
| How do India get wickets? Well, with the pitch starting to play tricks, it really is going to be a matter of time. Once this partnership is broken, they can actually burst through the middle order. Having said that, Ben Stokes' innings could be the game-changer on this deck. Add to it, if Jos Buttler takes a cue from him, it will be a bit difficult for India to combat. Join us back at 12.10 pm local (0640 GMT) for the second session. |
| ... Day 2, Session 2 ... |
| We are back for the afternoon session! The Indian players are out in the middle and so are the England batters, Joe Root and Ben Stokes who will resume their innings. Root will face the first ball after the break and he will be facing Ishant Sharma. Here we go... |
| 119.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Starts off with a back of a length delivery on off, Root plays it to gully. |
| 119.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Leg bye! First run of this session corutesy an extra! On the pads, Root looks to flick but misses. It hits the pad and rolls on the leg side. Leg bye taken. |
| 119.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Well wide outside off, swings away further. Left alone. |
| 119.4 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Length and outside off, Stokes does not fiddle with it. |
| 119.5 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Stokes walks down the track to negotiate the swing. It does work for him as Ishant shortens his length. It is worked towards square leg for one. |
| 119.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Back of a length and on off, Root stands tall and plays it onto the gronud. A tidy start by Ishant. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to bowl from the other end! |
| 120.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Starts off with one on the pads, Stokes works it to backward square leg. |
| 120.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, This lands outside off, in the rough. Stokes looks to reverse sweep it by moving outside the line of off. He misses as there is extra bounce and is hit on the body. |
| 120.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, A little too short this time, it is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 120.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Too short and put away! Someone who is batting on above 150 won't miss out. This is short and wide outside off, Root guides it through point and bags a boundary. |
| 120.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Better! On middle, nicely tossed up. Root blocks it. |
| 120.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, A single to end! This is angled into the pads, Root works it through square leg for one. The century stand is up between the two. |
| 121.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Back of a length and on off, Root stays back and defends it onto the ground. |
| 121.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, On the stumps, this is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 121.3 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, On middle, Root pushes it to mid on. Too easy at the moment, there is swing for Ishant but it is coming off the wicket really slowly. |
| 121.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Lands it on a length around off, Root pushes it to covers. |
| 121.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller and on off, Root hits it back towards the bowler. Ishant does well to get down and get a hand to it. He takes some pace off the ball and hence, only two as mid off does the mopping up job. |
| 121.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Back of a length and on off, Root stays back and defends it. |
| 122.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Dropped around off, spinning in, way too short, Stokes has ample time to rock back and pull it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 122.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 122.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Around off, Root goes back and pushes it towards point. |
| 122.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Fuller, around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 122.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Dropped short, outside off, Joe goes back and pulls it to the right of Jasprit Bumrah at long on for a run. |
| 122.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, SIX! CLOBBERED! That is the way he plays. We have seen Ben Stokes come under pressure while playing spinners outside his off stump but his way to counter that is by being attacking. So far, it has been working for him. Flighted, wide outside off, Ben comes down the track. Gets to the pitch of the ball and plays it with the spin over long on. The stand moves to 110 and BS has scored 72 of those. |
| 123.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 122.6 : Jasprit Bumrah is back on. 24-4-57-2 so far. |
| 123.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Gets across and nudges this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 123.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Full and just outside off, watchfully defended towards short mid-wicket. |
| 123.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Not a bad idea, but not the greatest execution. Bumrah goes for the slower yorker, rolling his fingers over the ball. But it turns out to be a low full toss. It is on the stumps and Stokes is watchful. This is very important. Even though he is counter-attacking and has reached the 70s, he is not slogging wildly. Waits for the ball, spots it till the last moment and flicks it between mid on and mid-wicket. |
| 123.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Short and outside off, seaming away, Ben looks to pull but misses. Both batsman and bowler smile. |
| 123.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 124.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Landed outside off, Root goes back and pushes it behind point for a single. |
| 124.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, Stokes looks to play the reverse sweep but misses. Is hit on the pads and the ball lobs to square leg. 'JO KARNA HAI KARNE DO, HUM UDHAR HI DAALENGE, ' chides Pant. Meaning, 'Let them do what they want, we will bowl there only.' He is doing an excellent job to keep the Indian spirits high. |
| 124.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Landed outside off, Ben punches it through the covers and runs very well for the second. But great understanding from Rishabh Pant. He sees a tired Ishant Sharma at the cover boundary, so himself goes after the ball. |
| 124.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, Full and around off, pushed towards cover for a single. |
| 124.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Brilliant batting. Root plays this against the spin, with soft hands, nurdles this through mid-wicket and even in this heat, runs back for the second. The stand moves to 121. |
| 124.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and around off, smothered out. |
| 125.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Landed outside off, Stokes angles this behind point. Shahbaz Nadeem goes after it, slides near the boundary and keeps the batsmen to a couple. Stokes moves to 81 now. |
| 125.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Around off, watchfully defended. |
| 125.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Angling away, on a length, pushed towards backward point. |
| 125.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ben Stokes, Outside off, steered behind point for a single. |
| 125.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Full and down the leg side, Root misses his flick. Rishabh Pant dives full stretch to his left to stop that. |
| 125.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Landed outside off, a bouncer, Root sways away. |
| 126.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ben Stokes, OUT! CAUGHT! Stop the press. India have taken a wicket at last. Is this the one to open the floodgates? And even this one was nearly dropped. Full and around off, Stokes continues his counter-attacking style and goes for the slog sweep. Connects well but perhaps, gets more height than he would have liked. The distance is not there. Cheteshwar Pujara is stationed at deep backward square leg and it is a regulation catch. He takes it, but oops, fumbles. Luckily |
| 0.0 : Ollie Pope walks in at number 6, replacing Stokes. With the pitch turning, this will be a test of his character. |
| 126.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 126.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Turns this towards backward square leg for a single. |
| 126.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Full and around middle, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 126.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Pope opens his account with a streaky boundary. Short and outside off, Ollie rocks back to cut but the extra bounce induces an outside edge. It flies in the air, but is well wide of Cheteshwar Pujara at backward point, to his left. |
| 126.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Full and around off, Ollie looks to drive but gets it off the inner half of the bat back to the bowler. |
| 127.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, A short ball, outside off, left alone. |
| 127.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Around off, Root gets across and nudges this through square leg for a single. The skipper moves to 170. |
| 127.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Landed outside leg, Pope misses his flick. |
| 127.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Length and around off, Pope guides it to point. |
| 127.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, That is a jaffa. On a good length, outside off, Ollie looks to defend. But the ball straightens and squares him up. Beats him and goes off something to the keeper. There is an unconvincing appeal for the catch but the umpire shakes his head. That went off the pad. |
| 127.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Full and around off, OP drives it towards mid off. |
| 128.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, The arm ball, around off, Root goes back and punches it to the off side. |
| 128.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Slower through the air this time. Fuller, round off, Joe lunges to defend. |
| 128.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Down the leg side, easy picking for the skipper as he goes back and nudges this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 128.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Slower through the air, outside off, Pope exhibits a good forward defense. |
| 128.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, There comes the arm ball again, on middle, once more Ollie is solid in defending. |
| 128.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Ugly. Full and outside off, Pope reaches out, looks to sweep but misses. Nearly loses his balance. |
| Ishant Sharma returns. 21-5-40-0 so far. |
| 129.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Full and around middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 129.2 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, On a length, around middle, worked towards square leg. |
| 129.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Goes for the yorker now, taking a cue from Bumrah, but Pope is upto it. Takes it on the full and flicks it towards mid-wicket. There is a hint of reverse visible. |
| 129.4 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Outside off, on a length, Ollie shoulders arms. |
| 129.5 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Full and straight, OP wrists it away but cannot beat short mid-wicket. |
| 129.6 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Fuller again, on middle, flicked towards short mid-wicket once more. |
| 130.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Landed outside off, spinning away, punched through the covers for a single. |
| 130.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Short and outside off, slow away turn, Pope misses out. Cuts it straight to point. |
| 130.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Fuller, a dart, around middle, blocked off the front foot. Another no ball, called by the third umpire. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Full again, but this is slower. Ollie looks to drive it through the covers but the ball pitches, turns in, takes the inside edge and goes to fine leg. A single taken. |
| 130.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and straight, comfortably swept to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 130.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Jumps out of the crease, is not quite to the pitch of the ball but manages to defend. |
| 130.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Better. Comes forward and defends watchfully. |
| 131.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, A short ball, but wayward. Down the leg side. Root gets across and moves out of the way. |
| 131.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, A short ball, outside off, Root goes back and comfortably pulls it all along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single. 400 UP FOR ENGLAND. Something that Chris Silverwood wanted, England's head coach, when he took over - that England make 400 more often. It need not necessarily be a match-winning score but more often than not, it puts you in a dominant position. |
| 131.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Around middle, worked towards square leg. |
| 131.4 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Fuller, outside off, swinging away, driven towards mid off. |
| 131.5 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Fuller, around middle, flicked towards mid-wicket. Short mid-wicket gets across, looks to stop but fumbles and lets it through. Pope looks for the single but there is mid-wicket mopping up. But that lackadaisical effort has not gone unnoticed. 'C'MON BHAI!' yells Pant. The response is an apology from the fielder. |
| 131.6 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Around off, watchfully defended. |
| DRINKS BREAK. India have managed to dismiss Ben Stokes but England continue to march on. They have touched 400 and will aim to get another 100. Of course, that is easier said than done. The ball is reversing, the pitch is offering turn and run scoring ain't going to be easy. India are allowing Joe Root to solider on and focusing on his partners. Ben Stokes played a blinder but Ollie Pope is not quite enjoying the conditions out there. On such pitches, you can never rule out a collapse. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin is back on. 35-3-92-1 so far. |
| 132.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Landed outside off, Root goes back and defends. |
| 132.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Comes down the track and nurdles it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 132.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Fuller, around off, solidly defended off the front foot. |
| 132.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, A dart, around middle, Root is quick to go back and defend. |
| 132.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Steps out but this time slightly late, he works it through mid-wicket and keeps strike for the next over. |
| 132.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Shorter, pushed towards mid on. |
| 133.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Around off, Root stays leg side of the ball and pushes it towards cover for a single. |
| 0.0 : Spin from both ends. Washington Sundar inserted. 15-0-65-0 so far. A much bigger test for him and England clearly have targetted him. |
| 133.2 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Full and around off, flicked straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 133.3 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Around off, flicked towards short mid-wicket again. |
| 133.4 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Hat-trick of balls, played out to the leg side. |
| 133.5 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Full and around off, the reverse sweep comes out, towards point, for a single. |
| 133.6 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 134.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Full and around middle, darted in, worked to the leg side. |
| 134.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Around middle, pushed back. |
| 134.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Tosses it up now. Pope blocks it. |
| 134.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Continues to bowl the middle and leg line, Pope finds the fielder at square leg |
| 134.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Down the leg side, helped past short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 134.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 135.2 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, A dart, around middle, Ollie keeps it out watchfully. |
| 135.1 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Tossed up, outside off, Pope lunges to defend. |
| 135.3 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, On middle, OP goes back and tucks it to the leg side. |
| 135.4 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Full and around off, Pope comes forward and defends. |
| 135.5 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Shortish, around middle, worked towards short leg. |
| 135.6 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Around middle, pushed to the leg side. First maiden for Washington Sundar in this innings. Good time to gain his confidence back, with a new batsman at the crease, looking tentative. |
| 136.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and around off, Root plays that as late as possible, getting his bat down at the last moment to defend. |
| 136.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! CLUBBED! A partner killer. Full and outside off, Root jumps down the track and hammers it straight back. Nearly takes Pope out of the way, who has to get down in a hurry. The ball races to the long on fence. Root moves to 181. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and outside off, slower through the air, the skipper looks to defend but the ball spins in, bounces, takes the inside edge, hits the body and drops down. |
| 136.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around off, worked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 136.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Full and around middle, pushed towards the bowler. |
| 136.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 136.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Mix up, but safe! Full and around midddle, Root goes back and works it to the leg side. Pope is late to respond but the single is eventually completed with ease. |
| 137.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Another single as this is worked through mid-wicket. |
| 137.2 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, FOUR! 'You could have done better, Ash', chides Pant. Full and around middle, Pope comes down the track and hits it straight back. Ashwin makes a laboured effort to his left at mid on but cannot stop it. The ball races to the long on fence. |
| 137.3 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Continues to bowl it around off, Pope blocks it. |
| 137.4 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, A little flatter and on off, Ollie stays back and defends it. |
| 137.5 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, On the stumps once again, Pope has enough time to play this off the back foot and onto the ground. |
| 137.6 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Ollie uses his feet now, does not get to the pitch of it but adjusts and works it well with the turn to mid-wicket. |
| 138.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around off, Root goes back and pushes it towards cover for a single. |
| 138.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Around off, watchfully defended. |
| 138.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Confusion but safe! In the last few minutes, Pope and Root have been making some confusing calls. This time, Pope works it through mid-wicket and calls for a single. He is halfway down the track but Root calmly sends him back. Pope gets in with a dive but both batsmen were ball-watching. |
| 138.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, On middle and leg, defended back. |
| 138.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Works this straight to squre leg. |
| 138.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Pope survives a review from India! And with that, the hosts have exhausted all their reviews for this innings. Full and around leg, Ollie looked to sweep. The ball lobbed off something to Ajinkya Rahane at somewhere around leg gully. India appeal for the catch but nothing from umpire or even Ajinkya Rahane. Yet, Kohli goes for the review. Ball Tracker shows no spike when the ball passes the bat or glove. They check for the LBW but Ball Tracker is showing |
| 139.1 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, FOUR! Cheeky from Root. Quick delivery, outside off, Joe takes it on the full and reverse sweeps it to third man. Gets past Inzamam-ul-Haq in the list of leading run getters in Test cricket. The stand moves to 33. |
| 139.2 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Full and around off, driven through the covers for a single. |
| 139.3 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Comes down and flicks it owards long on for a run. |
| 139.6 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 139.4 : Washington Sundar to Joe Root, Action replay of the previous delivery. |
| 139.5 : Washington Sundar to Ollie Pope, Outside off, pushed through cover for a single. |
| 140.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Full and around middle, worked towards square leg. |
| 140.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Rotation of strike. Goes back and pushes it towards cover for a single. |
| 140.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Around middle, stubbornly defended. |
| 140.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Landed outside leg, Root reverse sweeps it towards backward point. Quick single taken. |
| 140.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Outsie off, Pope leans and pushes it towards cover for a run. The stand moves to 40. |
| 140.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short and around middle, the skipper pulls it through mid-wicket where Ajinky Rahane does well to get across to his right to keep the batsmen to a single. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem returns. 32-3-130-1 so far. |
| 141.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short, outside off, Root goes back and punches it towards backward point for another quick single. |
| 141.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Short and wide outside off, slapped to deep point for a run. |
| 141.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Around middle, worked through square leg for one. |
| 141.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Full and around off, well defended. |
| 141.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Short and outside off, cut straight to backward point. |
| 141.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Massive, massive shout for LBW. Not given and India do not have any review left. Full and around off, Pope lunged to defend but the ball went on with the arm and hit him on the pads. To the naked eye, it seemed like an inside edge. Yes, replay confirms. |
| 142.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Outside off, reverse paddled to short third man for a single. |
| 142.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, The conventional sweep now, towards square leg in the deep for a run. |
| 142.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, SIX! What a way to get to your 200! Three of his last 4 hundreds have been doubled. Is Graham Gooch happy with daddy hundreds? Someone is finally listening to him. Full and around middle, Root comes down the track and sends it sailing over long on. The helmet is off and a big smile flashes across. What a knock. Superb. |
| 142.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Comes down the track and works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 142.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Around off, worked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 142.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Around middle, Pope comes down the track and defends. |
| 143.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short and outside off, cut towards point for a single. |
| 143.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Short and outside off, cut towards point. |
| 143.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Outside off, cut straight to point. |
| 143.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Lucky! Full and outside off, Pope gets down to play the paddle but misses. The ball takes the inside edge, misses the off stump and beats Pant! A couple taken. |
| 143.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Well, he goes for the paddle again. Connects properly this time, for a single to fine leg. |
| 143.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Sliding on with the arm, pushed towards square leg. |
| Oye! Rohit Sharma into the attack. |
| 144.1 : Rohit Sharma to Joe Root, Low full toss, outside off, pushed towards long on for a single. |
| 144.2 : Rohit Sharma to Ollie Pope, Full and around off, pushed towards mid on. |
| 144.3 : Rohit Sharma to Ollie Pope, Floated wide outside off, Pope reaches out and drives it towards long off for a run. The stand moves to 60. |
| 144.4 : Rohit Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller, around middle, wristed towards short mid-wicket. |
| 144.5 : Rohit Sharma to Joe Root, Shorter, outside leg, Root goes back and works it through square leg for one. |
| 144.6 : Rohit Sharma to Ollie Pope, Nicely bowled. Bit of loop outside off, OP goes back and punches it through the covers for another single. |
| 145.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Landed outside off, spinning away, left alone. |
| 145.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, 450 UP FOR ENGLAND. Short and outside off, Pope rocks back and cuts it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 145.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, The arm ball, around middle, Root goes back and defends. |
| 145.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Fired through, on middle, pushed back again. |
| 145.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Outside off, a bit of a loop, outside off, let through. |
| 145.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Full and outside off, Root lunges, has to fetch it, looks to play the sweep, miscues it, gets a top edge but it does not carry to deep mid-wicket. A run taken. |
| 146.1 : Rohit Sharma to Joe Root, Tossed up, outside off, driven through the covers for a single. |
| 146.2 : Rohit Sharma to Ollie Pope, Around off, spinning in, Pope stays back and works it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 146.3 : Rohit Sharma to Ollie Pope, More flight, outside off, Ollie jumps out, but is not quite to the pitch of the ball. Defends. |
| 146.4 : Rohit Sharma to Ollie Pope, Around off, nudged to the leg side. |
| 146.5 : Rohit Sharma to Ollie Pope, Short and outside off, slapped towards sweeper cover for a single. |
| 146.6 : Rohit Sharma to Joe Root, Looped up, outside off, pushed down to long on for a run. TEA ON DAY 2! |
| It has been 4 fruitless sessions for India, out of the 5 to have taken place. Fruitless need not necessarily mean wicketless but in the context of the game, that adjective is used. 99 runs in 28 overs in this session, for the scalp of Ben Stokes. England are marching on. |
| Tired bodies from India but they are doing well to maintain their smile. They have been out there for 147 overs and have really toiled. The afternoon session cannot be put down to lack of effort but nothing seems to be going their way, On a spinning track, the spin trio of Ashwin, Nadeem and Sundar have picked up 2 wickets but the economy rate is nearly 3.5 an over. That is the worry. India have tried to dry up the runs but England's patience has been supreme. |
| Stand up and applaud for Joe Root. He has batted nearly 5 sessions but still looks fresh. He continues to solider on but also is able to get partnerships around him. Ben Stokes played a blinder while Pope is struggling. But still, England have added 291 runs so far through the last three partnerships. Back-to-back century stands and this one is worth 67 as of now. Clearly, they are looking to bat India out of the game. Will they look to declare this evening? Only time will tell. 33 overs left in |
| ... Day 2, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the third and final session of the day! 33 overs left! The Indian players make their way out to the middle. Joe Root and Ollie Pope follow them. We might just see then up the ante in this session. Jasprit Bumrah to begin for India. Here we go... |
| 147.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Starts off with what seemed like a slower one on middle, Root defends it. |
| 147.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Back of a length and on off, Root defends it. The siren goes on which means it is another no ball! |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good timing! Shorter and around off, Root pushes it through covers. It is away from the fielder in the deep. Two taken. |
| 147.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length and outside off, Root leaves it alone. No carry at for Bumrah. |
| 147.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, One more length delivery on off, Root is solid in defense. |
| 147.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Outside off, Root plays it late but to point. |
| 147.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Root keeps strike now as he pushes this ball on off through point for one. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl from the other end! |
| 148.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flatter and on middle, Root works it on the leg side. |
| 148.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Quicker and on middle, this is defended. |
| 148.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On middle, Root works it to mid-wicket. |
| 148.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, A single now as this is pushed down to long on. |
| 148.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Slower through the air and on off, Pope blocks it out. |
| 148.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, On the pads to end, Pope works it to mid-wicket. |
| 149.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, On middle, this is worked towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 149.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, EDGY FOUR! England won't mind how they come as long as they do! This is on a length and outside off, Pope looks to drive it on the up but it goes through the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 149.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Really well fielded by Ashwin! On middle, Pope pushes it firmly towards mid on. Ashwin there runs to his left, dives and stops it. |
| 149.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Very full and on middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 149.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Fuller and on middle, Root pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 149.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, On the off pole, Root stands back and keeps it out onto the ground. |
| 150.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, On middle, Pope works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 150.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Very nicely played! This is slow and tossed up outside off, Pope plays the reverse sweep, just uses the pace of the bowler and hits it through short third man for two. |
| 150.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Top edge but safe! This is floated up on off, Pope looks to sweep but gets a top edge. It goes over the keeper who has no idea where the ball is and towards third man for two. |
| 150.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, On middle, this is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 150.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Tossed up on the stumps, Pope works it to mid-wicket. |
| 150.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Another one on the pads, Pope nudges it on the leg side. |
| Shahbaaz Nadeem is back on! |
| 151.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flatter and on middle, this is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 151.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, A little too full, this is eased down to long off for one. |
| 151.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Slightly shorter, this one stays a touch low. Pope cuts it through point for one. |
| 151.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, One more single! On middle, Root works it towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 151.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Quicker and on middle, Pope pushes it to covers. |
| 151.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Fuller this time, gives it more air. Pope strokes it to covers. |
| 152.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On middle, Root goes back and works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 152.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, OUT! LBW! That is as plumb as it gets! Pope's scratchy innings comes to an end! He just never got going and seemed like struggling throughout. Ashwin gets his second. The carom ball does the trick for him. It lands on middle and then straightens a touch. Pope ends up playing down the wrong line and is hit on the pad. An appeal and the finger is raised. Pope does not review and rightly so. |
| Jos Buttler walks out to bat! It will be interesting to see his approach. |
| 152.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Just short! This is brilliantly bowled! Ashwin gives it a lot of flight, slows it up outside off. Buttler is early into the drive. He is early because of the slowness of the surface. It goes off the inner half. It goes uppishly but lands just short of Gill who dived forward. He fails to stop it and a single is taken. |
| 152.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On off, blocked. |
| 152.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Another one tossed up nicely and it lands on off, Root keeps it out. |
| 152.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Another dot to end! On middle, Root blocks it onto the ground. |
| 153.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Flatter and on middle, this is pushed to the right of the bowler. |
| 153.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Close! Goes back to a delivery which he should be forward to. Buttler looks to defend but it goes off the inner half through mid-wicket for one. |
| 153.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, On the shortish side outside off, this is pushed through covers for one. |
| 153.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Angled into the pads, this is nudged around the corner for one. |
| 153.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Fires it on off, Root guides it to point. |
| Root has been given out LBW! He reviews straightaway! He feels it is going down leg. |
| 153.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, OUT! Three reds and Root's fine, fine innings comes to an end! Handshakes from a few Indian players as he walks back towards the pavillion! End of a marathon innings! Nadeem though gets his second. This is lands on middle and then straightens just a touch. Root looks to work it on the leg side but misses. It hits the front pad. An appeal and the finger is raised. Root reviews immediately and signals that he feels it is going down with the angle. Ball Tracker sh |
| 154.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Floats it up on off, Buttler defends it onto the ground. |
| 154.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, On off, this is defended. |
| 154.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Angled into the pads, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 154.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Tosses it up on middle, Bess flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 154.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, On middle again, Bess nudges it to short leg. |
| 154.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Slower through the air on middle, Bess lets it come to him and then works it to mid-wicket. |
| 155.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, On off, this is pushed to covers. |
| 155.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Solid! On the stumps, Buttler lunges and keeps it out nicely. |
| 155.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, On the off pole, Jos pushes it through covers for one. |
