England vs India 1st Test at Chennai, 05 Feb, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 578/10 (190.1)  &  178/10 (46.3)
India 337/10 (95.5)  &  192/10 (58.1)
England won by 227 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root

      Over 1.0   

    Over 0.1 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 0.2 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and watches it along with going through to the keeper.

    Over 0.3 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

    Over 0.4 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat.

    Over 0.5 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and looking for survival. Rohit thought of the shot and then bailed out.

    Over 0.6 Jofra Archer bowls it short of length to Rohit Sharma, no run, hops and defends this short of length delivery right under his eyes.

      Over 2.0   

    Over 1.1: No runs. Jack Leach to Shubman Gill,

    Over 1.3: No runs. Jack Leach to Shubman Gill,

    Over 1.6: Four runs. Jack Leach to Shubman Gill,

      Over 3.0   

    Over 2.1: No runs. Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 2.3: No runs. Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 2.4: No runs. Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 2.6: No runs. Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma,

      Over 4.0   

    Over 3.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 3.2 Jack Leach bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Hanging back for the back foot drive, gets four. Not sure if he really had that back foot play in control because one can easily skid through or misbehave on this surface. 

    Over 3.3 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 3.4 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and watches it along with going through to the keeper.

    Over 3.5 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets a nice stride forward and defends to cover.

    Over 3.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, presses forward and  blocks it to cover.

      Over 5.0   

    Over 4.1 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 4.2 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma,1 run, gets forward and guides and point rolls over to stop the ball.

    Over 4.3 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and taps in front of cover, looks at Ro and sets off.

    Over 4.4 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, Boundary! Gets forward through the shot early, the ball came slow and took the toe-end of the bat, luckily it went wide of mid-wicket.

    Over 4.5 Jofra Archer bowls it short of length to Rohit Sharma, Six! Goes well across the stumps and pulls it high and handsome over fine leg fence for a maximum.

    Over 4.6 Jofra Archer bowls it short of length to Rohit Sharma,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and swivel-pull from Rohit down to fine leg for a single.

      Over 6.0   

    Over 5.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler. 

    Over 5.2 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, covers the line and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 5.3 Jack Leach bowls a quicker arm ball to Rohit Sharma, out Bowled!! Rohit was on the front foot to defend, the ball spins enough to miss the outside edge and hit the off stump.

    Over 5.4 Jack Leach bowls it flat in the air to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 5.5 Jack Leach bowls it short of length to Cheteshwar Pujara, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and cuts it hard through point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

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