England v India, Ahmedabad

England 112/10 & 81/10

India 145/10 & 49/0

India won by 10 wickets

England v India 2021 · 3rd Test Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad 24–25 Feb 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than India.

England

0.79× -21%

India

1.05× +5%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Rohit Sharma India

91 +134

Z Crawley England

53 +79

Joe Root England

36 +40

Ben Stokes England

31 +40

Virat Kohli India

27 +34

Best bowling

Top match figures

AR Patel6/38

Joe Root5/8

AR Patel5/32

R Ashwin4/48

Top score

Rohit Sharma · India

Biggest stand

3rd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultIndia won by 10 wickets

Length2 days

England

112 /10 (48.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b AR Patel	53	84	10	63.10
DP Sibley	c Rohit Sharma b I Sharma	0	7	0	0.00
JM Bairstow	lbw b AR Patel	0	9	0	0.00
Joe Root	lbw b R Ashwin	17	37	2	45.95
Ben Stokes	lbw b AR Patel	6	24	1	25.00
OJ Pope	b R Ashwin	1	12	0	8.33
BT Foakes	b AR Patel	12	58	1	20.69
JC Archer	b AR Patel	11	18	2	61.11
MJ Leach	c CA Pujara b R Ashwin	3	14	0	21.43
SCJ Broad	c JJ Bumrah b AR Patel	3	29	0	10.34
JM Anderson*	not out	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, nb 3)

Total 112/10 (48.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
I Sharma	5.0	1	26	1	5.20
JJ Bumrah	6.0	3	19	0	3.17
AR Patel	21.4	7	38	6	1.75
R Ashwin	16.0	6	26	3	1.62

Fall of wickets

1-2 (DP Sibley, 2.4)·2-27 (JM Bairstow, 6.1)·3-74 (Joe Root, 21.5)·4-80 (Z Crawley, 24.4)·5-81 (OJ Pope, 27.4)·6-81 (Ben Stokes, 28.5)·7-93 (JC Archer, 34.2)·8-98 (MJ Leach, 37.3)·9-105 (SCJ Broad, 46.3)·10-112 (BT Foakes, 48.4)

India

145 /10 (53.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma	lbw b MJ Leach	66	96	11	0	68.75
Shubman Gill	c Z Crawley b JC Archer	11	51	2	0	21.57
CA Pujara	lbw b MJ Leach	0	4	0	0	0.00
Virat Kohli	b MJ Leach	27	58	3	0	46.55
AM Rahane	lbw b MJ Leach	7	25	1	0	28.00
RR Pant	c BT Foakes b Joe Root	1	8	0	0	12.50
R Ashwin	c Z Crawley b Joe Root	17	32	3	0	53.12
Washington Sundar	b Joe Root	0	12	0	0	0.00
AR Patel	c DP Sibley b Joe Root	0	2	0	0	0.00
I Sharma*	not out	10	20	0	1	50.00
JJ Bumrah	lbw b Joe Root	1	12	0	0	8.33

Extras 5 (b 2, lb 2, w 1)

Total 145/10 (53.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	13.0	8	20	0	1.54
SCJ Broad	6.0	1	16	0	2.67
JC Archer	5.0	2	24	1	4.80
MJ Leach	20.0	2	54	4	2.70
Ben Stokes	3.0	0	19	0	6.33
Joe Root	6.2	3	8	5	1.26

Fall of wickets

1-33 (Shubman Gill, 14.6)·2-34 (CA Pujara, 15.5)·3-98 (Virat Kohli, 32.2)·4-114 (AM Rahane, 38.2)·5-115 (Rohit Sharma, 40.1)·6-117 (RR Pant, 41.1)·7-125 (Washington Sundar, 45.1)·8-125 (AR Patel, 45.3)·9-134 (R Ashwin, 49.2)·10-145 (JJ Bumrah, 53.2)

England

81 /10 (30.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b AR Patel	0	1	0	0	0.00
JM Bairstow	b AR Patel	0	2	0	0	0.00
Joe Root	lbw b AR Patel	19	45	0	0	42.22
DP Sibley	c RR Pant b AR Patel	7	25	0	0	28.00
Ben Stokes	lbw b R Ashwin	25	34	3	0	73.53
OJ Pope	b R Ashwin	12	15	2	0	80.00
BT Foakes	lbw b AR Patel	8	28	0	0	28.57
JC Archer	lbw b R Ashwin	0	2	0	0	0.00
MJ Leach	c AM Rahane b R Ashwin	9	22	0	1	40.91
SCJ Broad*	not out	1	7	0	0	14.29
JM Anderson	c RR Pant b Washington Sundar	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 0

Total 81/10 (30.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Patel	15.0	0	32	5	2.13
R Ashwin	15.0	3	48	4	3.20
Washington Sundar	0.4	0	1	1	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Z Crawley, 0.1)·2-0 (JM Bairstow, 0.3)·3-19 (DP Sibley, 8.3)·4-50 (Ben Stokes, 17.2)·5-56 (Joe Root, 18.5)·6-66 (OJ Pope, 21.6)·7-68 (JC Archer, 23.2)·8-80 (BT Foakes, 28.2)·9-80 (MJ Leach, 29.4)·10-81 (JM Anderson, 30.4)

India

49 /0 (7.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma*	not out	25	25	3	1	100.00
Shubman Gill*	not out	15	21	1	1	71.43

Extras 9 (b 8, lb 1)

Total 49/0 (7.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Leach	4.0	1	15	0	3.75
Joe Root	3.4	0	25	0	6.82