| 155.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Slows it up, lands it outside off, Bess lets it be. |
| 155.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Angled into the pads, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 156.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Full and around middle, driven back to the bowler. |
| 156.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Around middle, helped in front of short leg. |
| 156.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Around middle, watchfully defended. |
| 156.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Full and around middle, Jos lunges to defend. The ball spins in, goes off the pad, past the keeper, to his left but Cheteshwar Pujara dives to his right at leg slip to stop the ball. |
| 156.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Around off, defended watchfully. |
| 155.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Close! on off, this one comes in with the angle. Buttler looks to defend but it goes off the inside edge past the leg pole and down to the fine leg fielder for one. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Punched down to long on for a single. |
| 157.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Outside off, pushed to the off side. |
| 157.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Full and around off, swept around the corner, towards fine leg for a couple. |
| 157.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Goes back and dabs it to the off side. |
| 157.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, The arm ball, outside off, Buttler is solid in defense. |
| 157.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Full and around off, another sweep, this time for a single to deep backward square leg. |
| 157.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Tries to use his feet, gets to the pitch of the ball and pushes it towards mid on. |
| 158.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Outside off, spinning in, watchfully defended. |
| 158.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Full and around off, Buttler lunges to push it back to the bowler. |
| 158.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Around off, worked to the leg side. 129 balls left in the day, 103 minutes remaining (extended). |
| 158.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Spins in a long way from outside off, nudged towards short fine leg. |
| 158.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Full and down the leg side, flicked towards square leg. |
| 158.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Down the leg side again, kept out towards short mid-wicket. |
| 159.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Full and around middle, watchfully defended. |
| 159.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, The arm ball, around middle, Bess stays back to block. |
| 159.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Good leave. Or lucky. Tossed up, outside off, Dom lets it go, expecting the ball to turn but the ball goes straight on. Just misses off stump. |
| 159.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Hmmm... this is well tossed up and that generates extra bounce. DB lunges to defend but there is an inside edge taken. Goes wide of short leg. |
| 159.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Fuller, around off, well defended. |
| 159.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Full and around off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 160.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Fine shot. Outside off, Buttler goes back and punches it through the covers for a boundary. Moves to 13 and Buttler moves to 12. |
| 160.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, FOUR MORE! Cry of 'NO!' from Ashwin as soon he let the ball go. Short, wide outside off, Buttler rocks back and just puts bat to ball. It rockets through cover. |
| 160.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Fuller, around off, watchfully defended. |
| 160.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, More flight, around off, Jos goes back to defend. |
| 160.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Fired in on leg stump, JB lunges to keep it out. |
| 160.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Down the leg side, helped in front of short leg. |
| 161.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Down the leg side, Bess looks to flick but misses. It goes off something to short fine leg. A leg bye signalled. |
| 161.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Slowly looped up, coming from a wider angle, from around the wicket, fuller, around middle, Buttler defends. |
| 161.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Around off, Jos dead-bats it to the off side. |
| 161.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Fuller, around off, pushed through the covers for a single. |
| 161.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Full, around middle, kept out watchfully. |
| 161.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Quicker one, around middle, Bess has to keep that out in a hurry. |
| 162.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Around off, Buttler stays back to defend. |
| 162.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Fuller, around off, Jos reaches out to push it away. |
| 162.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Outside off, pushed away from his body towards cover. |
| 162.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Full and flat, outside off, JB is back to defend. |
| 162.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Comes from around the wicket, lands it around leg, Buttler looks to defend but misses. The ball hits his pads and lobs towards point. |
| 162.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Adventurous. Tossed up, outside off, Jos looks to drive but is not quite to the pitch of the ball. Gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 163.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Around middle, defended solidly. |
| 163.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Comes down the track, shows a bit of aggresion but is not to the pitch of the ball. Goes big, but mistimes it towards mid on. |
| 163.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Fuller, but less flighted, well defended. 99 balls left in the day, 90 minutes remaining (extended). |
| 163.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Landed outside off, spinning away a touch, left alone. |
| 163.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Slower one, more flight, outside off, let through again. |
| 163.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Full and around leg, worked through square leg for a single. |
| Washington Sundar returns. 19-1-80-0 so far. |
| 164.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, A full toss, on middle, Bess is surprised, initially looking to flick, before adjusting in the end to defend. |
| 164.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, This one lands, around middle, defended watchfully. |
| 164.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes down the track and pushes it towards long on for a single. The stand moves to 20. |
| 164.4 : Washington Sundar to Jos Buttler, Massive, massive shouts for caught behind! Umpire Anil Chaudhury is unmoved. Sundar is on his haunches. There was no close-in fielder who did not appeal or did not feel that it was out. Full and outside off, Buttler looked to push but missed. Rishabh Pant immediately went up and Sundar too, joined in convincingly. Short leg, silly point, first slip, leg slip, all chipped in. Sundar started to actually plead with the umpire, but nothing doing. India do not |
| 164.5 : Washington Sundar to Jos Buttler, FOUR! SUBLIME! Rubbing salt on the wounds. Full and outside off, Buttler leans and drives this gloriously through the covers. 500 UP FOR ENGLAND. |
| 164.6 : Washington Sundar to Jos Buttler, Around off, watchfully defended. |
| 165.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS BREAK. A bit of controversy before the break then. Sundar seems really disappointed and looking at the reactions of everyone around, there seemed to be a nick. May or may not have a big say, depending on how long Buttler or England bat. They have racked up 500. What is in their sights? Do they plan to bat out Day 2 as well? India have managed to stifle the run rate since the fall of Joe Root. New batsmen are finding it difficult to adjust. |
| 165.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, FOUR! Tossed up, outside off, Bess jumps out, gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it over mid off. |
| 165.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Around middle, worked to the leg side. |
| ULTRAEDGE confims a massive spike as the ball goes past the bat, in that Jos Buttler appeal. Tough luck. |
| 165.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, This is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 165.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Landed outside off, Bess watches it go past. Very close to the off pole. |
| 165.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, That beat everyone. Full and outside off, Bss lunges to defend. He misses, the ball bounces, goes over the stumps and beats Pant too. Goes off his arm to fine leg. A bye taken. |
| 166.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Full and around off, Bess uses his feet, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it back to the bowler. |
| 166.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, The arm ball, outside off, Dom lunges to defend but misses and is hit on the back thigh. |
| 166.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes down the track, looks to defend but gets an inside edge wide of Rohit Sharma at short leg. Short fine leg mops it up. |
| 166.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes out again, looks to defend but this time gets an outside edge towards third man. A run taken. |
| 166.5 : Washington Sundar to Jos Buttler, EDGED, FOUR! In between keeper and leg slip! Not really an opportunity. Full and around leg, Buttler looks to flick but the ball flies off the inside edge and even before Virat Kohli can react at leg slip, the ball is through, to the fine leg fence. 79 balls left in the day, 77 minutes remaining (extended). |
| 166.6 : Washington Sundar to Jos Buttler, Outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 167.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Comes down the track and flicks it towards square leg. |
| 167.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, FOUR! Outside off, spinning in, Bess just nudges it through the vacant leg slip region. Moves to 12. |
| 167.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, FOUR! Short and outside off, Bess goes back and punches it through point. The stand is worth 42 now. |
| 167.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Jumps out and drills it straight. But hits the stumps at the other end. Nadeem tries to get his foot in the way but misses. Buttler was out of his crease. The ball deflects towards short mid-wicket. |
| 167.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Outside off, pushed towards point. Another no ball calld by the third umpire. 16th for India, 6th for Nadeem in this innings. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Around middle, worked through fine leg for a single. |
| 167.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Outside off, pushed through point for a run. |
| 168.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Outside off, Bess comes down the track and pushes it towards point. |
| 168.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Down the leg side, left alone. |
| 168.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes down the track and defends. 69 balls left in the day, 71 minutes remaining (extended). |
| 168.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Short and outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 168.5 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Full and around middle, worked to the leg side. |
| 168.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Around off, going straight on, squares Bess up who pushes it towards point. |
| Ishant Sharma is back on. 23-5-42-0 so far. The third new ball is due but not taken yet. |
| 169.1 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, EDGED, FOUR! Streaky. Short and outside off, Buttler looks to cut but without moving his feet. Gets an inside edge which shoots past the off stump, to the left of Rishabh Pant and into the fine leg fence. |
| 169.2 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, OUT! Arms are shouldered and the off stump is rattled! Misjudgement from Buttler and this is not the first time in his career. Anyone who followed the Ashes would remember the way the Aussies dismissed him in 2019. Keep it outside off, just a fraction wide and then make it come back in. Buttler feels this will not come back in enough or if it does, will go over. But to his horror, it comes back in at stump height and pegs the off stump back. End of a 48-run s |
| Jofra Archer walks in at number 9, replacing Buttler. |
| 169.3 : Ishant Sharma to Jofra Archer, OUT! BOWLED! Wicket number 299 for Ishant in Tests. After toiling hard for 23 wicketless overs, he has got 2 in 2 balls. Fuller length this time, around off, Archer looks to defend. But by the time the bat can come down, the ball is through. Hits the top of off stump. |
| Jack Leach walks in at number 10, to face the hat-trick ball. |
| 169.4 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Aahhh. nearly gets through Leach. Cramps him up, gets this to angle in from around the wicket, Jack pushes at it and the ball goes off the outside edge behind point. The batsmen take a single. The siren goes out, indicating that Ishant has overstepped. No ball number 17 of the innings. |
| Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Down the leg side, Bess looks to tuck but misses and is hit on the pads. The ball deflects to the leg side and a leg bye is taken. |
| 169.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Around off, defended to the off side. |
| 169.6 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, EDGED, DOES NOT CARRY! Full and outside off, Leach looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge. The ball lands just short of Virat Kohli at wide first slip. Excellent over from Ishant. |
| 170.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Full and around off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 170.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, This one goes on with the arm, Bess looks to defend but is squared up. Is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 170.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes down the track and blocks. |
| 170.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Pushes this down to long on for a single. |
| 170.5 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Full and around middle, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 170.6 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes down the track and flicks it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 171.1 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Caught behind? The slips seemed interested. Ishant was the last one to join in. That was a giveaway. Outside off, Leach looks to cut but misses. The slips went in first, putting in a huge appeal and then Pant joined in. Feeling left out, Ishant joined the party but the umpire was unmoved. As per the replay, seems like a big gap between bat and ball. |
| 171.2 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Outsie off, on a length, Jack looks to play but misses. |
| 171.3 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Landed outside off, once again JL wants to feel bat on ball but misses again. |
| 171.4 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Full and around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 171.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Landed outside off, Leach feels for it but misses. 49 balls left in the day, 49 minutes remaining (extended). |
| 171.6 : Ishant Sharma to Jack Leach, Outside off, pushed towards gully where Ajinkya Rahane stops it. |
| 172.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Full and outside off, Bess lunges to defend but misses. |
| 172.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes down the track and nudges it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 172.3 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Outside off, Dom stays back to defend. |
| 172.4 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Full and down the leg side, flicked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 172.5 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Comes down the track and pushes it towards long on for a single. |
| 172.6 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Full and around middle, pushed to the leg side. |
| 173.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, On a length, around off, pushed to the leg side. |
| 173.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, A bouncer, outside off, Bess thinks about the pull but then bails out. |
| 173.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, On a length, outside off, jags back in, Dom looks to defend but misses and is hit on the pads. Mild shouts for LBW. Too high an impact. 39 balls left in the day, 43 minutes remaining (extended). |
| A bit of a break in play. Bess seems to be getting some treatment. Good to go now. |
| 173.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, FOUR LEG BYES! Full and down the leg side, Bess misses his flick but the ball hits his pads and deflects past Rishabh Pant, to his left, to the fine leg fence. The stand moves to 10. |
| 173.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Ooohh... almost a Jos Buttler's dismissal replica! Full and outside off, reversing in, Bess shoulders arms, the ball comes back in and narrowly misses off stump! |
| 173.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Another appeal for LBW, more convincing from Ishant this time, but nothing from the keeper or anyone else. Full and around middle, Dom missed his flick and was hit on the pads. Ball Tracker shows it to be clipping leg stump. |
| 174.1 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, DROPPED! Shocker from Rohit Sharma. Full and around middle, Bess comes down the track and looks to flick. But his bat hits the ground and the ball lobs off the face of the bat. It goes straight to Rohit Sharma at short mid-wicket, who looks to take the catch near his face but somehow, inexplicably, puts it down! |
| 174.2 : Washington Sundar to Dom Bess, Outside off, guided past first slip towards third man for a single. Bess moves to 20. |
| 174.3 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Around off, watchfully defended. |
| 174.4 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Full and straight, kept out again. |
| 174.5 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Around middle, helped to the leg side. |
| 174.6 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Outside off, smothered in front of silly point. Have to feel for Washington Sundar. Has bowled his heart out today. But luck has not been with him. Could have had Buttler but the umpire did not agree while in this over, Rohit dropped a sitter. |
| 175.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Around off, coming in, pushed towards point. 29 balls left in the day, 35 minutes remaining (extended). |
| 175.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Length ball outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| 175.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Around middle, well defended. |
| 175.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Very full, almost a yorker, dug out well. |
| 175.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, FOUR! Down the leg side, Bess tickles it towards fine leg. There is a fielder but the ball beats him to his right. |
| 175.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Full and down the leg side, Bess misses his flick. |
| 176.1 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Full and around middle, watchfully defended. |
| 176.2 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, FOUR! That has come out of nowhere. Flighted outside off, Leach steps out, takes the bowler on and clears mid off! The stand moves to 20. |
| 176.3 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Around middle, dabbed to the leg side. |
| 176.4 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Full and around middle, Jack lunges to push it away. |
| 176.5 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Shorter in length, JL goes back and works it towards short mid-wicket. 19 balls left in the day, 29 minutes remaining. |
| 176.6 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Goes back and blocks it out. |
| Â 3 overs left in the day. Jasprit Bumrah has an opportunity to bowl a couple of those. 29-4-76-2 so far. |
| 177.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, FOUR! Outside off, on a length, Bess pushes this away from his body, behind point and gets a boundary. |
| 177.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, On a length, outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 177.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Full and around off, more reverse, watchfully driven towards cover. |
| 177.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Very full, on the stumps, nearly goes through, but Bess gets his bat down at the last moment to defend. |
| 177.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 177.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Goes for the yorker, but it turns out to be a low full toss. Flicked towards short mid-wicket. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl his last over for the day. 49-5-131-2 so far. |
| 178.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Around middle and leg, helped to the leg side. |
| 178.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Full and outside off, driven towards cover. |
| 178.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Goes right back in his crease to defend. 9 balls left in the day, 22 minutes remaining. |
| 178.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Ooohh... the carrom ball, outside off, Leach looks to drive but the ball darts back in, stays low, beats the inside edge and misses the off stump. Excellently taken by Rishabh Pant. The siren goes off again, to signal no ball number 18 for the innings. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Very full, around middle, pushed towards mid off. |
| 178.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Outside off, the carrom ball, rips back in, Jack looks to defend but gets aninside edge onto his pads. Ashwin solely appeals for LBW but in vain. |
| 178.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Stay back and keeps it out. |
| 179.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Around middle, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 179.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Outside off, dabbed towards point. Another no ball called by the third umpire. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, FOUR LEG BYES! Down the leg side, Bess looks to tickle but the ball goes off his pads, past Rishabh Pant, to his left and into the fine leg fence.The stand moves to 30. |
| 179.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Down the leg side again, again Bess misses his flick and is hit on the pads. The ball goes to square leg this time. |
| 179.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Full and around off, defended back to the bowler. Bumrah collects and back-flicks it onto the stumps at the non-striker's end. Hits them but Leach never moved. |
| 179.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Outside off, played straight to cover. |
| 179.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Full and around middle, pushed towards mid on. STUMPS ON DAY 2! |
| Another excellent day for England. They have piled on a huge total, on the back of skipper Joe Root's double century but meaningful partnerships have taken the score past 550. As many as 4 partnerships went above 50, while 2 more went above 30. If any, the only thing which looked surprising is why were they still batting with the tail. Might have well declared with 10 overs left and tried to take a wicket or two of India. |
| It was a day of mental battles. India started well, keeping the run rate in check but then England fought that with patience. Eventually, the Indians started to tire out and the batsmen pounced. Ben Stokes played a wonderful knock. Apart from him and Joe Root, no other English batter could come to terms with the conditions. Still, they did not throw it away. As per Mark Butcher, England will look to bat on and get as many as they can but in our opinion, they will run out of time to force a resul |
| Full marks to the Indian spirit. This is when character is defined, when things are not going for you. All the five bowlers used were excellent, landing the ball in the right areas but the pitch was very unresponsive and the batting, of higher quality. Except Sundar, who was unlucky not to get either of Buttler or Bess, every other regular bowler took 2 wickets each. No balls and fielding is something which the dressing room might want to talk about. |
| What's up on the 'moving day' then? Nothing alarming, one would assume. India will aim to get the two wickets quickly and then bed in on a flat deck. There is turn and bounce but it is slow. The Indian batsmen would have watched it while fielding and will be fairly confident. England would hope that Sunday makes the pitch show some inconsistent bounce and their spinners get some help. They have probably got themselves into a position where they may not lose, but to win, they need to bowl India |
| Ben Stokes is up for a chat. On his first six off Ravichandran Ashwin early in his innings, Stokes just puts it down to instinct. On his attacking instincts, Ben says that in this innings, he saw Shahbaz Nadeem generate a few balls to bounce out of the rough, so as an individual, he decided to go after the bowling, preferring to hole out to deep square leg, rather than getting caught at bat-pad. Details that he discussed the same with Joe Root and he immediately agreed. On Root's innings and als |
| ... Day 3, Session 1 ... |
| Right then! England have still a couple of wickets left in their hand and both Dom Bess and Jack Leach can bat means a few more runs is what England would want to add. On the other hand, India would want to take the remaining two wickets as quickly as possible and then start their quest to overhaul the English lead and then get into the lead themselves. How long will the Indian team take to take the two wickets? What will be England's final score? Answers coming up shortly as the game resumes on |
| The moving day of the Test between England and India in the first Test is here. Hello and welcome to Day 3 of our coverage. Day 2 to saw a Root masterclass as he went past yet another double ton in Tests to put his team in a strong position at 555/8. Though he departed but the lower order continued the good work as contributions from Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler contributed to the England total after Root, Stokes and Sibley laid a perfect platform. For India, it was yet another day of toiling hard |
| Pitch Report - Nick Knight is out there for the pitch report along with Deep Dasgupta. Dasgupta says that it is a bit rough from yesterday and there have been footmarks outside the right handers off stump. He further says that the pitch will be on slower side with the turn and bounce. He ends by saying that the batsmen can manage with the slowness of the surface. |
| We are all set to start play on Day 3 as the two unbeaten batsmen from Day 2 for England, Dom Bess and Jack Leach walk their way out to the middle. The Indian players are also on the field. Two wickets is what India need to wrap the English innings. How fast they can do? Lets find out as Ravichandran Ashwin to start with the ball on Day 3. Here we go... |
| 180.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Fuller ball around off to begin, Leach pushes it towards cover. |
| 180.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Full again, this one is driven towards mid off and takes a quick single. |
| 180.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Floated around off, Bess defends it off the front foot. |
| 180.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Flat and around middle, tucked towards the leg side. |
| 180.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Bess this time dances down the track and drives it towards mid off. |
| 180.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Floats the last ball just around off, it is poked towards the man at point. |
| 180.5 : Who will bowl from the other end? Jasprit Bumrah with the ball from the other end. |
| 181.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Fuller ball to begin from Bumrah. Leach comes on the front foot and looks to defend. The ball takes the toe end and goes to the slip cordon. |
| 181.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Goes for the magic delivery. Brilliant yorker from Bumrah. Leach looks to keep it out but ends up getting an inside edge on the pad. Hang on! It is a no ball. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Nails the yorker this time. It is just outside off and Leach cannot keep it out. |
| 181.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Angles a length ball from around off, Leach looks to work it on the leg side but it takes the inside edge and goes towards the leg side. |
| 181.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Good length and around off, pushed towards the cover region. |
| 181.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Fuller and around off, Bess drives it towards mid on. |
| 181.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Full and on off, Bess comes on the front foot towards the off side. |
| 182.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated on off, Leach drives it towards cover-point and get a single. The ball though takes the leading edge. |
| 182.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Floated around off, kept out. |
| 182.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Tossed up and around off, pushed towards the off side. |
| 182.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Flat and around middle, tucked towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 182.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated around off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 182.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Full and around off, poked towards point. |
| 183.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Length and outside off, Bess looks to defend it off the back foot but gets beaten on the outside edge as the ball shapes away from him. |
| 183.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Another length ball outside, it holds its line as Bess looks to poke but is beaten. |
| 183.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Full and angled on the pads, Bess goes for the flick but gets beaten as the ball goes off the pads to square leg. A leg bye taken. |
| 183.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, A brilliant yorker on off, Leach does well to dig it out. |
| 183.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Fuller and around middle, Leach clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 183.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach. Length and down leg, Leach looks to flick it off his pads but is beaten as the ball goes to the left of Rishabh Pant. |
| 184.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, FOUR! Fine shot! Tossed up from Ashwin, Bess dances down the track and powers it over mid-wicket and wide of the man at long on. Excellent stroke from him. |
| 184.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Floats this one around off, Bess comes on the front foot and blocks. |
| 184.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Floated around off, Bess comes down the track and pushes it towards mid off. |
| 184.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Bess dances down again, Ashwin slows it down. Bess defends it out. |
| 184.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Flat ad around off, it is tucked towards square leg for one. |
| 184.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floatd around off, it turns in. Leach keeps it out off the back foot. |
| 185.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Good length and around off, kept out. |
| 185.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Good length and just outside off, Bess pokes at it but misses. |
| 185.3 : James Anderson is the last man in. |
| 185.2 : India have taken the third new ball. |
| 185.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to James Anderson, Good length and around off, poked towards point for nothing. |
| 185.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, OUT! LBW!! The new ball works for India. Bumrah does the magic with it. The 9th wicket is gone down! India would have though that should they have taken the new ball earlier. Nicely bowled length ball around middle, Bess looks to defend it to the leg side but ends up missing it. The ball raps him on the pads and there goes an appeal from Jasprit. The umpire's finger goes up and Dom Bess looks to review initially but then decides against it as he walks off. |
| 185.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to James Anderson, Yorker outside off, Anderson keeps it out. |
| 185.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to James Anderson, Shortish and around off, Anderson blocks. End of a successful over from Bumrah. |
| 186.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Darted on middle and leg, tucked on the leg side. |
| 186.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Edgy! Floated around middle and leg, Leach looks to defend but the ball spins in. It takes the inside edge, goes on the pad and then lobs towards the off side. |
| 186.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, FOUR! Shot! Handy runs! Tossed up and outside off, Leach dances down the track and powers it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 186.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Stumping chance missed! Oh, dear, Pant! A bit of extra bounce and Pant fails to collect the ball behind the wicket. Leach once again dances down the track and Ashwin smartly shortens the length. It spins away a touch as well. Leach is beaten all ends up. The ball bounces extra and Pant fails to collect. Another chance missed by Pant behind the wickets. The debate about him and Saha will stop again. |
| 186.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Tossed up and around off, pushed towards mid off for a single. |
| 186.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, FOUR BYES! More runs against Pant. End of an eventful over. Floated around middle and leg, Anderson looks to slog sweep but the ball spins in and he is beaten. The keeper is beaten as well and it races away down to the fine leg fence. Missed the leg pole by just. |
| 187.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach. Length and around off, Leach blocks it off the back foot towards the bowler. |
| 187.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Full on off, Leach pushes it to mid off. |
| 187.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Short and outside off, Leach lets it be. |
| 187.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Short of good length around off, Leach hops and fends it away. |
| 187.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Full and around off, Leach drives but Pujara at covers does well to field it. |
| 187.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Short of length outside off, Leach looks to cut it uppishly but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 188.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, On off, pushed to the off side . |
| 188.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, Floated on off, Anderson defends it out. |
| 188.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, Full and outside off, Anderson goes for the reverse sweep but get it to the man at short third man. |
| 188.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, Loopy and around off, driven towards the cover region. |
| 188.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, On off, driven to long off for one. |
| 188.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Lands on middle and spins in past the flick. Pant collects it down the leg side. A muted appeal from him but turned down. |
| 189.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to James Anderson, Shortish and around off, pushed towards point off the back foot. |
| 189.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to James Anderson, Banged short down the leg side. Anderson looks to work it on the leg side but misses. Pant fails to collect the ball to his right. A bye taken. |
| 189.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Fuller and around off, pushed towards mid off. |
| 189.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Goes for the yorker but ends up dishing a full toss. Flicked to mid on for nothing. |
| 189.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, Good length Good length and around off, pushed on the off side. |
