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 9.3 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 9.4 Jofra Archer bangs it short onto the pitch to Virat Kohli, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

    Over 9.5 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and looks to fend, the ball flies off the glove and goes behind square, luckily no on there

    Over 10.4 Ben Stokes bangs it short onto the pitch to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

    Over 10.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 11.3 Jack Leach bowls a quicker arm ball to Virat Kohli, no run, gets inside the line and defends it down the leg side with soft hands.

    Over 11.4 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets reaches out and pushes to cover.

    Over 11.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, gets inside the line and  just defended from the crease

    Over 12.1 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long on for one.

    Over 12.5 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run,  leans forward and defends. Solid in defence there the Indian captain.

    Over 13.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 13.4 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

    Over 13.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, gets forward and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

    Over 14.1 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, presses forward and defends to cover.

    Over 14.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets on top of the bounce and taps it to point.

    Over 14.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and blocks it off the outer half towards point.

    Over 14.4 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run,  leans into the forward defensive.

    Over 14.5 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, 2 runs, gets across the line on the back foot and flicks it down to the deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 15.3 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara,1 run, gets forward and pushes it to cover for a single.

    Over 16.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and defends right on top of the ball.

    Over 16.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

    Over 16.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 16.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets right behind the line to block on the off-side.

    Over 16.5 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets into the forward press, goes to the right of point and Pujara is quick to shout "no, no" for the single.

    Over 17.6 Jofra Archer bowls a good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, gets forward and offers a straight-batted block.

    Over 18.1 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and works it to deep mid-wicket.

    Over 18.4 Dominic Bess bowls it flat in the air to Cheteshwar Pujara, no run, stretches forward to smother it safely.

    Over 18.5 Dominic Bess bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, no run, goes back and across to defend it down the wicket

    Over 18.6 Dominic Bess bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, no run, goes right back and turns it to backward square.

    Over 19.1: Single. Jofra Archer to Virat Kohli,

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