England v India, Chennai

England 578/10 & 178/10

India 337/10 & 192/10

England won by 227 runs

England v India 2021 · 1st Test MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 5–9 Feb 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than India.

England

0.83× -17%

India

1.05× +5%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Joe Root England

258 +398

Washington Sundar India

85 +129

RR Pant India

102 +126

DP Sibley England

103 +114

Virat Kohli India

83 +106

Best bowling

Top match figures

R Ashwin6/61

DM Bess4/76

MJ Leach4/76

JM Anderson3/17

Top score

218

Joe Root · England

Biggest stand

200

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 227 runs

Length5 days

England

578 /10 (190.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c RR Pant b R Ashwin	33	60	2	0	55.00
DP Sibley	lbw b JJ Bumrah	87	286	12	0	30.42
DW Lawrence	lbw b JJ Bumrah	0	5	0	0	0.00
Joe Root	lbw b S Nadeem	218	377	20	2	57.82
Ben Stokes	c CA Pujara b S Nadeem	82	118	10	3	69.49
OJ Pope	lbw b R Ashwin	34	89	3	0	38.20
JC Buttler	b I Sharma	30	51	5	0	58.82
DM Bess	lbw b JJ Bumrah	34	105	6	0	32.38
JC Archer	b I Sharma	0	1	0	0	0.00
MJ Leach*	not out	14	57	2	0	24.56
JM Anderson	b R Ashwin	1	12	0	0	8.33

Extras 45 (b 7, lb 17, w 1, nb 20)

Total 578/10 (190.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
I Sharma	27.0	7	52	2	1.93
JJ Bumrah	36.0	7	84	3	2.33
R Ashwin	55.1	6	146	3	2.65
S Nadeem	44.0	4	167	2	3.80
Washington Sundar	26.0	2	98	0	3.77
Rohit Sharma	2.0	0	7	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-63 (RJ Burns, 23.5)·2-63 (DW Lawrence, 25.4)·3-263 (DP Sibley, 89.3)·4-387 (Ben Stokes, 126.1)·5-473 (OJ Pope, 152.2)·6-477 (Joe Root, 153.6)·7-525 (JC Buttler, 169.2)·8-525 (JC Archer, 169.3)·9-567 (DM Bess, 185.3)·10-578 (JM Anderson, 190.1)

India

337 /10 (95.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma	c JC Buttler b JC Archer	6	9	1	0	66.67
Shubman Gill	c JM Anderson b JC Archer	29	28	5	0	103.57
CA Pujara	c RJ Burns b DM Bess	73	143	11	0	51.05
Virat Kohli	c OJ Pope b DM Bess	11	48	0	0	22.92
AM Rahane	c Joe Root b DM Bess	1	6	0	0	16.67
RR Pant	c MJ Leach b DM Bess	91	88	9	5	103.41
Washington Sundar*	not out	85	138	12	2	61.59
R Ashwin	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	31	91	3	1	34.07
S Nadeem	c Ben Stokes b MJ Leach	0	12	0	0	0.00
I Sharma	c OJ Pope b JM Anderson	4	11	1	0	36.36
JJ Bumrah	c Ben Stokes b JM Anderson	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 6 (b 4, lb 1, nb 1)

Total 337/10 (95.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	16.5	5	46	2	2.73
JC Archer	21.0	3	75	2	3.57
Ben Stokes	6.0	1	16	0	2.67
MJ Leach	24.0	5	105	2	4.38
DM Bess	26.0	5	76	4	2.92
Joe Root	2.0	0	14	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-19 (Rohit Sharma, 3.3)·2-44 (Shubman Gill, 9.2)·3-71 (Virat Kohli, 24.4)·4-73 (AM Rahane, 26.3)·5-192 (CA Pujara, 50.4)·6-225 (RR Pant, 56.4)·7-305 (R Ashwin, 86.2)·8-312 (S Nadeem, 90.5)·9-323 (I Sharma, 93.5)·10-337 (JJ Bumrah, 95.5)

England

178 /10 (46.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c AM Rahane b R Ashwin	0	1	0	0	0.00
DW Lawrence	lbw b I Sharma	18	47	1	0	38.30
DP Sibley	c CA Pujara b R Ashwin	16	37	2	0	43.24
Joe Root	lbw b JJ Bumrah	40	32	7	0	125.00
Ben Stokes	c RR Pant b R Ashwin	7	12	1	0	58.33
OJ Pope	c Rohit Sharma b S Nadeem	28	32	3	0	87.50
JC Buttler	st RR Pant b S Nadeem	24	40	2	1	60.00
DM Bess	lbw b R Ashwin	25	55	3	0	45.45
JC Archer	b R Ashwin	5	10	0	0	50.00
MJ Leach*	not out	8	18	2	0	44.44
JM Anderson	c & b R Ashwin	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 7 (nb 7)

Total 178/10 (46.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Ashwin	17.3	3	61	6	3.49
S Nadeem	15.0	2	66	2	4.40
I Sharma	7.0	1	24	1	3.43
JJ Bumrah	6.0	0	26	1	4.33
Washington Sundar	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (RJ Burns, 0.1)·2-32 (DP Sibley, 10.6)·3-58 (DW Lawrence, 15.3)·4-71 (Ben Stokes, 18.1)·5-101 (Joe Root, 23.5)·6-130 (OJ Pope, 28.4)·7-165 (JC Buttler, 41.2)·8-167 (DM Bess, 42.1)·9-178 (JC Archer, 46.1)·10-178 (JM Anderson, 46.3)

India

192 /10 (58.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma	b MJ Leach	12	20	1	1	60.00
Shubman Gill	b JM Anderson	50	83	7	1	60.24
CA Pujara	c Ben Stokes b MJ Leach	15	38	1	0	39.47
Virat Kohli	b Ben Stokes	72	104	9	0	69.23
AM Rahane	b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0	0.00
RR Pant	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	11	19	2	0	57.89
Washington Sundar	c JC Buttler b DM Bess	0	5	0	0	0.00
R Ashwin	c JC Buttler b MJ Leach	9	46	1	0	19.57
S Nadeem	c RJ Burns b MJ Leach	0	13	0	0	0.00
I Sharma*	not out	5	15	1	0	33.33
JJ Bumrah	c JC Buttler b JC Archer	4	4	1	0	100.00

Extras 14 (b 8, lb 5, nb 1)

Total 192/10 (58.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	9.1	5	23	1	2.51
MJ Leach	26.0	4	76	4	2.92
JM Anderson	11.0	4	17	3	1.55
DM Bess	8.0	0	50	1	6.25
Ben Stokes	4.0	1	13	1	3.25

Fall of wickets

1-25 (Rohit Sharma, 5.3)·2-58 (CA Pujara, 19.3)·3-92 (Shubman Gill, 26.2)·4-92 (AM Rahane, 26.5)·5-110 (RR Pant, 32.3)·6-117 (Washington Sundar, 33.5)·7-171 (R Ashwin, 51.2)·8-179 (Virat Kohli, 54.3)·9-179 (S Nadeem, 55.3)·10-192 (JJ Bumrah, 58.1)