| 189.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, A bouncer and Leach sways away from the line. |
| 190.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, OUT! Cleaned up! That ends England's marathon first innings. Ashwin gets the final wicket as England innings Tossed up around off, Anderson goes for the slog sweep but he gets beaten on the flight there. The ball though does not miss its target as it crashes into the middle pole. England BOWLED OUT FOR 578 RUNS! |
| Right! 10.1 overs is what India take to get rid of the two wickets and close the innings. The Indians were once again frustrated for a bit in this little phase. Bumrah removed Bess with the third new ball. Pant made a meal of a stumping chance but Ashwin did't take long to get the last wicket and bundle England out. |
| 183.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jack Leach, WIDE! Short and on middle, Leach ducks under it. It is a bit high as the umpire gives it a wide. |
| 190.1 : Earlier in the game, England won the important toss. The openers gave them a perfect start. Sibley fell 13 short of what could've been a fantastic century. Root came! The man in form for England and he just kept going. 50, 100, 150 and then the double ton. A double ton in his 100th Test. A supreme knock from the English skipper. Stokes chipped in with a counter-attacking knock of 82. Pope, Buttler and Bess contributed as well and England have put on a massive first innings score. |
| It was a hard toil for Kohli's men! More than 190 overs for them to get 10 English wickets. They just couldn't go past Root's defense and had no answer to his brilliance. The wicket had absolutely no help for the bowlers. India had three spinners. The spinners bowled more than 126 overs in this game. Ashwin got 3 while Nadeem bagged 2. Bumrah and Ishant collectively took 5. So, overall, tiring day for the Indian bowlers. They'd now hope the Indians bat the way England did so that they get decent |
| Right! A big task ahead for the Indian batters. The third day wicket will certainly have some spin and bounce. England will look to strike early and make inroads in this game. Leach and Bess will key for them. India will hope big knocks from the openers. Indian innings coming shortly. |
| 0.3 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Gill is off the mark too! A fullish ball on the pads. Gill flicks it to deep backward square leg for a run. |
| 0.2 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Rohit is up and running! A short ball, outside off, he punches it wide of the cover fielder for a single. |
| 0.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, False start from Anderson! He slips the first one down the leg side. Rohit looks to flick but misses to connect. |
| 0.4 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Another one down the leg side. Rohit misses his flick again. |
| 0.5 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and around off, pushed towards the off side. |
| 0.6 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Good length and around off, Rohit is compact in defense. Decent start. |
| 1.1 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Nicely punched! A fullish ball just outside off to begin from Archer. Gill punches the drive through the covers for a brace. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? The fiery Jofra Archer to partner Anderson from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Two more! This one is on the pads and on a fuller length again. Gill clips it through mid-wicket for two. |
| 1.3 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Around off on a length, pushed towards mid off. |
| 1.4 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 1.5 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Lovely from Archer! A length ball, just outside off, it pitches around off and a hint of away movement. Gill pokes at it away from his body to get beaten. This doesn't carry to the keeper. |
| 1.6 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Take that! First boundary of the innings for the Indians. This is banged short and Gill takes him on. Pulls it through mid-wicket and finds the fence. Lovely finish to the over. |
| 2.1 : James Anderson to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and around off, Rohit looks to defend but the ball takes the inner half and it goes to square leg. A single taken. |
| 2.2 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, A length ball around off, Gill defends it out. |
| 2.3 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, FOUR! SHOT! This is brilliant stuff from Gill already! Just a push and it races away to the fence. A good length ball around off, Gill brings his bat down and punches it with straight bat. Super shot. |
| 2.4 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 2.5 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Fuller and around off, kept out solidly. |
| 2.6 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Shortish and angled in. Gill looks to defend but the ball comes in a touch and hits his body. |
| 3.2 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Don't bowl him there, Archer! The Indians are too good off their pads and Rohit shows the proof. A fuller ball on middle and leg, Rohit uses his wrists and flicks it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : India's Mr. Reliable, Cheteshwar Pujara comes out to bat. |
| Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Archer strikes early. Superb comeback delivery from Archer and he sends Rohit packing. Early success for England. Another shortish length ball, just outside off, moves away a touch. Rohit pokes at it with hard hands. Ends up getting a nick behind and Buttler moves to his right to gobble up the chance. The dangerous Rohit has been removed. He could've easily left that alone this early in the innings. Poor from Rohit. |
| 3.1 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Beaten! Archer is steaming in here! Lovely ball from him. Slightly shorter in length and just outside off, it moves away. Rohit looks to defend is beaten. |
| 3.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Pujara is up and running first ball. Another shortish length from Archer. Pujara taps it on the off side and gets to the other end. |
| 3.5 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, In the channel outside off, Gill lets it be. |
| 3.6 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Good length and around off, kept out. End of a successful over from Archer. |
| 4.1 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and around off, Pujara is solid in defense. |
| 4.2 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, kept out by Pujara. |
| 4.3 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, In the channel outside off, Pujara lets it go behind. |
| 4.4 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and wide outside off, Pujara forces it wide of point. Two taken before the fielder can get to the ball. |
| 4.5 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and just outside off, Pujara defends it towards gully with soft hands. |
| 4.6 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, it comes in a touch. Pujara looks to defend but it takes the inner half and goes wide of the man at silly mid on. |
| 5.1 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Good running! Shortish and around middle, Gill pushes it towards mid on and calls for a run. Makes it easily. |
| 5.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Whipped! Top stuff from Pujara. A fuller ball on middle, Pujara flicks it through mid-wicket and finds his first boundary of the innings. |
| 5.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and just around off, tapped on the off side and a loud no from Pujara. |
| 5.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Lovely from Archer! That is a peach from him. A length ball, around off, Pujara has to play at it. He does so but is beaten. A muted appeal from Buttler and Pujara. There was a noise but it was the bat brushing the pad. Top stuff from Archer here. |
| 5.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around middle, flicked to mid on. |
| 5.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and just outside off, solidly punched towards the cover fielder this time. |
| 6.1 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Fuller and around off, punched towards silly mid on. |
| 6.2 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Good length and around off, kept out. |
| 6.3 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, FOUR! On the pads again and Gill nails the flick. Fuller and on the pads, Gill flicks it hard through square leg. It goes wide of the man at deep square leg and it races to the fence. |
| 6.4 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Full and around off, played to silly mid on again. A solid defense from Gill. |
| 6.5 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nails the flick again. Gill moves to 22 now. Stunning batting from him. A fuller ball, on the pads again. Gill is strong there, he is very strong. Gets the bat down and flicks it through mid-wicket to find the 2nd boundary of the over. |
| 6.6 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Yorker and around off, kept out. 8 off the over. |
| 7.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, kept out. |
| 7.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Slips this one down the leg side. Pujara lets it be. |
| 7.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Confusion but safe. A length ball around middle, it is tucked towards mid-wicket. Pujara calls for the single first. Gill goes for the run but Pujara says no. Gill returns back in time. |
| 7.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball around middle, tucked towards square leg for one. |
| 7.5 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, A sharp bouncer from Archer. It is around off, Gill drops his wrists and lets it go to the keeper. |
| 7.6 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Ouch! Extra bounce for Archer there. A length ball around middle and leg, Gill looks to work it on the leg side. The extra bounce means the ball hits his glove and goes towards square leg. A single taken. |
| Shubman Gill getting some attention from the physio. He was struck on the glove on the previous delivery from Archer. He looks to be in some as some bandaging done on his right hand. The good thing for India is that he will continue. |
| 8.1 : Ben Stokes to Shubman Gill, Short ball from Stokes to begin. Gill pulls it towards deep square leg for a run. |
| 0.0 : Ben Stokes replaces James Anderson now. |
| 8.2 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and just outside off, Pujara drops his wrists and lets it go. |
| 8.3 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short ball around middle, kept out. |
| 8.4 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and outside off, Pujara drops it in front of the cover region for a single. |
| 8.5 : Ben Stokes to Shubman Gill, Banged short and on middle, Gill sits under it. |
| 8.6 : Ben Stokes to Shubman Gill, Short again from Stokes and Gill pulls it through square leg for one. |
| 9.1 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Punished again! Full again from Archer and Gill flicks it nonchalantly through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 9.2 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, OUT! TAKEN! Anderson with a stunning catch at mid on. Archer gets his man. Both the openers dismissed for India now. A fuller ball from Anderson. Gill punches the drive uppishly. He does that half-heartedly. The ball goes uppishly towards mid on. Anderson there quickly moves to his left and lunges forward to take the low catch. A fine catch from the veteran. His 97th catch in Tests. A solid knock from Gill but he will be disappointed. A fine track for batting b |
| Super V, Virat Kohli comes out to bat now. |
| 9.3 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Back of a length and around off, kept out. |
| 9.4 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Bangs short this time and Kohli ducks under it. |
| 9.5 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Sharp stuff from Archer. He's steaming in. He once again bangs it short and on the body. Kohli gets on his toes and looks to fend it off. It bounces extra and goes wide of the short leg off the handle. A single taken and Kohli is off the mark in a streaky manner. |
| 9.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, A ripper to end the over, a successful one again from Archer. Just outside off on a good length, Pujara looks to defend but is beaten. Lucky not to edge behind. |
| 10.1 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Short one on middle, Kohli rides the bounce and then pulls it to short leg. The man there misfields as the ball goes to square leg for a single. |
| 10.2 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Cut away! Short and outside off, Pujara flays at it and gets it in the gap through point for a boundary. 50-up for India. |
| 10.3 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length around off, Pujara drops it in front of covers and gets a single. |
| 10.4 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Short and down leg, Kohli ducks under it. |
| 10.5 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Short of good length around middle, Kohli looks to drop it off the back foot towards the leg side but ends up dropping it near his boots. |
| 10.6 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Shortish and on middle, Kohli tucks it towards the man at short leg. |
| 11.1 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around middle, Pujara pushes it off the front foot towards mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : Time for spin! Here is Jack Leach with the ball. Slip and short leg in place. |
| 11.2 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Slightly shorter and outside off, Pujara cuts it to deep point and scampers for a single. |
| 11.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flatter and around off, Kohli pushes it to backward point now. |
| 11.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Some turn for Jack Leach! Tossed up around off, Kohli pushes it off the back foot through cover-point for a single. |
| 11.5 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Terrific shot! Floated on leg, Pujara skips down the track and then whips it towards deep mid-wicket as the ball crosses the fence there. |
| 11.6 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Now, he brings a solid front foot defence on this tossed up ball around off does Pujara. |
| Spin from both the ends now. Dom Bess will roll his arms now. |
| 12.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Loopy delivery on the pads first up from Bess, Kohli strokes it down to long on for a single. |
| 12.2 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara blocks it out to short leg. |
| 12.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on middle, Pujara whips it to short mid-wicket. |
| 12.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on midlde, Pujara waits for the ball to come and then turns it towards square leg for a single. |
| 12.5 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Tossed up around off, Kohli lunges froward and defends it out. |
| 12.6 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Quicker and fuller outside off, Kohli taps it down the track off the back foot. |
| Ben Stokes is back on. |
| 13.1 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and around off, Pujara plays a compact front foot defense. |
| 13.2 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Beaten! Leg cutter from Stokes and it is bowled on length too. The ball is in the channel outside off, Pujara goes to feel for the ball but gets beaten on the movement there. The ball dies down on its way to the keeper. |
| 13.3 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, Pujara keeps it out off the front foot. |
| 13.4 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, short of good length and outside off, Pujara is watchful as he defends it to the off side. |
| 13.5 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and in the channel around off, Pujara covers his sticks and lets it go though to Buttler. |
| 13.6 : Ben Stokes to Cheteshwar Pujara, A fuller length and bit away from off, Pujara has no issues in leaving it. THAT WILL BE LUNCH ON DAY 3! |
| A fine session for England. Their overnight batters troubled the Indians for nearly an hour and scored 23 more runs before Ashwin removed the last man. And then Archer got both the Indian openers before they could get set for a big knock. |
| Archer was brilliant with the ball in his first spell. He steamed in from start and got the reward. He bowled a few loose balls and Gill was quick to punish him. Archer got the wicket of Rohit first and then got Gill with Anderson helping him with a fine catch. They have not got a lot of support off the wicket and that can be seen with the scoring rate of India. However, with two wickets in the session with a big first inning score, they will be pleased with their performance. |
| Gill looked really good in the middle. He played a few top shots during his innings but fell to Archer. Rohit poked at a ball that he should've left and saw his downfall earlier in the Indian innings. Pujara has shown good intent in the middle and is looking good. Skipper Kohli has joined him and the duo now has a massive task in hand. |
| So, a big session ahead now. India needs to bat long. Their two best Test batsmen are in the middle and they will look to take the team to a good position. England will know that another wicket early and they would be on top here. This what they will look to do. A very important session coming up. Join us for the same at 1210 local (0640 GMT). |
| Pitch Report - Deep Dasgupta is down to share his insights on how the pitch will play post Lunch. He says that there is a little more rough on this wicket and the bowlers would try and use that against the right-handers. Adds that at the opposite, there are not many foot-marks and it is going to be interesting to see how the pitch plays post-Lunch. |
| ... DAY 3, SESSION 2 ... |
| We are back for the second session of Day 3. Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara stride out to the middle as they look to lay a solid platform for India to scale the English total. The England players too are out in the middle and all set to begin. James Anderson will begin the session with the ball. Here we go... |
| 14.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Anderson speed in and bowls a fuller one around off, Kohli pushes it to covers. |
| 14.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Now bowls it on a length and around off, Kohli hops inside the crease and then pushes it to point. |
| 14.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, A fuller one targetting the stumps, Kophli opens his stance then defends it to cover-point. |
| 14.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Length and around off, Virat comes on the front foot and then defends it to point. |
| 14.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Full and on the pads, Kohli flicks it through mid-wicket and gets the session rolling with a couple. |
| 14.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Short of good length and around off, Kohli taps it off the back foot towards point. A good first over after Lunch from Anderson. |
| Jofra Archer from the other end. |
| 15.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and wide outside off, almost a wide yorker and Pujara sees no need to play at it. |
| 15.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and around off, Pujara guides it off the back foot towards backward point. |
| 15.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, A nice defensive push on this length ball around off and Pujara gets a single. |
| 15.4 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Length and around middle, Kohli looks to clip it to the leg side but gets a soft leading edge towards cover-point for a single. |
| 15.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full on off, Pujara gets down a bit low and then dead bats it down the track towards mid on. |
| 15.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, Pujara shoulders arms to it. Archer is nice in his groove there. |
| 16.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Fuller and in that channel around off, Kohli blocks it out to point once again. |
| 16.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Length and outside off, Virat sees it and then decides to lift his willow to let the ball pass through. |
| 16.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Another one in that channel well outside off, tempting Kohli to play the drive away from the body but the Indian skipper lets it be. |
| 16.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Length and around off, Kohli defends it to the leg side. |
| 16.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Length and around off, Kohli taps it towards covers. |
| 16.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Once again the line is outside off from Anderson and Kohli does not fiddle with it. |
| 17.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and in that channel of uncertainity and Pujara covers his sticks to let the ball through. |
| 17.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and angled on off, Pujara blocks it solidly towards mid on. |
| 17.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller once again from Jofra and Pujara pushes it from within the crease. It shaped a little bit there. |
| 17.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Still swing available. |
| 17.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and in the driving zone for Pujara, Cheteshwar drives it but straight to mid off. |
| 17.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and around middle, Pujara blocks it from within the crease there. |
| 18.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Loopy ball on middle, flicked to deep mid-wicket for one by Kohli. |
| 0.0 : Dom Bess comes into the attack. He just bowled one over before Lunch. It will be interesting to see how he goes about now. |
| 18.2 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around off, Pujara is solid in defense. |
| 18.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Pujara comes down the track and tucks it towards square leg for one. |
| 18.4 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Floated just outside off, Kohli lunges forward and blocks. |
| 18.5 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Flat and around off, Kohli stays back and blocks. |
| 18.6 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Flat again, it pitches around off and turns in again. Kolhi tucks it towards the man at short leg. |
| 19.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Sharp bouncer from Archer. This one is around the body. Pujara looks to fend it off. The ball hits the gloves and it goes wide of the man at short leg. Fielder at leg gully would've gobbled this one. A single taken. |
| 19.2 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Good length and around off and middle, flicked towards mid-wicket. |
| 19.3 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Beats the outside edge of Kohli this time. Terrific from Archer. A hint of shape away from Archer. This is pitched just outside off, Kohli gets forward and looks to defend. The ball goes away just a touch but it is enough to beat the outside edge. |
| 19.4 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Too full this time and Kohli pokes it towards point and gets to the other end. |
| 19.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bangs this one short. Pujara ducks. |
| 19.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length and around off, solidly kept out. |
| 20.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Floated around off, Kohli lunges forward and blocks. |
| 20.2 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Flat and around off, Kohli goes back and blocks. |
| 20.3 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Shortish and around off, Kohli goes back and taps it in front of backward point for a run. |
| 20.5 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, On off, kept out. |
| 20.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up and around off, Pujara comes down the track and flicks it through square leg for one. |
| 20.6 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, In the air... just short. Risky from Kohli. Goes for the flick to this full ball without reaching to the pitch. There is a fielder at short mid-wicket, Rory Burns it is. He dives forward and looks to catch but it falls short. |
| 21.1 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, Pujara digs it out towards point and takes off for a single. Kohli says no. Pujara returns back. |
| 21.2 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, pushed towards covers. |
| 0.0 : James Anderson is back on. 6-1-19-0 from him. |
| 21.3 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off, left alone. |
| 21.4 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another one in the channel outside off, left alone again. |
| 21.5 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off again from Anderson. This one swings late and comes in but Pujara has no issues leaving it alone. |
| 21.6 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Very full and around off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 22.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Flat and around middle, Kohli is on the back foot to block. |
| 22.2 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Short again, once again Kohli stays deep in his crase. He flicks but short leg makes a half stop. No run taken. |
| 22.3 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Low full toss, it is pushed to mid on. Kohli calls for the single. Pujara responds and they get it easily. |
| 22.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Sharp turn. This one pitches outside off and spins in sharply. Pujara manages to get the bat down in time. It takes the inner half and hits his pad. |
| 22.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around middle, flicked to mid on. |
| 22.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full again, Pujara flicks powerfully. It is to the right of Bess who dives that side to keep it down to a dot. |
| 23.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 23.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Fuller and around off, Kohli pushes it towards the cover region. |
| 23.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Another one in the channel outside off, Kohli makes another leave. |
| 23.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Outside off again, Kohli leaves again. |
| 23.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Wide outside off again, Kohli is not keen to play at it. |
| 23.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, And again! Kohli is not interested at anything that is wide outside off. |
| 24.1 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Looped up on off, Pujara defends it to the on side. |
| 24.2 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, Pujara comes on the front foot and then whips it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 24.3 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, On middle, clipped towards mid-wicket. |
| 24.4 : Ajinkya Rahane replaces skipper Kohli. |
| Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Big, big wicket for England. Bess would be on cloud nine after that wicket. A dream wicket for him. Bess tosses this one up around off and gets it to spin into Kohli. Virat comes on the front foot and goes to defend it away front the body. The ball catches the inside edge of his bat and lobs straight to ollie Pope at short leg. Pope there gets to the ball and holds onto it. A high voltage catch this was. |
| 24.5 : Dom Bess to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, clipped away to the leg side by Rahane. |
| 24.6 : Dom Bess to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated on middle, Rahane dead bats it near his boots. Big over in the context of the game. A brilliant over from the young Dom Bess. |
| 25.1 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller length ball on the pads of Pujara, he clips it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 25.2 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Full and around middle, a slight inswing there as Rahane fends it away at the last instance towards deep backward square leg. He get off the mark with a single. |
| 25.3 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and around off, Pujara is solid in defense there. |
| 25.4 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and around off, Pujara is rooted to his crease as he blocks it to short mid-wicket this time. |
| 25.5 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Now bowls a length ball outside off, Pujara does not play a stroke to it. |
| 25.6 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, A solid defensive stroke is what Pujara is known for and he plays one on this length ball around off from Anderson. |
| 26.1 : Dom Bess to Ajinkya Rahane, Full and around off middle, Rahane goes for the flick but is not to the pitch of the ball as he hits it wide of Rory Burns at short mid-wicket. |
| 26.2 : Dom Bess to Ajinkya Rahane, On middle, clipped to short leg. |
| 26.3 : Dom Bess to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! CAUGHT! That is a stunner! Lovely catch from Root there. Bess into the game here. He first sends the captain and now the vice-captain. Tossed up around off, a bit of dip for Dom as Rahane tries to get to the pitch of the ball. He though chips it uppishly towards covers where Root put out his left hand and the ball sticks into his palm. India in all sorts of trouble with the top order back into the hut. |
| DRINKS! Two huge wickets for England. Skipper and his deputy has been sent packing. Pujara and Kohli were settlling in for a big stand but Bess got better of Kohli with a fine ball. Rahane fell to Bess again, but the spinner will thank skipper Root for taking that blinder. Indian on the back foot here in this game. Pujara will be key again. Interesting phase coming up. |
| Rishabh Pant joins Cheteshwar Pujara in the middle. |
| 26.4 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Full on off, Pant dead bats it right under his eyes. It would be interesting to see how he places his game here. |
| 26.5 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Floated on middle, Pant blocks it out from the crease once again. |
| 26.6 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Flatter outside off, Pant slaps it straight to short cover. Another brilliant over from Dom Bess comes to an end. A wicket-maiden from him. |
| 27.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and around off, Pujara clips it towards square leg. |
| 0.0 : Jofra Archer again! 8-1-29-2 from him so far. |
| 27.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and outside off, Pujara lifts his willow high and lets the ball go. |
| 27.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Another one outside off, Pujara makes a leave once again. |
| 27.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and outside off, Pujara shoulders arms at it once again. |
| 27.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, clipped to short square leg. |
| 27.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, kept out by Pujara this time. |
| 28.1 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Full on off, Pant dead bats it right under his eyes. |
| 28.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, On middle, Pant clips it through mid-wicket. The fielder from mid-wicket chases the ball this the boundary and pulls it inside the ropes at the last instance. Pant gets off the mark with three runs. |
| 28.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara offers his pad as a mode of defense this time. |
| 28.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around middle, defended to the leg side . |
| 28.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, defended to short mid-wicket off the back foot. |
| 28.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller on middle, Pujara whips it from around his legs but straight to mid-wicket. |
| 29.2 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Another poor ball from Archer. He bowls it wide outside off and it is short in length. Pant reaches out and punches it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 29.3 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and outside off, Pant drives it towards mid off. |
| 29.4 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Full and around off, Pant is solid in defense. |
| 29.5 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Full and around off, kept out. |
| 29.1 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! On the pads on a fuller length, Pant flicks it down to the fine leg fence. Poor from Archer on the first ball. |
| 29.6 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Full and wide outside off, another fluent drive from Pant but he finds mid off. |
| 30.1 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and on middle, flicked to mid-wicket by Pujara. |
| 30.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and spinning in. Pujara this time stays back and flicks. It is uppish but falls well short of the man at mid-wicket. |
| 30.2 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Comes down the track again, flicks and finds mid-wicket. |
| 30.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated outside off, Pujara comes down the track and pads it away. |
| 30.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Nicely driven! Too full and Pujara drives it by coming down the track. He drives it hard through mid off for a boundary. |
| 30.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Pujara. A solid shot. Bess tosses it up, Pujara puts the dancing shoes on again. Makes it a full toss and drills it through mid off. |
| Jack Leach comes back on. 1-0-6-0 from him. |
| 31.1 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Pant shows his plans. He is not going to just block. There is a man at long on but he wants to clear him. Comes down the track and looks to go big. Mistimes it off the inner half down to long on. A single. Maybe he doesn't want Leach to settle. |
| 31.2 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and just outside off, driven wide of mid off by Pujara for a single. |
| 31.4 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, SIX! There goes Pant! He doesn't care if you have a long on in place. Backs himself, comes down the track and Leach tosses it up and around off. Pant nails the slog over long on for a biggie. 100 up for India. |
| 31.3 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Big turn! Short and outside off, spins in. Pujara stays back and looks to defend. Inside edge, on the pad and it lobs. Buttler tries to catch but it drops away. |
| 31.5 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, SIX! And again! This time it wasn't too far away from the fielder there. Tossed up again from Leach. Pant comes down the track again. This time he is not to the pitch but goes with the shot. Fails to middle it but it is good enough to clear the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Lawrence tried to catch to his left but it goes away and over the fence. |
| 31.6 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Gets down and sweeps it down to deep square leg for one. 15 from the over. |
| 32.1 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up and outside off, Pant shoulders arms to it. |
| 32.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Floated on off, Pant defends it with straight bat. |
| 32.3 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Flatter and outside off, slapped towards deep cover for a single. |
| 32.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller on off, Pujara goes on the back foot and defends it somehow. |
| 32.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, punched off the back foot towards the leg side. |
| 32.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off and middle, Pujara looks to defend it but ekes out an inside edge which drops in front of Ollie Pope at short leg. Another excellent over from Bess there. |
| 33.1 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Take that! This is some confidence from Pant. Leach shows courage and tosses it up and around off, Pant accepts the offer, dances down the track and powers it over long on for a biggie. |
| 33.2 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Short and around middle, tucked away to deep square leg for one. |
| 33.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and wide, spinning away. Pujara guides it through short third man. The ball races to the fence. The fielder chases it down and saves one. Three taken. |
| 33.4 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Short and on middle and leg, clipped through square leg for one. |
| 33.5 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up and outside off, poked towards point. |
| 34.1 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, pushed to mid off. |
| 34.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up and outside off, driven to the right of the cover fielder who dives to his right and stops. |
