The home team India started their innings today from 257 with 6 down Washington Sundar 33 and R Ashwin 8. Washington Sundar scored 85 runs off 138 deliveries not out. He smashed twelve 4s and two 6s. Ravichandran Ashwin’s wicket was fallen when he was at 31. Ishant Sharma smashed just a boundary and out. Jasprit Bumrah and Shahbaz Nadeem both gone with scoring no runs. Dom Bess bowled 26 overs and leaked 76 runs by taking four wickets. James Anderson, Jofra Archer and Jack Leach all these English bowlers took two wickets each.
From the visitor team England’s second innings, they scored 178 runs in 46.3 overs all out. Joe Root (c) was the top runs scorer with 40 runs. Ollie Pope added 28 runs to his team’s scoreboard, Dom Bess 25, Jos Buttler † 24, Dan Lawrence 18, Dom Sibley 16, Jack Leach 8 not out, Ben Stokes 7, Jofra Archer 5, James Anderson and Rory Burns both gone with scoring no runs. Ravichandran Ashwin bowled 17.3 overs and gave just 61 runs with taking 6 wickets. Shahbaz Nadeem dismissed two English bowlers, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah both took one wicket each.
Ind vs Eng Highlights today Monday, 2-08-2021 – 1st Test, England tour of India from MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
England win the toss and choose to bat first
India team: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Rishabh Pant, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Shahbaz Nadeem, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Jasprit Bumrah.
England team: 1 Dom Sibley, 2 Rory Burns, 3 Dan Lawrence, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Ollie Pope, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 Dom Bess, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Jack Leach, 11 James Anderson.
Match Timings: 04:00 GMT | 09:30 Local
Umpires – Anil Chaudhary, Nitin Menon
TV Umpires – Chettithody Shamshuddin
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath
Reserve Umpire – Virender Sharma
Match number – TEST No. 2409