| 33.6 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up and just outside off, spins away. Left alone. |
| 34.3 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Darted around off, a bit shortish length. Pant goes back to block. |
| 34.4 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Short and around off, kept out. |
| 34.5 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up and outside off, pushed wide of the point fielder for one. |
| 34.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and just around off, Pujara looks to pull but mistimes it towards mid-wicket. |
| 35.1 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Up and over! This man is just unbelievable. They have 5 men catching in the deep but Pant doesn't care. And Leach continues to teases him. Pant is down the track again. Goes for the shot. Clears Archer at long on who tries to catch but it goes over him. 4th six for Pant. A quick-fire 50-run stand comes up between these two. |
| 35.2 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up and outside off, pushed towards mid off for one. |
| 35.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and around middle, clipped to mid on for one. |
| 35.4 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Flat and just outside off, poked towards point for one. |
| 35.5 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around off, Pujara keeps it out. |
| 35.6 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and just outside off, left alone. 4-0-41-0. He has been taken to the cleaners by Pant. |
| 36.1 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Outside off, left alone. |
| 36.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Quicker one on the pads, tucked towards fine leg for one. |
| 36.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, NOT OUT! Pujara is safe on both the front. They check if it is bump ball first. Pujara is safe there and then comes the run out. He is back in with a dive. Floated around off and middle, Pujara comes down the track and flicks. Pope stops the ball to his left and throws the ball to the keeper. Buttler takes the bails off. An appeal is made. It is for a catch as well. The umpires get together. The soft signal for the catch is not out. Replays show that the ball |
| 36.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around middle, flicked to mid-wicket. |
| 36.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, pushed to mid on this time. |
| 36.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up and around middle, clipped to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 37.1 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, whipped away towards fine leg. Sibley theremops it up as the batsmen take a brace. |
| 37.2 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter and outside off, Pujara slaps it towards third man. Bess now cuts it off. A couple once again. |
| 37.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter around off, Pujara pushes it to point there. |
| 37.4 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated on off, kept out. |
| 37.5 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Beautifully placed! Brilliant piece of timing on it! Tossed up around middle, Pujara skips down the track and flicks it through mid-wicket and gets a boundary. Leach trying to stem the run flow from his end. |
| 37.6 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, dabbed towards short third man. Looks for a single does Pujara but is sent back by Pant. |
| 0.0 : Run out check sent upstairs! Pujara is the man in question and let's see what the replays have to say. Also, it is to check whether it is a bump ball. So, it is a bump ball first up. Pujara survives on that count. Now the run out. There also Pujara's dive has saved him. Pujara survives to fight it out for India. |
| 38.1 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Lofted away! It's Bess' turn to take the beating now. Tossed up around off, Pant goes inside out and just clears the man there for a boundary. |
| 38.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Full and straight outside off, Pant lets it be. |
| 38.3 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up around off, Pant comes on the front foot and then defends it. He trusts the ball that it won't come into him. |
| 38.4 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Full on off, pushed straight to short cover. |
| 38.5 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Another tossed up ball going straight with the angle, Pant leaves it for Buttler. |
| 38.6 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Sharp spin there! Tossed up outside off, the ball spins away after pitching and Pant has not fuss in leaving it. England playing with Pant's patience. Can they scalp him before Tea? |
| 39.1 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! 50 for Pujara! His 29th in Tests! 4th in his last 5 innings. Tossed up around off, Pujara gets to the pitch of the ball and then drives it through covers for a boundary to get to his milestone. What a time to get to it with the team in trouble. He needs to play a long inning. |
| 39.2 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Round the wicket now to Pujara and he pads it away. |
| 39.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter outside off, Pujara cuts it to point for a single. |
| 39.4 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Full on middle, clipped to mid-wicket. A rare sight from Pant there. |
| 39.5 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! FIFTY FOR PANT! A brilliant counter-attack from him. He has come like a flash here in the middle. He took Leach on as soon as he came to bowl and has raced to a half ton. Just 40 balls to get to his 5th half ton. What an innings from him so far. Leach tosses it wide outside off, Pant dances down and thumps it through mid off. |
| 39.6 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up on off, Pant gets to the pitch of the ball and then strokes it to long on for a single. |
| 40.1 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up outside off, driven to covers. |
| 40.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up around off, Pant defends it out off the front foot. |
| 40.3 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Flatter and outside off, punched through covers for a single. |
| 40.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, spinning into Pujara, he turns it to short leg. |
| 40.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, Pujara comes down the track and pushes it to the right of Bess. Dom runs to that side and fields it. |
| 40.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara dead bats it to the leg side .THAT WILL BE TEA ON DAY 3! |
| An entertaining session of cricket again! England struck twice after Lunch as the Kohli and Rahane fell early. Bess did superb stuff in this spell. Then came Pant and counter-attacked to make sure England are not completely on top of them. |
| India started decently with Pujara and Kohli knocking the ball here and there. However, Kohli fell and Rahane followed his skipper. Pant arrived and went bang, bang. He has raced to a fine counter-attacking half ton and Pujara has set himself for a big one as well. Now, England are well ahead in this game at the moment but Pant with his style of play will surely made England think. |
| So, the way Pant has batted in this session, the final one is set up nicely now. If he can continue the way he has in one more session, England will feel the heat a bit. However, one wicket for England and they will be into the bowling all-rounders. So, the most important session of the moving day coming up. Join us shortly for the same. |
| ... DAY 3, SESSION 3 ... |
| It was turning out to be a fantastic session for England with the ball. Bess bowled tightly and removed the Indian skipper cheaply. Rahane was sent packing, courtesy of a brilliant catch by England captain. Leach was smashed all over the park in his spell. However, England will be mighty pleased with their overall effort with the ball. |
| Welcome back for the final session of the day. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant walk out to the middle. England players too are on the field now. They would be eyeing the wicket of Pant now? Can they cut the fiery southpaw's innings short? Jofra Archer to get the session going with the ball. Here he goes... |
| 41.1 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Good length and around off, Pant blocks. |
| 41.2 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Around off on a good length, Pant defends solidly again. |
| 41.3 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and around off, kept out by Pant. |
| 41.4 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Slipped down the leg side on a fuller length. Pant flicks it to fine leg for one. |
| 41.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length ball outside off, left alone. |
| 41.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller and on middle, it is flicked towards mid-wicket. |
| Who will partner Jofra at the other end? It will be the experienced James Anderson. Can he help England get a breakthrough here? |
| 42.1 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! THUMP! Short and wide outside off to begin from Anderson. Pant is quick to pounce on it. He flays it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 42.2 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and around middle and leg, kept out. |
| 42.3 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Shortish and around off, kept out. |
| 42.4 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Full and around off, pushed towards mid off. |
| 42.5 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Good length and around off, Pant looks to defend. A hint of shape away. Just a hint. The ball takes the outside edge and goes to gully. |
| 43.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Glorious from Pujara now! Full toss from Archer. Pujara drives it through mid on and it races away to the fence. |
| 43.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short and wide outside off, Pujara looks to punch but mistimes it towards the cover region. |
| 43.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, In the channel outside off, left alone. |
| 43.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and around off, Pujara taps it on the off side. |
| 42.6 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Second boundary in the over. Pant continues to find the fence. Short and wide outside, Pant punches it on the up and through the covers for a boundary. |
| 43.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Outside off, Pujara lets it be. |
| 43.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shortish and around off, kept out by Pujara |
| 44.1 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Nicely done! A good length ball outside off, Pant looks to defend. The ball takes the thick outside edge and goes between the slip and gully fielder. Races to the fence. Credit to Pant for playing it with soft hands. |
| 44.2 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Good length and around middle, clipped towards mid-wicket. |
| 44.3 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Full and around off, Pant drives it towards mid off and calls for the single. He takes off but Puajra shouts loud no. |
| 44.4 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Good length and around off, Pant taps it towards cover for one. |
| 44.5 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length and just outside off, poked towards point. |
| 44.6 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Ouch! That's on the gloves. Pujara is in visible pain. He won't flinch though. He is got hit so many times on his body during India's tour to Australia. He got bruised but he continued the battle. And he will look to do so. Coming to the ball, this one pitches around off, it jags back in. A bit of extra bounce as well. Pujara looks to defend but the ball hits his gloves and goes on the leg side. |
| The physio is out now. Pujara was hit on the glove on the last ball of the last over. He looks to be in pain. Sips some liquid as the magic spray is applied to the affected part. He now seems good to continue. |
| 45.1 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length and angled in, Pant keeps it out. |
| 45.2 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length and on middle, worked on the leg side. |
| 45.3 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Banged short but down the leg side. Goes further away. Pant lets it be. Buttler does well to move to his right and collect. |
| 45.4 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Fullish and outside off, Pant looks to drive it hard. Mistimes it just wide of the cover fielder. A half stop but they don't go for the run. |
| 45.5 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Banged short and on middle, kept out. |
| 45.6 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Firm drive! A fuller ball, outside off. Pant drives it well but finds mid off. |
| Dom Bess is back into the attack. All eyes will be on him now to help England break this stand. He has so far bowled 13 overs and bagged two important wickets for just 28 runs. |
| 46.1 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up and around off, Pujara dances down the track, converts it to full toss and drives but finds mid on. |
| 46.2 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, flicked to mid-wicket this time. |
| 46.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Floated around off, Pujara comes down the track and blocks. |
| 46.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Slammed away! Short ball, around off, Pujara rocks back and nails the pull over square leg for a boundary. 100-run stand is up between the two. |
| 46.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flat and around off, kept out. |
| 46.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and around off, Pujara dances down the track and flicks wide of the man at mid on. Quick single. |
| 47.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Length and around off, Pujara plays if off the back foot now. |
| 47.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Punched away! Short and around off, Pujara punches it off the back foot and in front of square for a boundary at covers. |
| 47.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full on off, pushed to covers from within the crease. |
| 47.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Short of good length and around off, Pujara drops it towards point and scampers for a single this time. |
| 47.5 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Outside off, left alone. |
| 47.6 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Length and down leg, Pant makes a leave. |
| 48.1 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on middle, clipped towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 48.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Flatter outside off, slapped through covers for a single. |
| 48.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, On middle, Pujara clips it off the front foot towards short mid-wicket. |
| 48.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Excellent use of feet! Tossed up around off, Pujara uses the feet to get to the pitch of the ball to nail the drive towards covers for a boundary. |
| 48.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up outside off, Pujara comes on the front foot and tries to defend it with his bat-pad to gether. The ball goes off his pads towards the off side. |
| 48.6 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on middle, Pujara clips it to short leg. |
| 49.1 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Short on off, Pant flays it away through covers for a single. |
| 49.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller on middle, blocked off the front foot. |
| 49.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full on middle, clipped to mid-wicket. |
| 49.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, On off, Pujara plays it to covers for a single. |
| 49.5 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Full on off, Pujara drives it down to long on but Root from mid on runs behind it and saves a couple of runs. |
| 49.6 : Jofra Archer to Rishabh Pant, Full and outside off, Pant plays it to point. |
| 50.1 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and outside off, turned towards mid-wicket. |
| 50.2 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Quicker and pushed through outside off, Pujara plays it off the back foot. |
| 50.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara dances down the track to defend but gets in a tangle there. |
| 50.4 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, OUT! CAUHGT! Pujara falls! In a very unfortunate manner though. He is livid with himself. A rank long hop. Pujara rocks back and goes for the pull. He connects it well. But hang on. England are celebrating. Burns catches it. What happened there? He nailed the pull. But the ball hits the back of Ollie Pope at shrot leg who is ducking to save himself. The ball hits his back and lobs to Burns at mid-wicket. |
| Washington Sundar is the new man in. |
| 50.5 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, On off, pushed to the off side. |
| 50.6 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Tossed up on middle, pushed to covers. |
| Here's Jack Leach again! |
| 51.1 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Darted outside off, Pant looks to pad it away. It spins away. |
| 51.2 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Flat and around off, kept out. |
| 51.3 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, blocked. |
| 51.4 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! There goes Pant. He doesn't go down the ground but goes to innovative way. Tossed up and on middle, Pant moves inside the crease and paddles it over the leg gully fielder. A boundary. |
| 51.5 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Flat and around off, kept out this time. |
| 51.6 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, SIX! And Pant proves everyone wrong again. The ones who thought that he may not go for the big hit after losing his partner. Leach tosses it up and outside off, Pant dances down the track and powers it over long on for a massive six. He is into the 80s now. 200 up for the Indians. |
| 52.1 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Loopy ball around off, kept out. |
| 52.2 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Low full toss, pushed to mid off. |
| 52.3 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Floated around off, pushed back to the bowler by Sundar. |
| 52.4 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Short and wide outside off, slapped to the man at covers. |
| 52.5 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Floted around off, Sundar is solid in defense. |
| 52.6 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Good leave! Bess floats this outside off, Sundar comes on the front foot and shoulders arms. |
| 53.1 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, In the air... safe! Tossed up and outside off, Pant looks to slog sweep. Ends up getting a top edge and the ball goes over the slip cordon. It goes to fine leg and they take three. |
| 53.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Floated around off, kept out. |
| 53.3 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Sundar is up and running! Tossed up and just outside off, Sundar nails the drive through the covers for a boundary. |
| 53.4 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Shortish and around off, spins in. Tucked towards mid-wicket. |
| 53.5 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Flat and around middle, tucked on the leg side. |
| 53.6 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Short and just around off, turns in. Sundar works it towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 54.1 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, FOUR! BOOM! Sundar nails the drive through mid on. A fuller ball around middle, Sundar drills it through mid on for a boundary. |
| 54.2 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Drives nicely again but this time he finds the cover fielder. |
| 54.3 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Cut away! Another boundary for Sundar. Short and wide outside off, Sundar goes back and slaps it through point. Finds the fence. |
| 54.4 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and around off, pushed to mid off. |
| 54.5 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and outside off, hit to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 54.6 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Short and on middle, clipped to deep mid-wicket for one. A good over for the Indians. 9 off the over. |
| 55.1 : Joe Root to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up and outside off, Pant leaves it alone. |
| 55.2 : Joe Root to roll his arm now. |
| Joe Root to Rishabh Pant, Another one darted outside off, left alone. |
| 55.3 : Joe Root to Rishabh Pant, Another one wide outside off, Pant once again lets it be. |
| 55.4 : Joe Root to Rishabh Pant, And again! Good from Root too. He is teasing Pant here but Pant is not going after him. |
| 55.5 : Joe Root to Rishabh Pant, Loopy again, this one is pushed towards covers. |
| 55.6 : Joe Root to Rishabh Pant, Goes after this one and drives it wide of long off for one. |
| 56.1 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant is into the 90s now! A full toss on middle, Pant gets down and pulls it over square leg for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! A brilliant hour of play for England once again. They started with Archer and Anderson but came back to spin and Bess struck to send Cheteshwar Pujara. Yes, you read it right Pujara was out in an unconvincing way to hand England the advantage. England would hope that a wicket or two before the close would cap off a brilliant day for them. While India would want Pant and Sundar to play responsibily and see off the day for them. An intriguing hour of play to begin. |
| 56.2 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, kept out. |
| 56.3 : Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, Very full, pushed to mid off. |
| 56.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin comes out to bat now. |
| Dom Bess to Rishabh Pant, OUT! TAKEN! Bess gets his man. Pant falls. Kohli looking tensed in the dressing room. Big wicket. Floated outside off, Pant dances down the track and looks to go big over extra cover. The ball though spins away. He ends up slicing it high in the air towards extra cover. Leach there comes forward and does well to take the catch. End of a fine counter-attacking knock form Rishabh. Pant lives by the sword and he dies by the same. He got to the 90s in this fashion and |
| 56.5 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up on off, Ashwin comes on the front foot and blocks it out. |
| 56.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller on off, Ashwin strokes it gently to mid on. Another good over for Bess. |
| 57.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up outside off, Ashwin lets it be. |
| 57.4 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up around off, Sundar defends it to the off side. |
| 57.5 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Flatter on off, Sundar drops it wide of short leg now. |
| 57.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and outside off, Ashwin cuts it to deep cover for a single. Ashwin gets off the mark. |
| 57.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up on middle, tucked away towards fine leg and past leg gully for a single. |
| 57.6 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up on middle, Sundar gets in an awkward position as he fends it to the leg side. |
| 58.1 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up around off, Ashwin looks to defend it but gets an inside edge onto the pads. There is an appeal but nothing from the umpire. |
| 58.2 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, Ashwin blocks it from his crease. |
| 58.3 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, defended to the leg side. |
| 58.4 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted on off, Ashwin keeps it out watchfully. |
| 58.5 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, Ashwin comes on the front foot and then defends it. |
| 58.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, kept out. |
| 59.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Full and wide outside off, Sundar lets it be. |
| 59.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Full and around middle, pushed through mid on. |
| 59.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flat and around off, Ashwin pokes it towards point. |
| 59.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and outside off, turning away. Left alone. |
| 59.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and wide outside off, Ashwin drives but the cover fielder knocks it down to his left. |
| 59.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and around off, driven left again and the cover fielder cannot do anything. A single. |
| 60.1 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flat and around off, Ashwin goes back to block. |
| 60.2 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated around off, kept out. |
| 60.3 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and around off, Ashwin is solid in defense. |
| 60.4 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short and on middle, tucked towards the leg side for one. |
| 60.5 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Full on the pads, tucked to mid-wicket. |
| 60.6 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Tossed up outside off, Sundar leaves it. |
| 61.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and outside off, punched off the back foot towards deep cover for a single. |
| 61.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, On middle, clipped to square leg for a single by Sundar. |
| 61.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up outside off, Ashwin lets it be. |
| 61.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, Ashwin prods forward and defends it. |
| 61.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and outside off, Ashwin cuts it through point now and crosses ends with Sundar. |
| 61.6 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, On off, kept out by Sundar. |
| Ben Stokes is back on. |
| 62.1 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and outside off, Ashwin makes a leave now. India still have 15 overs to survive the day. |
| 62.2 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Lovely delivery! Length and outside off, Ashwin looks to poke at it off the back foot but the slightest of shape there means the outside edge is not found. |
| 62.3 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and around middle, clipped towards the leg side for a single. |
| 62.4 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, Fuller and angled into middle, clipped to deep square leg for a single. It though went off the pads. Leg bye given. |
| 62.5 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full on off, Ashwin defends it out. |
| 62.6 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of good length and around off, Ashwin hops and defends it out onto the track. |
| 63.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Floated on off, Sundar defends it off the front foot. The ball goes off the inner half towards mid-wicket. |
| 63.2 : Review time! England have taken the review against Sundar. It is for LBW. He didn't offer a shot there. Waiting for the replays. Taking a bit longer. Finally, the Ball Tracker comes. Missing the wicket. Going well over the stumps. England lose one of their 3 reviews. |
| Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, NOT OUT! Sundar survives! Nicely looped up ball outside off, Sundar does not offer bat but puts his pad in the line of the ball and get rapped there. A pretty optimistic appeal from Leach there but nothing from the umpire. Jack convinces his skipper to take the review and Root signals 'T'. As there was not shot offered directly the Ball Tracker comes on and it shows that the ball was going well over the stumps there. England just tried to take a chance th |
| 63.3 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Full and around off, pushed down to mid on for a quick single. |
| 63.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated around off, turns away. Watchfully left alone. |
| 63.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and outside off, driven towards point. |
| 63.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and around off, kept out. |
| 64.1 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, In the channel outside off, Sundar lets it be. |
| 64.2 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, Length and outside off, Sundar lets it go through to the keeper there. |
| 64.3 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, Another fuller and outside off, Sundar does offer a stroke to it. |
| 64.4 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, Length and around off, Sundar defends it to mid on now. |
| 64.5 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, Short of good length and around off, Sundar pulls it towards square leg for a single. |
| 64.6 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of good length and outside off, Ashwin defends it off the back foot and towards the bowler. |
| 65.1 : Review time! England take another review against Washington Sundar. Original decision is not out. No shot offered. We move to the Ball Tracker now. Lets see what the replays have to show. Once again the wickets is missing. |
| Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, NOT OUT! Sundar survives once again! Tossed up ball spinning into Sundar who makes a leave to getrapped on the pads. There is an appeal and the umpire does not move. England take the review and the replays come in. Once again no shot offered so we move to the Ball Tracker. Once again the ball is bouncing over the stumps there. |
| 65.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Full on off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 65.3 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up on off, spinning into Sundar, he misses his defensive push to get rapped high on the pads. |
| 65.4 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, On off, kept out off the front foot. |
| 65.5 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and outside off, pushed towards the off side off the front foot. |
| 65.6 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, On middle, kept out. |
| 66.1 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Banged short and around middle, Ashwin sits under it. |
| 66.2 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length and just outside off, poked towards the point region. |
| 66.3 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and just outside off, poked towards point. |
| 66.4 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller and outside off, poked towards gully for one. |
| 66.5 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, Low full toss, flicked to mid-wicket. |
| 66.6 : Ben Stokes to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Classy from Sundar! A fullish ball outside off, Sundar punches this one the up through the covers and it races to the right of the man at mid off. Super shot to end the over. |
| 67.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and around off, pushed towards covers. |
| 67.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flat and around off, poked towards point this time. |
| 67.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flat and just outside off, Ashwin punches it towards the cover region for a run. |
| 67.4 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Floated outside off, Sundar looks to defend but the ball spins in. The ball hits his gloves and then the body. Drops safely on the off side. |
| 67.5 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Flat and around off, kept out. |
| 67.6 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Short and around off, turns in, tucked towards square leg for a single. |
| Dom Bess is back on. 21-4-54-4 from him so far. |
| 68.1 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Low full toss, punched back to the bowler. |
| 68.2 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Floated around off, pushed towards cover region. |
| 68.3 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and on middle, kept out. |
| 68.4 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Full toss outside off, pushed to mid off for nothing. |
| 68.5 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Short and wide outside off, cut to point for one. |
| 68.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flat and around off, kept out. |
| 69.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, DROPPED! Oh, dear! Archer misses a chance! That was a no-look shot from Sundar, by the look of it. He goes for the slog sweep but the ball goes off the toe end. It goes high in the air towards long on. Archer from mid on runs behind and tries to catch. He gets both hands but it spills out. |
| 69.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, On off, kept out. |
| 69.3 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Floated outside off, Sundar pads it away. |
| 69.4 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and around off, turns in. Sundar keeps it out. |
| 69.5 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Spins in again from shortish length. Sundar goes back to block. Ashwin wanted the single but Sundar sends him back. |
| 69.6 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and around off, pushed to mid on for nothing. |
| 70.1 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and outside off, driven to mid off for nothing. |
| 70.2 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Quicker and pushed through on off, pushed off the back foot to covers. |
| 70.3 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and around off, Ashwin dabs it to point. |
| 70.4 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle and leg, tucked to short leg. |
| 70.5 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter on off, Ashwin pushes it back to mid on. |
| 70.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full on middle, Ashwin turns it to the leg side this time. |
| 71.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Through the gap! Tossed up and outside off, Sundar goes for the drive against the turn and creams it through covers for a boundary. 250 comes up for India. |
| 71.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Spinning on middle, turned to square leg for a single. |
| 71.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, Ashwin defends it out. |
| 71.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated outside off, left alone by Ashwin. |
| 71.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, pushed down the track there. |
| 71.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated around off, Ashwin defends it off the front foot to see off the over from Leach. |
| 72.2 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and outside off, Ashwin defends it to covers. |
| 72.1 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Full and going down leg, Sundar flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 72.3 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of good length and around off, Ashwin hops and defends it right under his boots. |
| 72.4 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and around off, Ashwin pushes it to mid off. |
| 72.5 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length and around off, pushed to covers by Ashwin. |
| 72.6 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of good length outside off, Ashwin drops his wrists and lets the ball through. |
| 73.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up outside off, spinning into Sundar. Washington makes a leave. |
| 73.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Full outside off, defended off the front foot. |
| 73.3 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and turning into middle, Siundar plays it to the leg side. |
| 73.4 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, OHH! Drama there! Just evades the leg stump! Tossed up and off, spinning into Sundar, Washington defends it as the ball goes between his leg and to the right of the keeper. Buttler does well to collect it. |
| 73.6 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, On off, kept out by Siundar. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 3! |
| A battling day of Test cricket! A good effort from Sundar and Ashwin in this session to see off the threat. They have played over 100 balls and made sure England are not running away with the game. From 73 for 4 they have got to 257/6. However, they are still a long way behind in this game. |
| Earlier in the day, India managed to get the remaining two wickets of England in the first hour of the morning session. However, in the remaining overs, they lost their openers. Both the openers were looking good but failed to get going. Gill looked really good but departed to a fine catch. India then lost Kohli and Rahane in quick succession. Pant arrived and took the attack to the opposition. He hit 5 sixes in his 88-ball 91 with Pujara doing his work. The duo added 100-plus and kept India in |
| England were pretty good with the ball throughout the day. It was Archer who gave them the breakthrough. He got the wicket of Rohit and Gill first and then it was all about Dom Bess. He got the big fish Kohli and then managed to remove Rahane too with Root taking a fine catch. He also got the wickets of Pujara and Pant. Overall, a decent effort. However, they would've loved a couple more on the day. |
| 73.5 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, FOUR BYES! Massive turn there! Tossed up around off, Sundar looks to tuck it to the leg side but the ball spins away from him and past the keeper into the fine leg fence. Byes signalled. |
| 73.6 : Right! That's all from the moving day of the game. England still in command in this game with a lead of more than 300. Now, on Day 4, how will the wicket behave? Can England strike early in the first session and push the Indians on the back foot? India would want these two to bat longer? Another exciting day on the cards. The action starts on Monday, 8th February, 2021 at 0930 local (0400 GMT). Join us then. For now, it is goodbye from our end. |
| ... DAY 4, SESSION 1 ... |
| Hello and a warm welcome to Day 4 of this intriguing Test match between India and England. Against all the odds, the English Lions are on top after 3 days of play and are holding all the cards at the moment. First, they batted wonderfully, courtesy of a fine knock from their skipper, Root. Then they started very strongly with the ball and have snared 6 wickets and are leading by 321 runs. They will be looking to bundle the remaining wickets and enforce a follow-on whereas the Indians will be ban |
| Pitch report - Deep Dasgupta and Nick Knight are the pitch analysts for the day. Deep Dasgupta says that the first hour of play will be a vital one as the second new ball is not too far away. Knight then adds that the spinners will have an important role to play and the English speed merchants will look to reverse swing the ball. |
| Right then. We are done with all the pre-match formalities as the action is all set to begin now. The English players come out and spread to their respective positions out on the field. The batters for India, Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar follow them out into the middle now. Spin to start off early on as Dom Bess will begin proceedings for the visitors. |
| 74.1 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Bess starts off with a floated delivery on middle and leg, Ashwin tucks this one to the square leg region. |
| 74.2 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated and on off, Ashwin keeps this one out. |
| 74.3 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and around off, Ashwin is solid in his defense. |
| 74.4 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashwin shows off his front foot defense on this occasion. |
| 74.5 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, First runs of the morning. Short and on middle, spinning into the right-hander, Ashwin flicks this one to deep square leg for a single. |
| 74.6 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, FOUR! SHOT! Sundar starts off well. Fractionally short and outside the off pole, Sundar's eyes light up seeing the width and he camps back and slams this one through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 75.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted and on middle, Ashwin keeps this one out. |
| 0.0 : Who will start the day from the other end? 5 overs remain before the second new ball is available. Jack Leach is going to be the one who will start the day with his spin partner, Dom Bess! |
| 75.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Identical to the last delivery, Ashwin offers a solid defense again. |
| 75.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, played towards covers. |
| 75.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floats it up and lands it on the middle pole this time, Ashwin pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 75.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and floated outside off, Ashwin looks to cut this one but the ball stays a touch low and goes under Ash's bat into Buttler's mitts. |
| 75.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 76.1 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, FOUR! A loosener and Sundar does not miss out. He moves into the 40s as well. A full toss on off, Sundar bunts this one through mid on and downtown into the ropes. |
| 76.2 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, On off, kept out. |
| 76.3 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 76.4 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Flat, outside off, punched to covers for a quick single. |
| 76.5 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Gets his bat across and keeps this one out well. |
| 76.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, SIX! WOAH! That came out of nowhere, from Ashwin. Great use of the feet. Bess floats this one up and lands it just around the off pole, Ashwin skips down the track and bangs this one over the wide long on fence for the first biggie of the day. |
| 77.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Loopy and on off, Sundar prods forward and blocks it out. |
| 77.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, On middle and leg, Sundar flicks this one to square leg for a single. |
| 77.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 77.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up and outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 77.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashwin blocks this one with a straight bat towards the mid on region. |
| 77.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, defended by Ash. One run of the over. |
| 78.1 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Short again and Sundar latches onto this one. Flatter and outside off, Sundar camps back and slaps this one through the cover region again. Finds the ropes. Sundar moves onto 47 now. This also brings up the 50-run stand between these two. |
| 78.2 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Sundar has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 78.3 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Tossed up and on middle, Sundar comes forward and defends. |
| 78.4 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Short, outside off, pushed to point. |
| 78.5 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Flighted on middle, Sundar works this one back to the bowler. |
| 78.6 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Full toss on middle, bunted down to long on for a single. |
| 79.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, FIFTY FOR WASHINGTON SUNDAR! His second in as many Tests. He showed his batting abilities in his debut Test in Australia and now he has continued to enhance his reputation in Test match cricket as a batter. Flighted delivery wide outside off, Sundar leans forward and plays a beautiful drive through cover for a boundary to bring up his milestone. The dressing room is on its feet to applaud the youngster's knock. The job is not done though and he will look to |
| 79.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up on off, Sundar pads this one away to the off side. An appeal but the umpire is unmoved. |
| 79.3 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Flighted on off, Sundar comes down and works this to mid on for a single. |
| 79.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated on off, RA pushes this to covers. |
| 79.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, On off, Ashwin plays this to point. |
| 79.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 80.1 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Bowls a good length ball outside off, stays low as Sundar does not bother to offer a stroke to this one. |
| 80.2 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Another length ball outside off, Sundar lets it be. |
| 80.3 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Outside off, left alone for Buttler to collect. |
| 80.4 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Fourth time lucky? Nahhhh! Another good length ball outside off, Sundar again is not interested in playing at this one. |
| 80.5 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Short of a length ball on off, Sundar blocks this one to the point region. |
| 80.6 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Maiden for Anderson to start off with. This is in that channel outside off, Sundar leaves it alone. |
| 81.1 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Archer bowls a fuller one on off, Ashwin pushes it back to Jofra, who stops it with his boot. |
| 0.0 : The second new ball is available now. Root has not opted for it but brought in James Anderson. Expect the England skipper to take the new ball sooner now. |
| 81.2 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length and around off, pushed through point for a single. |
| 0.0 : Change in bowling from both ends. Pace from both sides as Jofra Archer is back into the attack. Still, Root has not called for the second new ball. 16-3-52-2 his numbers so far. |
| 81.3 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, FOUR! This is brilliant strokeplay. Kohli will want ask Sundar how he plays these shots, by the looks of it. Archer comes 'round the wicket and bowls a good length ball on off, Sundar drives this one through mid on and there is no reason for anyone to chase after this. Runs away to the ropes. |
| The second new ball has finally been taken by Joe Root. |
| 81.4 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Bowls a back of a length ball on off, Sundar looks to block but the bounce gets slightly more as it hits him on the bat's handle. |
| 81.5 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Slips this one down the leg side, Sundar leaves it be. |
| 81.6 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Short of a length and on middle, Sundar blocks this one to the leg side. 5 runs off Jofra's first over of the morning. |
| 82.1 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, On a good length and on off, Ashwin plays this one to mid on. |
| 82.2 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Around off on a good length, Ash plays this one towards point this time. |
| 82.3 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, On a good length and outside off this time, Ashwin leaves it alone. |
| 82.4 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short of a length this time and just around the off pole, Ashwin punches this one to covers. |
| 82.5 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! CRACKED! Lovely stroke. Jimmy bowls a good length delivery just around off, enticing Ashwin for the drive. Ravichandran acceps this offer and creams this one through covers. |
| 82.6 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 83.1 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Washington defends this one with a straight bat back towards Jofra. |
| 83.2 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Goes fuller and on the middle pole, Sundar whips this one through mid-wicket for a single. Could have been two but they settle just for the single. The partnership moves to 69 runs off 160 balls now. |
| 83.3 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Around off on a length, kept out by Ravichandran. |
| 83.4 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Another beautiful stroke by Ashwin. Jofra goes for a length ball outside off, room to play with and Ashwin leans into this one and drives it wonderfully through the covers. Getting into this stride now, is Ravichandran. |
| 83.5 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 83.6 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, On a length around off and middle, RA plays this one to mid on. |
| 84.1 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Anderson goes for a fuller one outside the off pole, Sundar lets this one through. |
| 84.2 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Similar to the previous delivery, left alone. |
| 84.3 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Outside off on a length, Sundar offers no shot to this one. |
| 84.4 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Length and outside off, another leave by Washington. |
| 84.5 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Another length ball in that fourth stump channel, no shot offered this time. |
| 84.6 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Good length and on middle, whipped to the mid on region. |
| 85.1 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, On the middle pole on a good length, Ashwin clips this one through mid-wicket for a brace this time. 300 up for India as well. |
| 85.2 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, EDGY FOUR. No one there and it runs away to the ropes. A back of a length and on middle and off, Ashwin looks for the tuck away to the leg side but the ball takes the outside edge and goes in between the gap at first slip and gully and into the third man fence. |
| 85.3 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length and on middle, whipped through the mid-wicket region for a single now. |
| 85.4 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Blocked to the cover region this time. |
| 85.5 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Slightly behind the good length and on the off pole, WS hops and defends this one out. |
| 85.6 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Bumper on middle and leg, Sundar leaves it alone. |
| Jack Leach (20-3-100-0) is back on now. |
| 86.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted on middle, Ashwin pushes it to covers. |
| 86.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUT! CAUGHT! The decision to bring on Leach has paid rich dividends for England. He strikes on the second ball and this stand which will troubling England so much has been broken. The extra bounce has done the trick. Flighted and on off, bounces more than what Ashwin expected probably. He prods forward and looks to defend but the ball takes the top half of the bat and lobs to the right of Ashwin. Stokes and Buttler both run towards the ball but Buttler i |
| Shahbaz Nadeem joins Washington Sundar out in the middle. |
| 86.3 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Flighted on leg, tucked to the leg side. |
| 86.4 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Floated on middle, worked to the square leg region. |
| 86.5 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Flighted and around off, Nadeem works this one to the mid off region. |
| 86.6 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Tossed up and on middle, Shahbaz looks to defend but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes to the point region. |
| 87.1 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Bowls a good length ball outside off, stays very low this time, as Sundar lets this one go. Buttler stops this one well. |
| 87.2 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Back of a length and outside off, Sundar punches this one to the cover region. |
| 87.3 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Short of a length and around off, WS blocks. |
| 87.4 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Outside off on a length, Sundar slaps this one to the point fielder again. Does not opt for the single on this occasion though. |
| 87.5 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, BEAUTYYYY! Things are starting to happen for both Leach and Archer. On a good length and around off, nips away slightly as Sundar looks to block. Zips past the outside edge and to Buttler. |
| 87.6 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, A quick single. On a good length and on middle, Sundar clips this one to the mid-wicket region for a very quick run. The fielder there collects and has a shy at the striker's end but he ends up hitting Nadeem. Also, a no ball as Jofra had overstepped. |
| Jofra Archer to Shahbaz Nadeem, Goes for the yorker but ends up bowling a full toss down the leg side, Nadeem looks to flick but misses. A wry smile on Archer's face after this one. 2 off this over. |
| DRINKS! A good hour of play. Ashwin and Washington Sundar were playing well before the former departed. The latter is looking really comfortable out in the middle. The question is can Nadeem hang around with him and see off the next hour of this session? England will look to wrap up the Indian tail before the end of the session. Another intriguing hour beckons us. |
| 88.1 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Floated around off, Washington Sundar pushes it to mid on. |
| 88.2 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Flighted outside off, Sundar pads it away. Appeal from the English players but nothing from the umpire. |
| 88.3 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Tossed up on off, Sundar defends it. |
| 88.4 : Jack Leach to Washington Sundar, Darted fuller on off, Washington Sundar milks it to long on for a run. |
| 88.5 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Shorter outside off, Nadeem defends it off his back foot. |
| 88.6 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Darted too full on middle. Gives the ball no chance to spin. Nadeem taps it to the right of Leach. |
| 89.1 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Nicely played! Slightly shorter around off, the ball keeps a bit low. Sundar adjusts well and just guides it away from slips for a boundary. |
| 89.2 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Short ball! Sundar ducks under it. |
| 89.3 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Edged but does not carry! Good length ball around off, the ball keeps low this time. Sundar looks to defend but gets a thick outside edge but it falls well, well short of Stokes at first slip. |
| 89.4 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, On off, Sundar keeps it out. |
| 89.5 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Short but down the leg side. Sundar ducks. |
| 89.6 : Jofra Archer to Washington Sundar, Another one down the leg side, Sundar looks to flick but misses. |
| 90.1 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Floated on off, Nadeem defends it. |
| 90.2 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Flighted on off, Nadeem keeps it out and away from silly point. |
| 90.3 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Floated on middle, Nadeem blocks it. |
| 0.0 : Dom Sibley has called for a helmet as he gets ready to stand at silly point. Finally, Root has decided to keep both the short leg and silly point! |
| 90.4 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Tossed up on off, Nadeem blocks it uppishly. Lawrence at silly point is a bit away on the right. Had he been at traditional silly point, this could have been the end of Nadeem. |
| 90.5 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, OUT! CAUGHT! Nadeem departs and Leach gets his second of the day. What a difference a day makes! He was hammered left, right, and center by Pant on Day 3 but today Leach has been fantastic and gets another one. Slightly shorter on off, not too short just a tad. Nadeem gets on his back foot to defend but the ball turns away and takes the outside edge. It just about carries to first slip and Stokes there manages to take a good catch. The extra man at silly po |
| 90.3 : Ishant Sharma is the new batter in. |
| 90.6 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Floated on middle, Ishant starts his innings with a solid block. |
| 90.5 : James Anderson is back into the attack. |
| 91.1 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Good length ball outside off, Sundar dabs this one towards the gully region. |
| 91.2 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, PLAY AND A MISS! Sundar goes after this one but misses it. On a good length and outside off, Sundar looks to drive this one away but he misses his stroke completely. |
| 91.3 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, BEATEN! Another great ball by Sundar. On a good length again and just around off, Sundar looks for the defensive push away but he does not connect bat with ball. |
| 91.4 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Another delivery which is on a good length and outside the off pole, Sundar again looks to push this one away but he does not make any connection. |
| 91.5 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Sundar is not getting it to connect well. Length and outside off, Sundar looks to drive this one away but again fails to get any bat on this one. |
| 91.6 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, SIX! Dear, oh dear! Taken the aerial route, has Sundar. Moves into the 70s with his shot as well. Anderson bowls this one a good length and just around off, Sundar slams this one over the bowler's head and downtown for a biggie. |
| 92.1 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Flighted on middle, Ishant uses his long stride and blocks it. |
| 92.2 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Tossed up on off, Ishant defends it. |
| 92.3 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, FOUR! Ishant getting aggressive now. A shot that has come out of the blue. Floated on middle, Sharma sweeps it in front of square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 92.4 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Flighted on middle, Sharma blocks it. |
| 92.5 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Short and spinning away outside off. Ishant shows great awareness and offers a good leave. |
| 92.6 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Tossed up on off and middle, Ishant keeps it out. |
| 93.1 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Good shot! Length ball around off, Sundar punches it to deep point for one. |
| 93.2 : James Anderson to Ishant Sharma, Edged but safe! Fuller on off, Ishant looks to defend but gets an outside edge which goes to Burns at gully on a bounce. |
| 93.3 : James Anderson to Ishant Sharma, Full on off, Ishant flicks it on the bounce to short leg. |
| 93.4 : James Anderson to Ishant Sharma, Full on off, Ishant taps it back to the bowler. |
| 93.5 : James Anderson to Ishant Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! James Anderson gets his first wicket of the game and Ishant's fight comes to an end. Excellent bowling from Anderson. Sets up the Indian tailender brilliantly. Full ball, followed by another full ball, puts Ishant on the front foot. Then Anderson unleashes a short ball. It is well-directed and more importantly, the ball does raise off the surface. Not an easy thing to do on a subcontinental Day 4 pitch. It is a cross-seam delivery. Ishant awkw |
| 93.4 : Jasprit Bumrah is the last man in for India. |
| 93.6 : James Anderson to Jasprit Bumrah, Full on off, Bumrah manages to defend it. |
| Joe Root to roll his arm now. |
| 94.1 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Excellent shot! Sundar will look to be aggressive now as he knows he is batting with a number 11. Floated outside off, Sundar goes aerial over extra cover and gets a boundary. |
| 94.2 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Good running! Flighted wide outside off, Sundar drives but he gets an inside edge which sees the ball go past the stumps. He calls for two and the pair is quick between the wickets and they get it. |
| 94.3 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, SIX! Smoked! Into the 80s now! Tossed up on off and middle, Sundar goes over Root's head and gets a biggie. |
| 94.4 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Flatter wide outside off, Sundar cuts it but straight to backward point. |
| 94.5 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Short and wide outside off, it spins a lot. Sundar leaves it alone. |
| 94.6 : Joe Root to Washington Sundar, Good running and good over for India. Sundar manages to keep the strike and keep Bumrah away from the firing line. Darted full on the pads. A puff of dust pops off the pitch. Sundar taps it to the left of the bowler and takes a quick run. |
| 95.1 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Length ball on the pads, Sundar flicks it to square leg. |
| 95.2 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, On middle, coming in with the angle. Sundar defends it to mid on with the angle. |
| 95.3 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Good length ball on off and middle, Washington defends it to the off side. |
| 95.4 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Good shot and they take a run. Length ball around off, Sundar punches it to deep point and decides to take a run. 2 balls for Bumrah to face in this over. |
| 95.5 : James Anderson to Jasprit Bumrah, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! What a stunning catch from Ben Stokes at first slip. Bumrah is unable to negotiate the two balls he was tasked to and India are bowled out. Fabulous catch from Stokes. Anderson bowls a full ball on off, the ball shapes away from Bumrah. Jasprit Bumrah looks to defend but gets a thick outside edge and it flies low to the right of first slip. Stokes there dives and takes a brilliant one-handed catch. INDIA BOWLED OUT FOR 337! Trail by 2 |
| Good work by England after being pegged back in the first hour today has seen then bundle the Indians for a total of 337 and they also hold a massive lead of 241 to their name now and it has also been confirmed that they have not enforced the follow-on as well. |
| The batting by India did not start off nicely. They tried to keep the runs flowing by kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were not able to stitch those valuable partnerships. They were struggling at 73/4 at one point and even their charismatic skipper, Virat Kohli was back in the shed. Then came the fightback from the duo of Pujara and Pant stitched a great partnership of 119 runs before both of them fell one after the other and Pant fell while on 91 as well. Ashwin and Sundar then trie |
| England bowled wonderfully in the first innings. They bowled with intent and tested the batters well and their good work saw them peg four wicket very early on but were then pushed back by the duo of Pujara and Pant. But they came back strongly and removed them too and also saw off another fightback staged by the Sundar and Ashwin. Bess was the pick of the lot as he snared 4 wickets. Archer, Leach and Anderson scalped 2 wickets each to their name. Overall, just what Root would have wanted with t |
| Right then. England now have to come out and bat and with the lead of 241 to their name, they will look to come out, score some runs quickly and swell that lead up to a big number, so that they can have a go at the Indians with the ball again. India will be hoping to scalp a few quick wickets and peg them on the backfoot. We might also see a change in the batting line-up of England as they look to be aggressive. Join us for England's reply with the bat shortly. |
| 0.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rory Burns, OUT! CAUGHT! Joy for India as Ashwin starts the third innings with a wicket of the first ball. The ploy to open the bowling with Ashwin has worked superbly for India. Brilliant start to the innings if you are an Indian fan, terrible if you are an England fan. |
| 0.0 : We are back for the third innings and the English openers, Rory Burns and Dom Sibley make their way out into the middle now. Ravichandran Ashwin to start off with the ball. Here he comes... |
| Early blow for England. Will Joe Root come out now? No, it is Dan Lawrence. |
| 0.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Tossed up on off, Lawrence defends it off the front foot. |
| 0.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Floated on off, Lawrence keeps it out. |
| 0.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, On the pads, Lawrence glances it to square leg. |
| 0.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Down the leg side, Lawrence looks to flick but misses. |
| 0.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Excellent start for Ashwin and India. They begin with a wicket maiden. On middle and leg, Lawrence flicks it to short leg on the bounce. |
| 0.4 : Who bowls from the other end? Probably, just one over left before Lunch. Maybe two more. Spin from the other end as well as Shahbaz Nadeem has the ball. |
| 1.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted outside off. There is turn and bounce, Sibley leaves it alone. |
| 1.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley defends it off his front foot. |
| 1.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Turn, bounce, and a very good take from Pant. Nadeem tosses this up around off, Sibley looks to defend but the ball turns away and bounces. It goes past the outside edge of Sibley's bat. Pant behind the stumps does well to take it. |
| 1.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 1.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, NO BALL! Shorter on off, Sibley punches it but it hits silly point on the bounce. Nadeem has overstepped and England get their first run of the innings. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up on off, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 1.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated outside off, Sibley keeps his eyes on the ball and leaves it alone. That will be the end of the first session. Lunch on Day 4! |
| Even though India started the first session of Day 4 well, the English Lions would have been the happier bunch heading into the Lunch break. They would have been looking to dismiss the Indian tail before the Lunch break and they did so successfully, even though Ashwin and Sundar showed some resistance. England started on the back foot as these two batters did well to attack the loose balls and kept chipping away at the runs. But the introduction of Leach changed things up, when he dismissed Ashw |
| Now, England will be looking to pile on the lead and swell it up into a big one until the Tea break and will want to have a go at the Indians at the later stage in the day. They already lead by 242 runs and so, the cards are in their hands. India started off well with the ball as Ashwin scalped the wicket of Burns right on the first ball of the third innings and will look to do the same coming out again. Root will hope that his batters score runs at a quick pace. The second session is looking to |
| India will be happy with how their tail batted as they kept England on their toes for the first hour of this session. Sundar and Ashwin stitched a stand of 80-runs and helped India cut down on the deficit. They finished off with 337 and conceded a lead of 241 runs. Leach and Anderson both snared 2 wickets each and did well to wrap up the Indian batting innings. |
| PITCH REPORT - Deep Dasgupta is down with the pitch report. Dasgupta says that the wicket looks like a typical Day 4 pitch. Deep Dasgupta tells the roller used by England during the break was a heavy roller. Tells it means the topsoil crumbles and it has crumbled more on one end from where only 7 wickets have fallen. Dasgupta goes to the other side and says 14 wickets have fallen but says it looks good to see and easy to bat but it has not been the case. |
| ... DAY 4, SESSION 2 ... |
| We are back for the second session of the day. The batters for England, Dan Lawrence and Dom Sibley make their way out into the middle. They are followed by the Indian players, who come and spread out on the field now. Ravichandran Ashwin to start off. |
| 2.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! A good start to the seond session for England! Floated and on middle, Lawrence clips this one to the deep mid-wicekt region and the ball speeds away to the ropes this time. |
| 2.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, An appeal for lbw but turned down. Floated and on off and middle, spins into the right-hander as Lawrence looks to flick but misses it and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal but the umpire is unmoved. Kohli is pondering taking the review on this occasion but he decides not to. A good decision as this woud have been going down the leg pole. |
| 2.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, On middle, flicked to the leg side. |
| 2.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Another full and floated ball on middle, tucked to mid-wicket. |
| 2.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Flatter and outside off, Dan looks to work this one to the off side but he misses the shot completely. |
| 2.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| Who will start the second session with Ashwin? It will be Shahbaz Nadeem who will continue. |
| 3.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted outside off, Sibley leaves it be. |
| 3.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on off, Sibley pushes this one to the cover region and the batters sneak in a quick single. |
| 3.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Tossed up and on off, Dan pushes this one to mid-wicket. |
| 3.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Flat, outside off, cut to the point region. |
| 3.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Full and flighted on middle, Lawrence comes down the track and flicks this one to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Flatter and on off, Sibley blocks this one to the mid-wicket region. The iconic chatter from Pant is going on. 'BOWLING ASH, BOWLING ASHHHH' is heard from the young wicketkeeper. |
| 4.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle, Sibley looks to block this one but the ball takes the inner half of the blade and goes to deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 4.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 4.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On middle again, tucked to mid-wicket, but straight to the fielder there. |
| 4.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Full and tossed up on middle, DS clips this one to deep square leg for one. |
| 3.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Tossed up and on off, Sibley strokes this one to covers for another single. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Flighted on off, Lawrence comes down the track, probably to negate the spin but he fails to connect bat with ball on this occasion and the ball takes the pads and goes to the off side. |
| 5.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Sibley prods forward and blocks. |
| 5.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Does what he did on the last ball again, does Sibley. |
| 5.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Some width on offer and Sibley is not going to leave this one unpunished! Flatter and outside off, Sibley slams this one through the cover region and the ball runs away to the ropes. |
| 5.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, On off, DS looks to block but the ball takes the inner half and goes to the leg side. |
| 5.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Short and outside off, punched to deep point for a single. |
| 5.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Goes fuller and on off, Lawrence is able to come ahead and defend this with a straight blade. |
| 6.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 6.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On off, tucked to mid-wicket. |
| 6.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, On off, worked to the mid-wicket again. |
| 6.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Full and flighted around off, Sibley flicks this one to mid-wicket and Kohli does well to stop this one. One run. |
| Review time! India have decided to take a review for LBW against Dan Lawrence. Pant feels the ball has turned a lot. Let's see what the replays have to say. |
| 6.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, NOT OUT! Lawrence survives. Impact was outside off. Flighted around off, spins back into the right-hander as Lawrence looks to block this one but misses and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal but nothing from the umpire. Ashwin, Kohli and Pant have a discussion. Pant is heard saying in Hindi that the ball spun a lot on this occasion. With just one second on the timer, Kohli makes the 'T' symbol. The front foot was fine on this occasion and so Ultra Edge |
| 6.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, NO BALL! Ashwin has overstepped and hence, will be a no ball. Floated on off, driven to covers for a single. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 7.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Short outside off, Lawrence punches it to the right of point. Sundar fumbles and they take a single. |
| 7.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted around off, Sibley gets on his front foot anfd blocks it. |
| 7.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Darted fuller on middle, Sibley defends it to the on side. |
| 7.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Shorter on middle, Sibley defends it to mid on. |
| 7.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted on middle and off, Sibley takes a stride forward and defends it. |
| 7.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Floated on the stumps, Sibley keeps it out. |
| 8.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Flighted on off, Dan blocks. |
| 8.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Root's favorite shot is out against spinners, even though he is not out in the middle. Tossed up and around off, Lawrence gets on his knees and sweeps this one to the fine leg region for a couple. |
| 8.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 8.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Short and on the stumps, kept out. |
| 8.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Lawrence goes on his back foot and flicks this one to square leg for a single. |
| 8.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, Around off, tapped to point this time. |
| 9.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Turn and bounce again from Nadeem this time. Shortish and around off, spins away and also bounces a tad bit more as Lawrence looks to have a go at this. Misses and Pant does well to collect this. |
| 9.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Flat, outside off, punched to the off side for one. |
| 9.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 9.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Flighted and around off, Sibley taps this one towards point for a single. |
| 9.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Loopy and around off, Dan comes ahead and drives this one to the left of the mid off fielder for one more run. |
| 9.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Outside off, left alone. Another no ball from Nadeem. Needs to be better on this aspect. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Sibley, Full and tossed up outside off, Sibley looks to drive this one but he does not connect bat with ball on this occasion. |
| 10.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Floated on middle, whipped to short mid-wicket. |
| 10.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, On middle, blocked to the leg side again. |
| 10.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Full and on middle, Lawrence pushes this one back to the bowler. 'NICE AREAS ASHHHHH', is what Pant is heard saying. Safe to say, he is enjoying himself out there. |
| 10.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, FOUR! Quite full and Sibley sends this one to the ropes. Flighted and on the leg pole, SIbley sweeps this one to the fine leg region and the ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 10.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, On off, tapped to point for a very quick run. |
| 10.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Sibley, OUT! CAUGHT! Ashwin gets another one and Sibley's stay out in the middle comes to an end. India has again done well to snare a wicket at the right time. Looks to defend but the ball spins just enough to induce the inside edge. Ashwin has been rewarded for his great bowling with another wicket. Bowls this one a lot straighter and on the stumps, but gets the ball to spin into the right-hander, Sibley prods forward, thinking that he can defend this one out. |
| Who will walk out to bat now? It is the skipper, Joe Root. |
| 11.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Floated on off, Lawrence keeps it out. |
| 11.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dan Lawrence, Short around off, Lawrence punches it to sweeper cover and takes a single to stretch the lead to 274! |
| 11.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Short outside off, Root starts his innings with a punch but to the man at cover. |
| 11.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Root is off the mark in style! Good shot from Root. It has taken him just two balls to bring out the sweep. Loopy ball very full around off, Root sweeps it through mid-wicket all along the ground for a boundary. |
| 11.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, Flighted on off, Root defends it to point. |
| 11.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Joe Root, FOUR! Another sweep and another boundary for Root. The England Test skipper is in magnificent touch. Floated on off, Root sweeps it well in front of square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 12.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Flighted and on off, kept out. |
| 12.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Short and outside off, Lawrence looks to slap this one through the off side but he fails to get any bat on this one. |
| 12.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, On middle, kept out. |
| 12.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Loopy and on off, Dan blocks this one out well. |
| 12.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Full and floated on middle, Dan eases this one through mid on for a single. |
| 12.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Shimmies down the track to this full ball around off and works this one to long on again for one. Root keeps the strike with this single. |
| Pace time! Pace into the attack for the first time in this innings. Ishant Sharma is brought into the attack. |
| 13.1 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Ishant starts off with a good length ball around off, nipping back in slightly after hitting the deck as Root flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 13.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Fuller and on middle, Joe flicks this one to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 13.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dan Lawrence, Another good length ball on off, Lawrence works this one with the inner half of the blade towards the mid on region. |
| 13.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dan Lawrence, Identical to the last delivery by Sharma and Lawrence plays a similar shot this time around to mid on again. |
| 13.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dan Lawrence, In that channel of uncertainty outside the off pole, Lawrence just lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 13.6 : Ishant Sharma to Dan Lawrence, On a good length and on off, Dan pushes this one to the cover region for a single. |
| 14.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, Flighted and on middle, Lawrence sweeps this one to deep square leg where Ishant is stationed. Catch is the call but the ball does not caryy. One run. |
| 14.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! Root absolutely nailed this one. Full and floated on off, Root gets on his knees and slog sweeps this one to deep mid-wicket. The ball bounces once and crosses the ropes. 50 up for England too. |
| 14.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On off, blocked. |
| 14.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Flatter and around off, Root shuffles and punches this one to deep covers for three this time. |
| 14.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dan Lawrence, On off, pushed to point for one. |
| 14.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! Sweep again, Four again. Full and tossed up on the middle pole, Root gets low again and sweeps this one to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 15.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dan Lawrence, On a good length and around off, Dan pushes this one to the cover region. |
| 15.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dan Lawrence, Outside off, left alone. |
| 15.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dan Lawrence, OUT! LBW! That one was plumb and it is Ishant's 300th wicket in Test cricket. Only the third Indian pacer to achieve this feat as he joins Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan in that list. He will be very happy with his milestone and he helps India get another wicket. Sharma bowls this one on a good length and just around off, comes into the right-hander slightly as he looks to flick this one. Lawrence misses and the ball hits him low on the pads. An appeal and the um |
| 15.2 : Dan Lawrence has been adjudged LBW. After a word with his skipper, he has decided to review it. Will Ishant Sharma have to wait for his 300th Test wicket? |
| 15.3 : The vice-captain, Ben Stokes, joins the skipper out in the middle. |
| 15.4 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, On a good length and around off, Stokes defends this one out solidly. |
| 15.5 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Down the leg side this time, Stokes looks to flick this one but he misses it. |
| 15.6 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, On a good length and outside off, bounces more than what Ben would have anticipated. But he leaves it be. A great over for Ishant. A wicket-maiden. |
| 16.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! Brilliantly played. Ashwin has his hands on his hips. How do you bowl to this man? Flighted and on off, Root reverse sweeps this one through backward point and there is no point chasing after this one. Will be a lost cause as it runs away to the ropes. |
| 16.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 16.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short, around off, Root flicks it to deep square leg. Rotates the strike. |
| 16.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Flighted and on off, Stokes pushes this to the cover region. |
| 16.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 16.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, Stokes gets off the mark now. Flatter and on the pads, flicked to square leg for a single. England lead by 305 runs now. |
| DRINKS! Anther intriguing hour of Test cricket and though England have a healthy lead, India have shown great energy and fight out in the middle. The tourists have taken their lead past the 300-run mark and it currently stands at 305. It will be interesting to see what England's approach is now. |
| 17.1 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, On the pads, Stokes turns it to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 17.2 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Good length ball around off, Root taps it behind point and rotates the strike. |
| 17.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Full on off and middle, Stokes defends it with a straight bat. |
| 17.4 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Up and over! Full on middle and off, Stokes takes the aerial route and hits it over mid on for a boundary. It was a slower ball but it went like a tracer bullet once it connected with Stokes' willow. |
| 17.5 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Full around off, Stokes drives it straight to the man at short cover. |
| 17.6 : Ishant Sharma to Ben Stokes, Good fielding but cannot stop the single. Full on middle, Stokes places it to the right of mid on. Rahane there covers a lot of ground and gets to the ball but cannot hold onto it. Allowing Stokes to take the run and keep the strike. |
| 18.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, OUT! CAUGHT! The dangerous Ben Stokes is out of here and Ashwin gets his 3rd of the innings. England ahead in this game but India not giving up here. Flighted delivery outside off, Stokes looks to push it on the off side. The ball though drifts and turns just a fraction. A fraction is good enough to kiss the outside edge of the bat and go straight into the mitts of Rishabh Pant. England lose their 4th and they lead by 312! |
| 0.0 : Who walks in now? Ollie Pope is in at Number 6. |
| 18.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Uppish but safe! Risky start from Pope. Floated on middle, Pope comes down the track and turns it to the leg side. Luckily for Ollie, it is wide of Gill at short leg. |
| 18.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Floated on middle and leg, Pope sweeps it to backward square leg. |
| 18.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Short on middle and leg, Pope keeps it out. |
| 18.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Flighted on middle, Pope comes down the track and turns it to the right of short mid-wicket. Kohli there dives and saves runs for his side. |
| 18.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Pope is off the mark! Flighted on middle and off, Pope sweeps it in front of square on the leg side and keeps the strike. |
| 19.1 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Glorious! First boundary for Pope! Good length ball outside off, Pope leans forward and drives it on the up. He times it and places it beautifully through covers for a boundary. |
| 19.2 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Now a brace! Fuller on middle, Pope flicks it through mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 19.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Uppish but safe! Full on middle and leg, Pope flicks it away from the man at catching position on the on side. There is Pujara at deep mid-wicket. So just a single. |
| 19.4 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Full on middle and leg, Pope plays it to Rahane who is one of the three men at catching position on the on side. |
| 19.5 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Full on off, Pope pushes it to mid off. |
| 19.6 : Ishant Sharma to Joe Root, Full on off and middle. This one shapes the other way around. Pope negotiates it well and keeps it out. |
| 20.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, NOT OUT! Pope survives. The ball has come off his elbow and hence he reviewed it straightaway. Floated delivery pitching outside off and turning back in. Pope looks to play the reverse sweep but the ball hits him and lobs to short leg. Gill takes the catch and appeals. The umpire raises his finger. Pope reviews it and Ultra Edge finds nothing as the ball goes past the bat. Time for the Ball Tracker and that is missing the stumps. |
| 20.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Darted on middle, Pope keeps it out. Another No Ball from India. This has been a serious cause of concern for India in this game. |
| 0.0 : England review! Pope is the man in the question and he wants this on-field decision of out reversed as he feels that he has not made any contact with the ball. A good review by Pope as there is a flatline as the ball passed the bat. They also check if this could be LBW but to no avail. The on-field decision has been reversed. |
| 20.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Aggression from Pope. He uses his feet and dances down the pitch. He does not time it well but hits it over the cow corner region. There is no one in the deep there. Washington Sundar runs in from deep mid-wicket and manages to pull it back before the ropes. Saves a run for his side. |
| 20.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Floated on middle, Root blocks it. |
| 20.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Tossed up on middle, Root reverse sweeps it behind point for one. |
| 20.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Pope now brings out the reverse sweep. Flighted on off and middle. Pope reverse sweeps it. Bumrah at backward point looks to stop it with his feet. Poor footballing skills from Bumrah sees the ball go behind and they get a couple. |
| 20.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, In the air but safe! Pope overuses the reverse sweep. This is on middle, Pope gets a top edge and it lobs in the air. The ball though falls away from Ashwin. |
| 20.5 : Time for some more pace! Jasprit Bumrah to bowl for the first time in this innings. |
| 21.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, NO BALL AND FOUR! Bumrah starts with a no ball and a boundary. Good length ball down the leg side, Root looks to flick but gloves it just wide of diving Pant and the ball races to the fence. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Length ball outside off, Root leaves it alone. |
| 21.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, NOT OUT! India lose their second review. It looked to be going over the stumps to the naked eye and that is what has been shown on the Ball Tracker. Good length ball pitching outside off and coming back in. Root looks to defend but misses and gets hit high on the pad. There is a huge appeal but the umpire is not interested. Bumrah is certain he has his man. Kohli opts for the review. Replay rolls in and Ultra Edge first shows no involvement of bat. Time for the |
| 21.1 : Time for an Indian review now! Bumrah straightaway tells his skipper to go for it and Kohli obliges. This is a shout for an LBW appeal and Ultra Edge shows nothing. Ball Tracker rolls in and wickets are missing. India lose another review. |
| 21.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length ball outside off. Root chops it to keeper on the bounce. |
| 21.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, FOUR! Punched away! Shortish around off, Root punches it through backward point for a boundary. He has looked fabulous throughout this Test. |
| 21.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, On off, Root keeps it out. |
| 21.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length ball pitching on off, Root looks to defend but misses. |
| 22.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Just short of Kohli this time. Flighted and around off, Pope looks to defend but the ball takes the inner half of the blade and goes towards Kohli at mid-wicket, who comes forward but is not able to grab this one. |
| 22.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 22.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Floated and on middle, Pope looks to defend this one but the ball takes the gloves and lobs towards the short leg fielder but it is short of him as well. |
| 22.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Ollie Pope, Outside off, Pope punches this one to point for a single. |
| 22.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, On off, Root comes down the track and looks to push this one away but the ball takes the pads and rolls to the off side this time. They think about the single but decide not to, in the end. |
| 22.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Joe Root, Short and around off, Root dabs this one towards the third man region for a single. |
| 23.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Good length ball around off, Root taps it towards point for a single. |
| 23.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Low full toss on off and middle. Almost the yorker. Pope flicks it to short mid-wicket on a bounce. |
| 23.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Uppish but safe again! Full on middle and leg, Pope flicks it uppishly wide of Rohit Sharma who is at catching position on the leg side for one. |
| 23.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, Full on middle and off, Root flicks it to square leg for a couple. |
| 23.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Joe Root, OUT! LBW! Bumrah gets his first of the innings and Root's innings comes to an end. Good length ball pitching around off. It reverses back in and stays low as well. Root looks to defend but the lack of bounce surprises him. The ball misses his bat and hits him plumb in front of the stumps. There is a mandatory appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Root knows he is a goner and does not waste the review. Half the side back in the hut for England. They lead by 3 |
| 23.4 : Jos Buttler is the new man in for England. |
| 23.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, EDGED AND FOUR! Excellent ball but the rub of the green goes Buttler's way. Full around off and this one reverses away from Jos. He looks to defend off his front foot but the ball hits the inside edge of his bat and goes through the backward square leg region. Nadeem gives it a chase and dives but to no avail. |
| 24.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Tossed up on off and middle, Pope keeps it out. |
| 0.0 : Shabaz Nadeem (6-0-23-0) is back on. |
| 24.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, Short on middle and off, Pope punches it through covers for a single. |
| 24.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Around leg, Buttler keeps it out. |
| 24.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, NO BALL AND SIX! Excellent use of the feet from Buttler. He has hit it high and handsome over the ropes. Tossed up on middle and off, Buttler comes down the track and smokes it over the bowler's head for a biggie. Nadeem has overstepped again and Pant is telling him to watch out his front crease. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Flighted on off, Buttler keeps it out. |
| 24.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Tossed up around off, Buttler strokes it through point and gets a couple. |
| 24.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Flighted on the stumps, Buttler blocks it. |
| 25.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Fuller and on the off pole, Pope clips this one through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 25.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, An appeal for LBW but it is turned down on this occasion. On a good length and on middle and leg, jags back in as well, Buttler looks for the clip away but misses and gets rapped on the pads. An enquiry but the umpire is unmoved. Was sliding down the leg side. |
| 25.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 25.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Another full ball on off and middle, Jos whips this one to the left of short mid-wicket, where Rohit Sharma is stationed. He is not able to stop this one and Pujara mops up in the deep. A brace on this occasion. |
| 25.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Good length and outside off, Buttler shoulders arms this time around. |
| 25.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Another good length ball outside off, Buttler drives this one to the cover region this time. |
| Ishant Sharma is back on to bowl. 4-1-16-1 are his numbers so far. |
| 26.1 : Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope, Good length ball around off, Pope flat-bats it towards point for one. |
| 26.2 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Length ball outside off, Buttler plays it to point. |
| 26.3 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Length ball outside off, Buttler leaves it alone. |
| 26.4 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Good length ball outside off, Buttler opens the gate and lets the ball carry to the keeper. |
| 26.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Full and coming in, Buttler defends it with a dead bat. |
| 26.6 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Length ball on off, Buttler defends it with a straight bat. TEA ON DAY 4! Â |
| What a great session of play we have had in this second session. Even though India was staring at a huge lead, they have not let their heads drop and have done extremely well to keep chipping at the wickets. Though England will not be too worried or annoyed with how things have gone, they have lost quick wickets but they added 118 runs to their lead and increased it to 360 runs now and will look to reach the 400-run mark before they declare. |
| India was brilliant with the ball. Ashwin, particularly, snared 3 wickets and also the big wicket of Stokes. Ishant too was good and reached the landmark of 300 Test wickets for an Indian pacer. Bumrah came later on and get rid of the double centurion of the first innings, the skipper, Joe Root. The ball has started to misbehave slightly and the Indians will be looking to come back out and take a few wickets quickly and the visitors will just want to come out and smack a few quickly so as to rea |
| ... DAY 4, SESSION 3 ... |
| We are back for the third and final session of the day. The batters for England, Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler make their way out into the middle now. They are followed by the Indian players and Jasprit Bumrah has the cherry in his hand. Here he comes... |
| 27.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Good hands from Pope and he starts the final session of the Day with a bang. England showing what route they are looking to take. On a good length and outside off, Pope frees his arms and slams this one through the cover region and into the ropes. |
| 27.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, On a good length and on off, Pope pushes this one to the cover region. |
| 27.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Short of a length and on middle, Pope clips this one to the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 27.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Another length ball around off, Pope taps this one to point. Looks for the single but does not go for it, in the end. |
| 27.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Ollie pushes this one to the cover region again, but for no runs this time. |
| 27.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ollie Pope, Good length and around off, Ollie works this to covers again. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? It will be Shahbaz Nadeem. |
| 28.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Short and on the pads, Buttler looks to pull but the ball takes the top edge and goes towards fine leg for a couple. |
| 28.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, FOUR! That was not even a reverse sweep, it was a reverse cover drive. Flighted and on off, Pope reverses and slams this one through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 28.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, On middle, reverse swept to the backward point region for a couple again. |
| 28.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Ollie Pope, OUT! CAUGHT! Nadeem gets the wicket and it is his first one in this innings. Pope has played well in his small innings but he loses his wicket in trying to be aggressive. Flighted and on middle, Pope looks to reverse sweep this one again but the ball takes the top edge and lobs towards the cover region where Rohit Sharma takes a good catch. England lead by 371 runs. |
| 28.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Tossed up and around off, Bess comes down the track and lofts this one over Ashwin at mid on for a couple. |
| 28.4 : Who will walk out to bat now? It is going to be Dom Bess. Surprised that Archer has not come out to bat. |
| 28.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Flighted on leg, Bess clips this one to square leg for a single. |
| 29.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Good length ball in the channel of uncertainty. Bess looks to defend but misses. |
| 29.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Fuller on off and middle, Bess blocks it. |
| 29.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Low full toss on off, Bess defends it back to the bowler. |
| 29.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Fuller and jagging back in from middle. Bess looks to defend but gets hit on the pad. |
| 29.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Angling in from good length area on middle. Bess turns it to square leg for a single. |
| 29.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Full on middle, Buttler blocks it. |
| 30.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, On the pads, Bess pads it away! |
| 30.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Floated on the pads, Bess defends it. |
| 30.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Once again pitching outside leg. Bess pads it away. |
| 30.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Again on the pads, Bess is happy to pad it away. |
| 30.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Once again no shot offered to this one which is pitched outside leg. |
| 30.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Nadeem bowls another one outside leg. Bess pads it away. |
| 31.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Fuller on middle, Buttler pushes it to cover for one. |
| 31.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Full on middle, Bess defends it. |
| 31.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Good ball! Shortish ball outside off. Bess takes his eyes off the ball and ducks. |
| 31.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Full on middle, Bess keeps it out. |
| 31.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Length ball on off, Bess blocks it. |
| 31.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Dom Bess, Just a single of the over. England are in no hurry at the moment. Full on off and middle, Bess defends it to mid on. |
| 32.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Down the leg side, Buttler paddles it but straight to short fine leg. |
| 32.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Another one down the leg side, Buttler paddles it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 32.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Down the leg side. Bess does not offer a shot and Pant too fails to hold onto the ball. It goes to the fence but won't cound as no shot was offered. |
| 32.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, On the pads, Bess flicks it to the leg side and rotates. |
| 32.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Down the leg side, Buttler paddles it to the left of short fine leg. |
| 32.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Darted quicker on the leg side, Buttler looks to paddle sweep it the Tendulkar way but misses. |
| Bowling change. Ishant Sharma to bowl now. His figures so far read 5-1-17-1. |
| 33.1 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Fuller on middle and off. Bess looks to defend but the ball goes off the outside edge through gully. Washington Sundar in the deep runs to his left and manages to slide and pull it before the ropes. Saves a run for his side. |
| 33.2 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Full on off and middle, Buttler flicks it to square leg and gets a single to extend the lead to 382! |
| 33.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Good length ball outside off, Bess looks to defend but misses. |
| 33.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, No urgency from either side here. Full on middle, Bess flicks it to deep square leg and rotates. |
| 33.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Good length ball on middle and off. Buttler defends it off the inner half of his bat. |
| 33.6 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, Down the leg side, Buttler looks to flick but misses. England are in no rush here which is kind of a strange tactic. Probably looking to bat time as they feel they have enough runs on the board already. |
| 34.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Pitched outside leg, Bess looks to pad it away but the ball hits the forearm. |
| 34.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Around leg, Dom pads this one away. |
| 34.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Flighted on leg, worked to the fine leg region for a couple. |
| 34.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Down the leg side and Bess just leaves it alone. |
| 34.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, On the leg pole, left alone by Dom again. |
| 34.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Flighted and on middle, kept out. |
| 35.1 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, On a good length and on off, Jos pushes this one to covers for one. |
| 35.2 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, Good length and on off, Dom pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 35.3 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, On a good length and on middle, flicked to the leg side. |
| 35.4 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, On a good length and on off, Bess flicks this one to the leg side. |
| 35.5 : Ishant Sharma to Dom Bess, On middle, pushed through mid on for a single. |
| 35.6 : Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler, On a good length and around off, Buttler pushes this one to the cover region. |
| Ashwin to bowl now. |
| 36.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Floated on off, Bess blocks this one. |
| 36.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, On middle, pushed to the leg side. |
| 36.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, On middle, flicked to the leg side again. |
| 36.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 36.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Flighted on off, Bess sweeps this one to deep square leg for a single. |
| 37.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Tossed up and on off, Dom keeps this one out. |
| 36.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, On middle, swept to the leg side again. |
| 37.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Flighted outside off, Bess lets it be. |
| 37.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Spun sharply there. Floated and outside off, spins away sharply as Bess looks to play at this one but misses. |
| 37.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 37.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 37.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, On off, Bess keeps this one out. |
| 38.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, NO BALL AND FOUR! Ashwin oversteps this time and Buttler also punishes him. Flatter around off, Jos goes on the back foot and punches this one to the cover region and into the ropes at the deep. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 38.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 38.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Flighted on middle, Buttler fends this one out. |
| 38.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Loopy and around the middle pole again, Buttler pushes this one to the mid on region. |
| 38.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, An appeal for LBW but turned down by the umpire. Loopy and on middle, Jos gets on his knees and looks to sweep this one away to the leg side but he misses and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal but the umpire is unmoved. Kohli thinks about it and then opts against taking the review. |
| 38.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Another appeal but nothing doing from the umpire. Flighted and on off, Buttler looks to sweep again but misses and the ball takes the pads and goes to the off side. Ashwin appeals but to no avail. 5 runs off this over. |
| 39.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, FOUR! The lead now moves to 397! Short and spinning away, Nadeem punches it through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 39.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Floated on off, Bess defends it to point. |
| 39.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, FOUR! The lead moves past 400! Flighted outside off, Bess picks the length well and sweeps it over mid-wicket for a boundary. The tourists now lead by 401! |
| 39.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Pitched outside leg, Bess looks to pad it away but the ball bounces a bit more and hits him on his arm. |
| 39.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Flatter on middle, Bess keeps it out. |
| 39.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Dom Bess, Another one pitched outside leg, Bess pads it away. |
| 40.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, Floated on leg, Buttler looks to defend but the ball lobs back to Ashwin off the pad. |
| 40.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Buttler flicks it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 40.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Short on off, Bess defends it on the leg side. |
| 40.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, FOUR! Short, wide and punished! Bess looking really impressive with the bat. Short around off, Bess cuts through point for a boundary. |
| 40.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, Floated outside off, Bess looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pad. Stifled appeal from the Indian players but nothing from the umpire. |
| 40.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, On the stumps, Bess keeps it out. |
| 41.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, Down the leg side. Buttler looks to paddle but it hits his glove, gets stuck on his pad and falls away from Pant. |
| 41.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jos Buttler, OUT! STUMPED! Buttler departs and Nadeem gets his second of the game. Once again Nadeem bowls it outside leg, Buttler comes down the track and looks to hit it straight. He misses and Pant behind the stumps has an easy task. He makes no mistake. |
| Jofra Archer walks out to bat. |
| DRINKS! England have motored along but not with a lot of urgency. They lead by 406 and unlike how many expected they have not gone all guns blazing in this session. They have been happy to take their time so far and put away the bad balls. India will be happy as long as England keep batting. The less they have to bat, the easier it is for the home side. |
| 41.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jofra Archer, This one keeps low. Floated outside off, the ball keeps low and Archer manages to push it to mid off. |
| 41.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jofra Archer, This one turns viciously. Floated on the pads, Archer looks to flick but gets a leading edge. Luckily for Archer, it does not carry to the diving second slip fielder. |
| 41.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jofra Archer, Floated on middle, Archer sweeps it to mid-wicket for a couple. Jofra will be glad ton get off the mark and not have a pair to his name. |
| 41.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jofra Archer, Tossed up on off, Archer keeps it out. |
| Bess has been adjudged LBW but he has decided to take it upstairs. Feels very optimistic this review. Let's see what the replays have to say. |
| 42.1 : The new man in is Jack Leach. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Dom Bess, OUT! The ball hit the pad first and once that was sure there was hardly anything that could have saved Bess. Bess' effort comes to an end. A good knock from the spinner. Shorter on off, Bess looks to defend but the bat gets stuck behind his pad. The ball hits his pad and a huge appeal follows. The umpire raises his finger. Bess takes the review. Ultra Edge shows that there is no bat involved. Time for the Ball Tracker and it shos all reds. 4-fer for Ashwin |
| 42.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Flighted on off, Leach keeps it out. |
| 42.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Tossed up off, Leach looks to defend but gets an outside edge. The ball though does not carry to the man at slip. |
| 42.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Flighted on off, JL defends it. |
| 42.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Floated on the stumps, Leach blocks it. |
| 42.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Tossed up on the stumps, Leach defends it. |
| 43.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jofra Archer, Short and spinning away. Archer defends it to cover for a single. |
| 43.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jack Leach, Loopy ball on off and middle, Leach blocks it. |
| 43.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jack Leach, FOUR! In the air and in the gap! Flighted on middle and off, Leach comes down the track and hits it away from Ashwin at long on for a boundary. |
| 43.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jack Leach, Shorter on middle, Leach looks to defend but does so uppishly. Luckily for Leach it falls short of Rohit Sharma at short leg. |
| 43.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jack Leach, On the stumps, kept out. |
| 43.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Jack Leach, FOUR! Edgy boundary but England will not mind it. Floated on off, Leach comes down the track and looks to hit it over but gets an outside edge which sees the ball go over the slip and to the fence. |
| 44.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Tossed up on middle, Archer keeps it out. |
| 44.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, Flighted on off, Archer lofts it over cover for a single. |
| 44.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Flighted outside off, Leach swings but cannot connect. |
| 44.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, On off, Leach keeps it out. |
| 44.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, Tossed up on off, Leach defends it. |
| 44.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jack Leach, On the stumps, JL blocks it. |
| 45.1 : Washington Sundar to Jofra Archer, Floated ball on off, Archer drives to mid off. |
| 45.2 : Washington Sundar to Jofra Archer, Flatter ball on the pads, Archer tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 45.3 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Floated ball on off, Leach defends it to mid off. |
| 45.4 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Outside off, left alone. |
| 45.6 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Shorter and on middle, Leach works it to the leg side. |
| 45.5 : Washington Sundar to Jack Leach, Flighted ball outside off, Leach pushes it to cover. |
| 46.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jofra Archer, OUT! TIMBER! Brilliantly bowled by Ashwin! He gets a 5-fer as well and it has been another good performance by them. Floated ball on off, Archer looks to flick it off the back foot but misses and the ball goes onto hit the timber. |
| James Anderson is the last man in. |
| 46.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to James Anderson, Full ball on off, Anderson looks to play the reverse sweep but it goes to first slip. |
| OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! That's it! England's second innings is over! Terrific display from Ashwin! Loopy ball on middle, Anderson looks to flick but gets a leading edge which lobs back towards the bowler. Ashwin accepts it gleefully. ENGLAND BOWLED OUT FOR 178. INDIA NEED 420 RUNS TO WIN. |
| Not the best show with the bat for England but they will not care as much. They were not able to add a lot of runs but their whole agenda for this session was to swell their lead up to something near the 400-run mark and they have done that well. The bowling by India was considerably better in the second inning than it was in the first. They started off with a bang as Ashwin removed Burns right on the first ball of the innings and they kept that tempo up throughout the course of the third stanza |
| Right then. India need 420 runs to win and that is a big, big total to scale but with the talent that they possess in their ranks, they will definitely come out with the belief that they can make something out of this game. England have been very good in this game but all their work will not amount to anything if they are not able to bowl well in that final innings and they will be looking to do that. An amazing last stanza of play awaits us. Join us for the fourth and final session of the Test |
| There it is! We thought that the declaration would be on its way but England kept hanging around and India have done well to scalp all the wickets and have bundled the English first innings for just 178 runs. A wonderful bowling performance from Ashwin mainly and all the Indian bowlers. England have not scored a lot of runs in this innings, but with the massive lead that they had amassed in the first inning, plus with the work done now, they have ended up with a massive lead of 419 runs. |
| 0.2 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Full ball outside off, Sharma watches it carefully and then shoulders arms to it. |
| 0.1 : We are back for India's fourth innings! The England players make their way out to the middle, followed by Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Jofra Archer will start with the ball. |
| 0.3 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Another full ball outside off, Sharma has no problems in leaving it alone. |
| 0.4 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Good length ball outside off, Sharma lets it go to the keeper. |
| 0.5 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Short ball around middle, Sharma looks to pull at first but then decides to let it go. Buttler hops and collects. |
| 0.6 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, A maiden to start from Jofra Archer! Good length ball on middle, Sharma defends it back to the bowler. |
| Jack Leach to share the new ball with Archer. |
| 1.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Leach starts with a flatter ball on off, Gill goes on his back foot and then defends it to point. |
| 1.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Floated ball outside off, Gill prods forward and then decides to leave it alone. |
| 1.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Slower through the air outside off, Gill shoulders arms to it. |
| 1.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Tossed up on middle, Shubman defends it back to the bowler. |
| 1.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Full on middle, Gill uses his feet and then looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 0.1 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Anderson starts with a good length ball outside off, Sharma leaves it alone. |
| 1.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Wonderful shot from Gill! Slightly short on middle, Gill goes on his back foot and then pulls it to the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 2.1 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Good length ball outside off, Sharma shoulders arms to it. |
| 2.2 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length ball on middle, Sharma hops and looks to defend but gets hit high on the bat. |
| 2.3 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, On a length outside off, Sharma once again makes a leave. |
| 2.4 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, PLAY AND A MISS! Not needed from Sharma! Good length ball outside off, Sharma looks to punch it off the back foot but misses as the ball keeps a little low. |
| 2.5 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Full ball on off, Sharma prods forward and then blocks it to the off side. |
| 2.6 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Full ball outside off, Sharma lets it go to Buttler. |
| 3.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Tossed up on off, Gill pushes it to mid off. |
| 3.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Superb timing from Gill! Flatter ball on middle and leg, Gill just times this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. No chance for the fielder chasing after it. |
| 3.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Flicked away nicely! Very full on the pads, Gill flicks it through the fine leg region for another boundary. |
| 3.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Floated ball outside off, Gill shoulders arms. |
| 3.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Full and on off, Gill pushes it to cover. |
| 3.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Tossed up on middle, Shubman defends it back to the bowler. |
| 4.1 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Full ball outside off, Sharma lets it through to the keeper. |
| 4.2 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Sharma is off the mark! Good length ball on off, Rohit taps it to point for a single. |
| 4.3 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Back of a length ball on off, Gill just plays it to the off side and takes a quick run. |
| 4.4 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! In the air but safe! Short ball on middle, Sharma looks to pull but it goes off the toe end of the bat towards the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, SIX! This time a lot more convincing! Short ball on middle, Sharma rocks back on the back foot and then pulls it over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 4.6 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Short ball on the pads, Rohit pulls it to fine leg for a single. |
| 5.1 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Floated ball outside off, Sharma leaves it alone. |
| 5.2 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, Sharma prods forward and then defends it to point. |
| 5.3 : Jack Leach to Rohit Sharma, OUT! TIMBER! What a ripper from Jack Leach! Just a ripper! That will get England going! Superb delivery and it sends Rohit Sharma back to the pavilion. Tossed up on middle, it spins away after pitching. Sharma prods forward to defend but misses and the ball goes onto hit the off stump. Wow, simply brilliant. Leach did not have a good time in the first innings but has started well in the second. India need 395 more. |
| India's new wall, Cheteshwar Pujara, marches to the crease. |
| 5.4 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter ball on middle, Pujara defends it back to the bowler. |
| 5.5 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! Nicely timed and cut away! Short ball outside off, Pujara cuts it through the cover-point region for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full on off, Pujara defends it out. |
| 6.1 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Good length and on middle, Gill flicks this one through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Anderson time! James Anderson is into the attack for the first time in this innings. |
| 6.2 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full ball on the pads, Pujara flicks it to the deep mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 6.3 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Back of a length ball on off, Gill plays it back to the bowler. |
| 6.4 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Full ball on the pads, Gill pushes it to mid on. |
| 6.5 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Good length ball on middle, defended out. |
| 6.6 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, On a length on off, Gill blocks it to cover. |
| 7.1 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Quicker on off, Pujara defends it to cover. |
| 7.2 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on the pads, Pujara flicks it to backward square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 7.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter ball outside off, Pujara punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 7.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Full ball on the pads, Gill nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 7.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Tossed up on the pads, Gill is solid in defense. |
| 7.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Loopy ball outside off, left alone by Gill. |
| 8.1 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on middle, Pujara defends it out. |
| 8.2 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length ball around middle and leg, Pujara looks to tuck it on the leg side but hits his thigh pad and lobs to short leg. |
| 8.3 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a length on middle, CP nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 8.4 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on middle, defended out solidly. |
| 8.5 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full ball on middle, Pujara drives it to mid on. |
| 8.6 : James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length ball on off, Pujara goes back in his crease and then blocks it to cover. |
| 9.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Full ball on middle, Gill pushes it to mid on. |
| 9.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Fuller on the pads, SG works it to mid-wicket. |
| 9.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Floated ball on off, punched back to the bowler. |
| 9.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Flatter ball on the pads, Shubman works it to square leg. |
| 9.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Tossed up on off, defended to silly point. |
| 9.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Flighted ball on the pads, Gill nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 10.1 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Loopy ball on middle, Pujara flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : Bess time! Dom Bess is into the attack for the first time in this innings. He bowled beautifully in the first innings. Can he do the job in the second as well? |
| 10.2 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter ball on middle, Pujara plays it towards mid on for nothing. |
| 10.3 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on middle, Pujara nudges it to backward square leg for a single. |
| 10.4 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Flighted ball on off, Gill uses his feet and then defends it back to the bowler. |
| 10.5 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Flatter ball on middle, Gill works it to short mid-wicket. |
| 10.6 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Quicker on middle, tucked to short leg. |
| 11.1 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flighted ball on middle, Pujara nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 11.2 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up on off, Pujara plays it to point. |
| 11.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter ball outside off, Pujara leaves it alone. |
| 11.4 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Tossed up outside off, CP prods forward and then lets it go to the keeper. |
| 11.5 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter ball outside off, punched to cover. |
| 11.6 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shorter and outside off, Pujara punches it though the extra cover region for a couple of runs. |
| 12.1 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Quicker on middle, Gill defends it back to the bowler. |
| 12.2 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, On middle, Shubman goes on the back foot and then defends it out. |
| 12.3 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Flighted on middle, Gill works it to mid-wicket. |
| 12.4 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Shorter and on middle, Gill tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.6 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Flatter ball on off, Gill goes on his back foot and then defends it back to the bowler. STUMPS ON DAY 4. |
| 12.5 : Dom Bess to Cheteshwar Pujara, Shorter and on middle, Pujara works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 12.6 : Wow, what a brilliant day of cricket we have witnessed! Simply superb. Both India and England were ferocious in their approach and it is due to their efforts that this Test is going right to the wire. Sure, it looks tough and the total seems big to scale down for the hosts, but that's what was said about the final Test at the 'Gabba between India and Australia last month and we all know what happened in that game, don't we? |
| The day started nicely enough for the Indians as the duo of Sundar and Ashwin battled it out for the first hour, but once Ashwin fell, the batting just collapsed. India came out with fire, with the ball, and were just phenomenal as they were right on the money right from ball one as Ashwin bundled Burns on the first delivery. India kept chipping away at the wickets while the English players kept trying to add to their massive lead. Led by Ashwin, who snared 6 wickets, they bundled the English Li |
| A day with which England will be very happy. This is exactly what their plan was - to bundle the Indian tail quickly before the Lunch break, then come out and add some more quick runs and ensure that their lead is a big, fat one and then have a go at the Indian openers right towards the end of the day and hopefully snare some wickets. The only thing that they will be slightly unhappy with is that they could only remove one Indian batter but they will still be happy with how things have panned ou |
| Ishant Sharma is in for a chat. He starts by saying that it has been a roller coaster ride but adds he has enjoyed it. Tells there are a lot of mentors in his life who have taught him how to bowl in the subcontinent and abroad. Smiles and says his body is a bit sore as he has played just shorter formats and bowled 35 overs. Tells if they get a good start on Day 5, they can chase it down as they have a fearless target. On how he felt of the pitch, Ishant smiles and says he felt like they were pla |
| Right then. It has been an intriguing 4 days of Test cricket and this game is heading right into the wire now. 381 needed for India to win. England needs 9 wickets to take the first Test and let's not forget, that a draw is also on the cards. A wonderful final day of the Test cricket beckons and with everything on the line, it will be interesting to see which team comes out on top. So join us for Day 5 at 0930 local (0400 GMT). Until then, stay safe and cheers! |
| ... DAY 5, SESSION 1 ... |
| Greetings, everyone! After four days of engrossing action, here we are waiting to find out the result of the first Chennai Test. 9 wickets and 381 runs - that's the equation! Two results look more probable at the moment - England's win or a draw but after what happened at the Gabba, you have to give an outside chance to India as well. Having said that, to score these many runs on a turning Chepauk pitch is next to impossible. Whichever way you slice it, one thing is guaranteed -Â A fascinating d |
| Something for the Indian fans to feel confident! Famous stats man, Mohandas Menon has tweeted - 'On the fifth final day at the Chepauk in Chennai... In 1986 - India made 347 in 86.5 overs to TIE the Test against Australia. In 2008 - India made 256/3 in 69.3 overs to win by six wickets against England (target - 387). Today - India need 381 (with 9 wickets) in 90 overs.' Are we in for another miraculous result for the home team? |
| A quick interview with James Anderson. The English seamer says that it is going to be a hard day for them and adds that they saw India showing good fight recently in Australia. Mentions that it will be a day of hard work. Tells that the surface is very abrasive and they are not far away from getting reverse. He is looking forward to work well in tandem with the spinners. |
| Which team is on top? You will see the scorecard and say England. And it's true as well. But the way they were defensive in their approach last evening was bizarre. Before that, everyone waited for them to declare but they kept on batting and eventually got all out. Was the Pant factor playing too much in their minds? It appeared that they watched the Gabba Test too deeply and wanted to play it safe. Will that cost them a good chance to take the series lead? We will find out as the day progresse |
| Enough of talking, let's dive in! The men concerned are on the field. Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara are the overnight batsmen. Will it be a terrific Tuesday for India? Straightaway, Jack Leach is into the attack. Let's play... |
| 13.1 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Starts with a fuller length ball on the pads, Pujara nudges it behind square leg and takes a single. |
| 13.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gill is away on Day 5 in style! A long hop around off, Shubman is on the back foot immediately as he pulls it delightfully to the deep mid-wicket fence. He won't let loose balls go unpunished. |
| 13.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Flatter and a touch shorter again, around off, Gill stays back and hits it in front of square leg for a couple. The siren goes off and it's a no ball. |
| Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Sliding down the leg side, this time Gill fails to work it off his pads. |
| 13.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Gets on the front foot to a full ball and defends it back. |
| 13.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Excellent leave. Full and flighted on off, turning away, Gill covers his stumps and allows it through. |
| 13.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Too full in length on off, Gill drives it firmly through the line but finds the cover fielder. Good first over for India, 8 runs off it! |
| Jofra Archer to operate from the other end. Will he get some reverse going? |
| 14.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Begins with a fuller length ball on off, slower in pace at 126 kph, Pujara is on the front foot in defense. |
| 14.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Lands it full and close to off again, Pujara plays it near to his body and pushes it with an angled bat to covers. |
| 14.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball angling in around off, Cheteshwar stays back and is solidly behind the line in defense. |
| 14.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Quietly played. Fullish and around off, Pujara eases it softly in the gap at covers for a quick run. |
| 14.5 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, A bouncer first up to Gill. It's served around off and Shubman sits underneath it. |
| 14.6 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, A wayward delivery. On a good length and wide outside off, further shaping away, Gill allows it through and Buttler has to dive to collect it in front of first slip. Troubled his keeper more than the batsman, Jofra! |
| 15.1 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full and floated on off, Pujara advances down the track and drives it to the left of mid off for a run. |
| 15.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 15.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Loopy and full on middle, Gill draws forward and blocks it back safely. |
| 15.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, A touch short and on off, Gill works it on the leg side but finds mid-wicket. |
| 15.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Ooops...this one keeps low after landing around off, Gill does well to go down low and keep it out to square leg for a run. |
| 15.6 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, Flatter this time, around middle, defended back to the bowler. 50/1 are India. |
| 16.1 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Good length delivery in the channel outside off, shaping away slightly, with the shine, Gill offers no shot. |
| 16.2 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Back of a length delivery outside off, Gill stays on the back foot and gently plays it through cover-point. Straightaway calls two and gets them easily. |
| 16.3 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Angling in a full length ball on off, Gill brings down a straight bat and defends it back. The extra cover fielder moves to his right to make a diving stop. |
| 16.4 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Good length ball on middle, defended off the back foot to mid on. |
| 16.5 : Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, Pitches it up and in the line of the stumps, Gill uses his wrists and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a run. No issues whatsoever so far for India. |
| 16.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, On a good length close to off, Pujara sticks back and defends it close to his body. It rolls to covers and a loud shout of no follows. |
| 17.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Extra flight, it drops full around leg, Gill pushes it down to mid on. |
| 17.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Floated and full around off, Gill gets on the front foot and defends it watchfully. |
| 17.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Leach pushes it quicker through the air, flat and on middle, Gill turns it off his pads to the leg side, finds mid-wicket. |
| 17.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 17.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, PITCH MISBEHAVES! Excellent delivery. This one lands full and around off, Gill is forward in defense but the ball shoots up and spins past the outside edge. Beats the keeper and slip for FOUR BYES! That will sow a seed of doubt in the batsmen's minds. |
| 17.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Gets on the front foot to a full ball around off and defends it safely. |
| 18.1 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Good length ball on off, Pujara stays back and defends it down on the off side. |
| 18.2 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Full this time, around off, Pujara pushes it off his front foot to short extra cover. |
| 18.3 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Archer delivers a knuckle delivery, slower in pace and very full on middle, Pujara does well to defend it back. |
| 18.4 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Bangs in a bouncer around middle and leg, Pujara lets it be with ease. Archer is trying to mix up his length and pace. |
| 18.5 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Fuller length delivery, close to off, Pujara defends it near his front pad and pushes it to covers. |
| 18.6 : Jofra Archer to Cheteshwar Pujara, Back of a length delivery outside off, coming slowly off the surface, Pujara hangs on the back foot and taps it down towards point. |
| 19.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, A tossed up delivery but too full in length on middle, Gill jams it down to mid on. |
| 19.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Flatter and a touch shorter on off, Shubman goes back and punches it through covers for a run. |
| 19.3 : Jack Leach to Cheteshwar Pujara, OUT! First wicket falls on Day 5 for India. Beauty of a delivery. Leach lands it full and on middle, gives it a good toss, Pujara gets forward and tries to work it on the leg side at the last moment. But it jumps, takes the shoulder of his bat and Stokes takes a superb catch stretching to his left at first slip. Pujara will be a little disappointed with himself, had he played it out with a straight bat, then he could have defended it down despite the extra |
| Virat Kohli walks in next at number 4. |
| 19.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flighted and full outside off, Virat is on the front foot in defense. |
| 19.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flatter and shorter on off, Kohli goes on the back foot this time and defends it to the off side. |
| 19.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Very full and close to off, Virat defends it to covers to end the over, a successful one for England. |
| Dom Bess is into the attack. He dismissed Kohli in the first innings and Root is again banking on him. |
| 20.1 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Lovely footwork! Gill dances down the track to a full ball outside off and drills his drive down the ground to long off for a boundary. |
| 20.2 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 20.3 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gill is on the attack, he doesn't want Bess to adjust. Shubman is down the track in a flash, takes it on the full and swings it over mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep attempts for a catch but it goes wide of his outstretched left hand and finds the fence. |
| 20.4 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Works it on the leg side, finds the gap at mid-wicket and crosses. |
| 20.5 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Strides forward to a full ball and helps it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 20.6 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Fuller and outside off, Kohli leans forward and plays it with soft hands to covers for one. 10 from Bess' first this morning! |
| 21.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Too full in length on off, Kohli drives but finds the cover fielder. |
| 21.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Slower through the air, good flight, it lands full around leg, Kohli defends it to mid-wicket. |
| 21.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Shortish and outside off, VK gets back and plays it late, finds backward point. |
| 21.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Good running between the wickets! Kohli gets on the back foot and taps a short delivery to the right of point for a brisk run. |
| 21.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Loopy and very full on middle, Gill defends it back off his front foot. |
| 21.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Slightly short and around off, turning away, Gill covers his stumps and allows it through. |
| 22.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Flighted ball landing full on off, Kohli leans forward and wrists it past short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 22.2 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, SIX! This one is dispatched! Positivity is in his DNA. Fuller in length and outside off, Gill wears his skates again and dismisses it over long on. 'Shot boy', says Kohli from the other end. Impressive! |
| 22.4 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Walks down the track to take it on the full and eases it to long on for a run. |
| 22.5 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Allows the ball to turn back in and then deflects it down to fine leg for one. |
| 22.6 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Quicker and flatter on off, defended off the back foot by Gill. 9 from this over, 19 from Bess so far on Day 5. |
| 22.3 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Ouch, that would have hurt! Short delivery on middle, Gill pulls it across the line and it hits the short leg fielder on the right leg. |
| 23.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Strides forward and drives a full ball to covers. The fielder there dives and makes a partial stop. Two taken. |
| 23.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fuller and on off, Kohli gets forward and pushes it with an angled bat to covers for one. |
| 23.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Flatter and shorter on off, turning away, Gill is on the back foot as he defends. |
| 23.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Short again, outside off, Gill cuts it to point where the fielder makes a tumbling stop. They cross for a run. |
| 23.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Quick run again! Fullish and on off, Kohli plays a punchy off drive and rushes to the other end as the mid off fielder misses his shy at the bowler's end. |
| 23.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Flighted and full on middle, Gill flicks it behind square leg but finds the fielder. India continue to score freely, 5 from this over. Good positive cricket! |
| 24.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Loopy ball on off, Kohli walks down the track and flicks, finds short mid-wicket. |
| 24.2 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Tossed up ball outside off, Kohli whips it across the line but again finds short mid-wicket. |
| 24.3 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Loopy and outside off, on the shorter side and spinning in, Kohli gets back and works it towards square leg for a run. |
| 24.4 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Advances down the track to make it into a half-volley and knocks it down to long on for a run. |
| 24.5 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Fuller and on off, Kohli forces it down to deepish mid on for a single. |
| 24.6 : Dom Bess to Shubman Gill, Once again Gill uses his feet and pushes a full ball to the right of mid on for one. |
| 25.1 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Flighted and full on middle, Gill defends it to mid on. |
| 25.2 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Easy pickings! Slower through the air, nicely flighted and full around leg, Gill picks it off his pads and whips it to the deep mid-wicket fence. Moves to 49! |
| 25.3 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Fuller and on off, Gill drives it down to mid on. |
| 25.4 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Loopy and full around leg, Shubman flicks it across the line but finds short mid-wicket. |
| 25.5 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, Sliced away! Loopy again, full and spinning away, Gill is a bit upright as he tries to drive and it takes the outer half before rolling to backward point. |
| 25.6 : Jack Leach to Shubman Gill, FIFTY FOR GILL! Yet another outstanding knock by the young man and he continues to impress one and all. He reaches there by playing it out to the left of backward point for a single. India would want him to carry on! |
| James Anderson is into the attack. |
| 26.1 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, Fuller in length and on off, Gill plays near his front pad and works it to short mid-wicket. |
| 26.2 : James Anderson to Shubman Gill, OUT! STUMPS SHATTERED! Anderson has done it! Experience trumps inexperience! Jimmy hurls in a full length ball close to off and gets it to reverse back into the batsman. Gill is forward to defend but leaves a big gap between his bat and pad. The ball sneaks through and destroys the stumps behind. Anderson roars in delight, England get a big wicket and are 7 away from taking the lead in the series. |
| Ajinkya Rahane is the new batsman. |
| 26.3 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, Fuller and wide outside off, swinging again, Rahane makes a leave. |
| 26.4 : Huge shout for an lbw! The umpire shakes his head. Joe Root has a word with his bowler and takes the DRS. |
| James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, NOT OUT! Lovely delivery by Anderson again! He makes the ball do all the talking and this one stays low as well. A full ball on off, nipping in, Rahane tries to defend but it beats the toe end of his bat and pings him on the front pad. They appeal but the umpire shakes his head. Root has a word with his bowler and then opts for the DRS. Flat line on the Ultra Edge, the impact is with the umpire's call and it's hitting the stumps. Rahane survives. |
| 26.5 : James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! Off stump goes for a walk! Anderson is on fire! Rahane bags a duck and England are on top! Jimmy is putting in a masterclass of reverse swing bowling. Wow! This one is identical to the delivery which got Gill. On and around off, a fuller length ball which nips back in sharply. Rahane is forward in defense but he also has a big gap between his bat and pad. The ball finds its way through and uproots the off stump. Five balls, two wickets and Anderson is |
| 26.6 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Anderson switches to 'round the wicket and angles in a full ball on off, Pant has his bat down in time in defense. |
| 27.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fuller and around leg, Kohli drives it down to mid off. |
| 26.5 : Drinks break. India did well in the morning session but the ongoing over of James Anderson has thwarted their hopes of either saving or winning this Test match. Out walks the talk of the town - Rishabh Pant. Can he do it again? 328 needed more. |
| 27.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Loopy and full around off, Virat presses forward in defence. |
| 27.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Too full and on middle, Kohli drives but finds silly point. |
| 27.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Sharp spin as it lands around off. Kohli takes a big stride forward and makes a leave. |
| 27.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Strides forward again and pushes it towards point. |
| 27.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Short and outside off, cut to point where the fielder misfields and the batsmen cross. Anderson vs Kohli coming up! |
| 28.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Movement in the air, full and around off, Kohli defends it to the off side from the toe end of his bat. |
| 28.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Plays it nice and late. Full and around off, shaping in, Kohli takes his front leg forward and works it wide of mid on for a run. |
| 28.3 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and on off, Pant gets forward and defends it watchfully. |
| 28.4 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Off the mark with a boundary. Full and outside off, Pant drives it firmly and finds the gap at covers. Not much footwork but good hand-eye coordination! |
| 28.5 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, On a length and outside off, Pant taps it down to the right of the cover fielder. |
| 28.6 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Anderson keeps it full and around off, Pant has his bat down as he pushes it defensively to mid on. |
| 29.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flighted and full on middle, Kohli defends it by getting forward. |
| 29.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flatter and fuller on leg, Kohli flicks it in front of square leg and gets three runs. |
| 29.3 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Floated and full outside off, Pant gets forward and drives it through covers for a run. Wants the second run as well but Kohli sends him back. |
| 29.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Short and wide outside off, Kohli cuts it towards cover-point and the point fielder runs across to make a partial diving stop. The batsmen take a run. |
| 29.5 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Play and a miss! Full and flighted outside off, Pant tries to play the reverse sweep but misses and it goes off his arms to the off side. Needs to be careful while playing that shot from the rough outside off. |
| 29.6 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Too full in length and on off, Pant pushes it in the gap at covers for a run. |
| 30.1 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Good length ball angling into the batsman, around off, Pant defends it back. |
| 30.2 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Fuller length ball shaping back into the batsman, Pant drives it confidently to mid off. Is Jimmy setting up Pant for an outswinger? |
| 30.3 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Around off on a length, straightening a bit, Pant defends it from the crease. |
| 30.4 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Anderson bowls it from wide of the crease and angles in a full ball on middle, Pant flicks but finds short mid-wicket. |
| 30.5 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Here comes the outswinger!!! Anderson hurls it in the channel outside off, Pant ends up pushing and missing inside the line. |
| 30.6 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and on off, Pant defends it towards cover-point. A maiden by Anderson. |
| 31.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fuller and outside off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 31.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Shortish and on off, turning away, Kohli gets back, opens the face and guides it to backward point for a run. |
| 31.3 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Fine shot! Leach flights it outside off, Pant shimmies down the track and eases his drive through cover-point. |
| 31.4 : Jack Leach to Rishabh Pant, Loopy and full outside off, it's a mere push at extra cover and Pant collects a single. |
| 31.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flighted and full on off, drifting in, Kohli is forward as he defends it near his front pad. |
| 31.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flighted again, full and on off, Kohli stretches forward and defends it under his watchful eyes. |
| Root is having a word with Anderson as the latter goes to his bowling mark. |
| 32.1 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Good length delivery outside off, shaping away, Pant reads it well and allows it through. |
| 32.2 : James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, Beaten! A length ball close to off, Pant tries to defend but it holds its line and beats the outside edge. |
| 32.3 : Washington Sundar arrives in the middle. |
| James Anderson to Rishabh Pant, OUT! Soft dismissal! Anderson bags his third wicket and Pant is gone! This Test match is now completely in favour of England. Jimmy steams in from 'round the wicket and hurls in a length ball around off. It lands and probably shapes away a bit, Pant presses forward and pushes it uppishly off the outer edge to the right of Root at short cover. A simple catch for the English skipper and India now have lost half their side. |
| 32.4 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Greets the new batsman with an outswinger outside off, Sundar allows it through to the keeper. |
| 32.5 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 32.6 : James Anderson to Washington Sundar, Pitches it up and around off, Sundar defends it compactly to the off side. A wicket maiden, what a spell from Anderson! |
| Dom Bess is back for another spell. |
| 33.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, FOUR! A gentle loosener, a juicy full toss around off, Kohli drives it through covers for a boundary. Anderson is bowling so well from one end and this is the last thing you want from the other end. |
| 33.2 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Floated full ball on off, Kohli defends it with the spin to the leg side. |
| 33.4 : Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, Floated and full on off, Sundar is on the front foot in defense. |
| 33.5 : DRS time! Huge shout for a caught behind against Washington Sundar. The finger stays down and England review it. |
| Dom Bess to Washington Sundar, OUT! Bess strikes. He finally gets his line and length right and the rest of the work is done by the pitch. It's around off, turning and bouncing away from the batsman, Sundar tries to defend but fails to do so. It goes past the outside edge, Buttler collects and appeals but the umpire shakes his head. Root takes the DRS and the Ultra Edge finds a spike. Wicket number 6 goes down for India. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin is the new batsman. |
| 33.3 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Short and on middle, Kohli pulls it through backward square leg. Archer chases and pulls it back near the fence. Three taken. Poor bowling by Bess. |
| 33.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up ball on middle, Ashwin defends it to end the over. |
| 34.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Lands it on a length and around off, Kohli plays it late and pushes it with an angled bat to point. |
| 34.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Identical to the last delivery, once again Kohli plays it with gentle hands and keeps it out to backward point. |
| 34.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Good length ball close to off, Kohli is on the back foot as he defends it back towards the bowler. |
| 34.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Pitches it up and outside off, Kohli takes his front leg forward to cover the line and movement before making a leave. |
| 34.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Fuller and on middle, Kohli flicks it behind square leg and takes a single. |
| 34.6 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length ball and close to off, Ashwin sticks back and defends it to the off side. |
| 35.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Flighted and down the leg side, Kohli turns it behind square leg for a single. |
| 35.2 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Uses his feet and drives it wide of mid off for a single. |
| 35.3 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Floated and full on middle, Kohli dances down the track and flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 35.4 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flatter and a bit shorter on off, Ashwin goes on the back foot and defends it down. |
| 35.5 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Floated and around off, Ashwin walks forward and then makes a late adjustment to play it out safely to the off side. |
| 35.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up ball landing full on middle, Ashwin drives it down to mid on. |
| Jofra Archer to bowl. |
| 36.1 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 36.2 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Good shot! Full again on middle, Kohli lofts it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 36.3 : Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli, Full delivery on middle, Kohli flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 36.4 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUCH! Bouncer on off, Ashwin tries to sway away from it but gets it off the gloves. It doesn't carry to the keeper. A good effort delivery by Archer. |
| Physio is out in the middle. It's the bowling hand of Ashwin which is getting the treatment. India would hope there is nothing serious. |
| 36.5 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Bouncer outside off, Ashwin sways away from it. |
| 36.6 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length on off, Ashwin blocks it off the front foot. |
| 37.1 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Full toss on middle, Kohli makes full use of it and heaves it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 37.2 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Another full toss, this time around off, Kohli forces it down the ground and bags consecutive boundaries. |
| 37.3 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Make it a hat-trick of boundaries! Bess is struggling big time to land his deliveries. Kohli fetches it on the full from around off and uses his lovely wrists to whip it through wide mid on. |
| 37.4 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Flighted and full on middle, Virat gets forward and flicks it to short leg. |
| 37.5 : Dom Bess to Virat Kohli, Too full in length around leg, Kohli knocks it down to long on for a run. |
| 37.6 : Dom Bess to Ravichandran Ashwin, A long hop on the leg stump line, Ashwin gets back and pulls it through backward square leg for a single. A very poor over by Bess comes to an end, 14 runs from it! |
| 38.1 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Archer digs in another bouncer to Ashwin who does well to evade it. The English speed merchant is trying to push Ashwin deep inside the crease and probably set him up for a yorker. |
| 38.2 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, A length ball outside off, Ashwin stays on the back foot and plays it down to point. |
| 38.3 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Yet another blow on the right hand! Archer is making Ashwin's life difficult. He bangs in a shortish ball on middle and it bounces extra as it approaches the batsman, Ashwin tries to defend but it hits him on the right forehand. |
| Physio comes out again! Last time it was on the fingers, this time it's the forearm. Ashwin is wearing the arm-guard on his right hand as well. |
| 38.4 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR BYES! Archer is bowling relentlessly at Ashwin. Digs in a terrific bouncer, well-directed, Ashwin tries to duck but it takes his helmet and balloons behind the keeper for a boundary. |
| Physio comes out yet again! This time to perform the concussion test. Ashwin is fine and he has not changed his helmet. Two more balls left in this session... |
| 38.5 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length ball on middle, Ashwin stands tall inside the crease and defends it down in front of short leg. |
| 38.6 : Jofra Archer to Ravichandran Ashwin, A touch short and on off, Ashwin defends it from the back foot to short extra cover. That will be LUNCH ON DAY 5! |
| Apart from James Anderson, the other England bowlers weren't consistent enough. Jack Leach did well to bowl good lines and removed Pujara but largely he and his spin partner, Dom Bess were not up to the mark. Jofra Archer bowled a hostile spell just before Lunch and England would be hoping that he will do the same after the break as well. |
| A terrific morning session for England. They are looking like a happy bunch as they leave the field for the Lunch break. The day though started well for India. Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara batted positively at the beginning and the former also completed his half-century. But, the introduction of James Anderson changed things drastically. The English legend put on an exhibition of reverse swing bowling and removed both Gill and Rahane in quick succession, sending their stumps flying. Jimmy |
| For India, all their hopes of saving this Test match are pinned on the shoulders of Virat Kohli. He has batted with intent and is on 45 at the moment but the Indian skipper will need support from the other end. Ravichandran Ashwin had a difficult stay so far in the middle and he is the last skilful batsman left for the home team. Can the current pair provide resistance? We will find out when the afternoon session begins at 1210 local (0640 GMT). |
| ... DAY 5, SESSION 2 ... |
| We're back! The players are also back on the field. India resume their fight for survival. Four wickets in the bank but they can't count too much on the last three batsmen. England would be looking to wrap things up in this session itself. Can they succeed? Let's find out. Jack Leach to bowl... |
| 39.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Starts with a very full ball on middle, it's served from wide of the crease, Kohli defends it from the front foot. |
| 39.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Leans forward to a full ball and pushes it to covers. |
| 39.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Too full and on off, Kohli plays a wristy drive but finds the cover fielder. |
| 39.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Loopy and full on middle, Virat lunges and blocks it down safely. |
| 39.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Full and around off, spinning away, Kohli gets forward with an angled bat and pushes it to the right of gully. |
| 39.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flatter this time, a touch short and on off, Kohli goes back and punches it to the left of the cover fielder. |
| James Anderson to steam in from the other end. |
| 40.1 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Some movement for the bowler but the line is around leg and it goes further down, Ashwin tries to flick but misses. |
| 40.2 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Right on the mark this time. Full and close to off, shaping back in, Ashwin plays it near his body and defends it back. |
| 40.3 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Once again Jimmy probes with a delivery around off, getting it to reverse back into the batsman, Ashwin shows good technique as he blocks it to the off side. |
| 40.4 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Seeing Ashwin getting too comfortable on the front foot, Anderson digs in a short ball around off. Ash does well to drop his wrists and it goes off his right shoulder to slip. |
| 40.5 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Play and a miss! Good length delivery outside off, going straight on, Ashwin pushes inside the line and misses. |
| 40.6 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, EDGY FOUR! Anderson hurls across a length delivery outside off, getting it to shape away, Ashwin flirts inside the line again and edges it wide of slip for a boundary. |
| 41.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Stretches forward to a full ball and defends it to covers. |
| 41.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, FOUR! A fine shot by Kohli and he moves to 49! Full and flighted on middle, Virat walks forward and brings his bottom hand into play. Superbly executed on drive and it runs away to the long on boundary. |
| 41.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Leach goes flatter and shorter on off, Virat defends it off his back foot. |
| 41.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Full and floated on off, turning away, Kohli is forward and defends it with the spin to the off side. |
| 41.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Full and wide outside off, an easy leave from Virat. |
| 41.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Quicker and fuller on leg, Kohli helps it off his pads to backward square leg. Looks for a run but is sent back. |
| 42.1 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Angles in a length ball on off, Ashwin defends it with a straight bat. The pitch map suggests that England have bowled 38 percent deliveries short to Ashwin. Definitely some plan against him. |
| 42.2 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Slightly up and around off, Ashwin pushes it off his front foot to covers. |
| 42.3 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length ball outside off, Ashwin takes a little stride forward and works it wide of short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 42.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, In the channel outside off, Kohli has nothing to do with it. |
| 42.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, On a good length and outside off, a hint of away shape there, Kohli covers his stumps and shoulders arms. |
| 42.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Good length delivery again, outside off, Kohli plays it with an angled bat to backward point. |
| 43.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller and on middle, Ashwin walks forward and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. Wants the second run but Virat is not interested. |
| 43.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Floated and full around off, Kohli strides forward and defends it to the off side. |
| 43.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fullish and close to off, VK takes a big stride forward and defends. |
| 43.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Spinning away after landing on off, Kohli allows it through to the keeper. |
| 43.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, A touch short and on off, Virat goes on the back foot and taps it down to point. |
| 43.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, A nicely tossed up ball, landing full and around off, Kohli presses forward and defends it safely. |
| 44.1 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Anderson starts this over with a short ball on off, Ashwin pulls it well in front of square leg and takes a single. |
| 44.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Full and on off, angling in, Kohli defends it back to the bowler. |
| 44.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Keeps it full again, around off, Kohli is solidly behind the line as he defends it to covers. |
| 44.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, FIFTY FOR KOHLI! Fuller length ball on off, Kohli uses his wrists and turns it through square leg for a single. Fine knock by the Indian skipper, his 24th in Tests and 7th while batting in the fourth innings! He would be aiming to build a strong partnership with Ashwin and help India salvage a draw. |
| 44.5 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length ball outside off, Ashwin pushes inside the line and misses. |
| 44.6 : James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller and on off, defended to the off side to end the over. |
| 45.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 45.2 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fuller and on off, defended off the front foot. |
| 45.3 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flighted and full around off, Kohli drives but fails to beat the diving attempt of the cover fielder. |
| 45.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Fuller in length and outside off, driven off the outer half towards point. |
| 45.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Pushes a full ball in the gap at covers for a single. |
| 45.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Shortish and close to off, Ashwin cuts it to backward point. |
| 46.1 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Angling into the batsman from around off, Kohli defends it. |
| 46.2 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Oohhh... a cross-seam delivery, landing on a length around middle, Kohli tries to defend and it takes the top half of his bat. |
| 46.3 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Uses the angle of the bowler and defends a full ball to short mid-wicket. |
| 46.4 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, In the zone outside off, on a good length, Kohli offers no shot. |
| 46.5 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Back of a length ball on off, Kohli stands tall and steers it through cover-point for a couple of runs. |
| 46.6 : James Anderson to Virat Kohli, Plays it nice and late. It's on a length and close to off, Virat drops it down with an angled bat to backward point. |
| 47.1 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted and full, too wide outside off, an easy leave for Ashwin. |
| 47.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and around off, drifting in, Ashwin defends it to the off side. |
| Shout for an lbw! Not given. Joe Root has a word with his keeper and Leach before signalling for the DRS. |
| 47.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, NOT OUT! A tossed up ball landing around leg and straightening from there, Ashwin walks forward and tries to flick but misses. It goes off the pads to the on side and they cross. Root has a word with his bowler and the keeper before taking the referral. The Ball Tracker shows that the impact is with the umpire's call and it's going over the stumps. |
| 47.4 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Loopy and full around off, Kohli tries to defend but gets a soft outside edge. It sneaks past Stokes at first slip and they take a couple. |
| 47.5 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Loopy and full on middle, VK defends it by getting on the front foot. |
| 47.6 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Leach is on the shorter side this time, it's outside off and Kohli plays it towards backward point. |
| Change in bowling. Ben Stokes replaces Anderson in the attack. |
| 48.1 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Back of a length delivery outside off, Ashwin stays back and plays it down to covers. |
| 48.2 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Once again Ashwin stays back to a shortish ball and pushes it to covers. |
| 48.3 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, A good length delivery this time, close to off, Ashwin is forward as he plays it to the off side. |
| 48.4 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, On a driving length outside off, some away movement after landing, Ashwin covers his stumps and allows it through. |
| 48.5 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller and on off, getting closer to the stumps, Ashwin is right behind the line as he defends it to covers. |
| 48.6 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, Good length ball on off, angling in, Ashwin works it around off his pads to mid-wicket. A maiden. |
| 49.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Full and flighted around leg, Kohli flicks it wristily through mid-wicket for three runs. |
| 49.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Shortish and on off, Ashwin hangs on the back foot and punches it to covers. |
| 49.3 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Leans forward to a full ball and pushes it towards wide second slip. |
| 49.4 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Flighted and full on off, Ashwin is nicely forward in defense. |
| 49.5 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fullish and on off, Ashwin pushes it through the line, finds covers. |
| 49.6 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tosses it up and lands full on off, spinning away, Ashwin defends it off his front foot to covers. |
| 50.1 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Sweet timing and crisp placement! Back of a length delivery outside off, Kohli stands tall inside the crease and punches it through the gap at covers. |
| 50.2 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Sliding down the leg side, Kohli tries to flick but misses. |
| 50.4 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Fuller in length and outside off, Kohli strides forward and defends it to covers. |
| 50.3 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Edgy! Too full in length and on off, Kohli tries to flick but it takes a slight leading edge and rolls to mid off. |
| 50.5 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Fuller length ball on middle, Virat flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 50.6 : Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin, This one stays low! Full and on off, Ashwin does well to bring his bat down as he defends it off the inner half to short mid-wicket. |
| 51.1 : Jack Leach to Virat Kohli, Flighted and full around off, Kohli gets forward, opens the face of the bat and guides it past second slip for a run. |
| 51.2 : Jack Leach to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUT! England have the breakthrough! Leach drags his length short and serves it close to off, Ashwin is tempted to play the square cut but it's too close to his body. There is some extra bounce as well and the outside edge is induced. Excellent reflex catch by Buttler and Leach gets his third wicket. The 105-ball stand is broken and Kohli now will have to rely on the tail for support. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem is the new batsman. |
| 51.3 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Fullish and on off, Nadeem defends it from the outer half to the off side. |
| 51.4 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Tossed up ball landing full on middle, Nadeem defends it to the leg side. |
| 51.5 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Fuller and on off, defended with soft hands to the off side. |
| 51.6 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Skidding off the surface outside off, Nadeem picks it and makes a leave. |
| 52.1 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Good length ball close to off, Kohli pushes it with an angled bat in the gap at point. Not taking the run. |
| 52.2 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Thumped! Short in length and on middle and off, Kohli swivels on the back foot and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 52.3 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Good length delivery outside off, Kohli defends it by taking the bottom hand off the handle. |
| 52.4 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Fullish and outside off, Kohli pushes it gently to covers. |
| 52.5 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, A bouncer around off, Kohli offers no shot and lets it be. England would look for another dot to have Nadeem on strike for the next over. |
| 52.6 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, DOT! A length ball outside off, Kohli walks across the stumps but pushes it straight to backward point. |
| 53.1 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Beaten! Full and flighted on off, Nadeem tries to defend but it spins past his blade. |
| 53.2 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Identical to the last delivery, some extra bounce, this time Nadeem offers no shot. |
| 53.3 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Loopy and full on off, Shahbaz defends it close to his front pad. |
| 53.4 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Fuller and on middle, it's defended uppishly past silly point. |
| 53.5 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Again uppish but safe! Floated and full on off, Nadeem advances down the track and looks to defend. Does so uppishly and it goes quickly past silly point again. |
| 53.6 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Quicker and flatter outside off, Nadeem allows it through to the keeper. |
| Drinks break. Ashwin and Kohli offered good resistance in the last hour but the former eventually fell a few overs back. Virat Kohli is showing excellent form but is running out of partners. He would be looking to farm more strike and stretch this match. |
| 54.1 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, FOUR! A length delivery outside off, Kohli gets on the front foot and slightly opens the face of his bat to guide it towards third man for a boundary. |
| 54.2 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, Fuller and on off, pushed in the gap at covers. No run taken. |
| 54.3 : Ben Stokes to Virat Kohli, OUT! Sound of timber and heartbreak for India! Kohli is cleaned up! Stokes hunts down the big fish. He delivers it on a length around off and it stays low after pitching. Kohli tries to defend but it goes under his bat and obliterates the off pole. Virat shakes his head as he returns. Stokes is all smiles. England are two wickets away from going 1-0 up in the series! |
| Ishant Sharma is in next. |
| 54.4 : Ben Stokes to Ishant Sharma, Full in length and outside off, left alone by Sharma. |
| 54.5 : Ben Stokes to Ishant Sharma, Good length ball on middle and off, Ishant is squared up as he defends it down. |
| 54.6 : Ben Stokes to Ishant Sharma, Fuller and on off, Ishant does well this time to push it safely towards cover-point. End of a successful over for Ben! |
| 55.1 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Loopy and full on off, Nadeem defends it off his front foot to the off side. |
| 55.2 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, Quicker and flatter on middle, Nadeem goes on the back foot and defends it off the outer half towards silly point. |
| 55.3 : Jack Leach to Shahbaz Nadeem, OUT! A relay catch and Leach gets his fourth wicket! Full and flighted ball on off, Nadeem gets forward to defend but it spins away slightly to take an outside edge. It goes behind and clips the pads of Buttler. Burns at second slip sticks his left hand out and then catches it in the second attempt. End is nigh for India! |
| Jasprit Bumrah is the last batsman. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is the last batsman. |
| 55.4 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, FOUR! Walks down the track to a full ball and swings it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 55.5 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, FOUR BYES! Spin and bounce from outside off, Bumrah tries to slog sweep but misses. It beats the keeper as well and goes to the fence behind. |
| 55.6 : Jack Leach to Jasprit Bumrah, Lunges forward and jams down a fuller length ball around off. |
| 56.1 : Jofra Archer to Ishant Sharma, Good length ball on off, Sharma defends it from the back foot. |
| 56.2 : Jofra Archer to Ishant Sharma, Archer digs in a short ball on middle, Ishant jumps and fends it off. It goes aerial but doesn't carry to short mid-wicket. |
| 56.3 : Jofra Archer to Ishant Sharma, A well-directed bouncer and Ishant is in all sorts of trouble. Somehow he fends it off uppishly and this time it falls safely to the right of short leg. |
| 56.4 : Jofra Archer to Ishant Sharma, A corker of a yorker on middle, Ishant does well to have his bat down in time. Digs it out and saves his toes. |
| What happened there? Is Ishant Sharma hit-wicket? The umpire is getting it checked upstairs. The replays show that the bails fall off without any contact from the batsman. Is it too windy there? Given as a dead ball as the bails were off even before the batsman had played his shot to a short ball. |
| 56.5 : Jofra Archer to Ishant Sharma, NOT OUT! Archer digs in a short ball on middle, Ishant is on his toes as he tries to defend. Suddenly some sound of bails falling comes. Everyone thought that Ishant has stepped on the stumps but no one is sure. The onfield umpires take it upstairs and the replays show that the bails came off without any touch from the batsman. Bizarre! |
| 56.6 : Jofra Archer to Ishant Sharma, Shortish and on off, Ishant jumps and turns it behind square leg for a run. |
| 57.1 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Looks to defend off the front foot but it takes the inside edge and strikes him on the pads. |
| 57.2 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, FOUR! Fetches a full ball from outside off and sweeps it behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 57.3 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Too full in length and outside off, left alone. |
| 57.4 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 57.5 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Loopy and full around off, Ishant draws forward and defends it down safely. |
| 57.6 : Jack Leach to Ishant Sharma, Flatter and fuller on middle, defended back Ishant. |
| 58.1 : Jofra Archer to Jasprit Bumrah, OUT! Edged and taken! ENGLAND WIN BY 227 RUNS! Brilliant delivery by Archer. He hurls across a good length ball around off and gets it to shape away. Bumrah is squared up in defense and edges it behind to the keeper. Buttler makes no mistake and the English camp is celebrating. |
| Virat Kohli spent some time in the middle to stroke a half-century and his partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin provided India with some hope. But soon the inevitable happened as Ashwin got dismissed by Leach and Stokes went through the defense of the Indian skipper. An excellent win for the English team and they will be over the moon! |
| Jack Leach also comes up for a quick word. Says that it's his first time in India and he knew there will be pressure and is happy to pick a few wickets. On Pant, he jokes that he thought he is playing in the Indian T20 League and adds that he enjoyed that battle, just tried to stay strong and the English boys helped him a lot. Mentions that he had a long time without much cricket and bowling long spells in the heat of Sri Lanka really helped him. Shares that he just wanted to bowl consistently |
| England captain, Joe Root is also the Man of the Match! Says that it was a crucial toss to win and it was a good wicket to bat on. Credits the bowlers as well for taking 20 wickets in very alien conditions. Adds that they knew it's going to be a good wicket and the first partnership was crucial to get them going and they carried on from there brilliantly. On his own batting, Root replies that if they want to win here, someone will have to score big, it was him this week and it could be someone |
| That's a wrap to the first Test match. England have now stretched their winning streak to six matches away from home and it turned out to be a really special 100th Test for Joe Root. On the other side, after the high of Australia, India have come crashing down and will have to do a bit of soul-searching. You can expect a backlash from them when these two teams meet again in the second Test match in Chennai. It's starting on Saturday, 13th February. Do join us at 0930 local (0400 GMT) for all the |
| Fantastic win for England! They have taken the lead in the series and also jumped on top in the ICC World Test Championship, swapping positions with India who slip to 4th now! The tourists were the favourites this morning but given India's recent form, all four results appeared possible. India started positively with Shubman Gill ready to play his shots and Cheteshwar Pujara offering good defensive solidity. Jack Leach though broke that stand and after that, James Anderson produced a masterclass |
| James Anderson comes for a quick chat. Says that it came out well and he got the reverse going. Informs that he just wanted to bowl in the right areas. Shares that it was important to get the movement in the air as the pitch was on the slower side. Tells that he is feeling great, enjoyed his time in Sri Lanka and has carried that form here. Says that it's exciting times to be with this group. Admits that it's been a tough wicket to work on and they would now look to rest well. Regarding Joe Root |
| To quickly summarize this Test match, we will have to start by saying that England outplayed India comprehensively in all the facets of the game. Joe Root's double century laid the platform as the touring team posted a gigantic total on the board. India were not at their absolute best with the bat in the first innings as they failed to save the follow-on. Although England didn't enforce it and came out to bat again. In their second essay, it was all about scoring quick runs and building on their |
| Indian skipper Virat Kohli is looking visibly disappointed. Says that they didn't put enough pressure on the English batsmen in the first innings. He tells that the pitch was on the slower side on the first two days as scoring runs and rotating the strike were easy. Feels the intensity in the field from them was not up to the mark but it got better in the second innings. Adds that as a side they are looking to improve things that weren't up to the mark and admits that England were the better t |
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