England Tour Of India 2021: ENG won 1st test by 227 runs against India after winning the 1st test by 227 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
1st Test
Game Date: 5thFeb-9thFeb 2021
Game Result: ENG won the test by 227 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root
Now I am going to share day-to-day activity of this test match with all the details, records and milestones in my way.
Day 1.
England captain Joe Root won the toss in the 1st test against India and decided to bat first at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Team India included Shahbaz Nadeem in the playing XI in place of Axar Patel who out from the test due to injury. Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli back in the team as they had not played the last test against Australia.
England scored 263/3 on day 1 stumps. Skipper Joe Root scored brilliant unbeaten century for this team on his 100th test match while Jasprit Bumrah pick 2 wickets for his team.
ENG: 263/3 on day 1 stumps
It's Stumps on Day 1 of the 1st @Paytm #INDvENG Test!
1⃣2⃣8⃣* for Joe Root
8⃣7⃣ for Dominic Sibley
2⃣ wickets for @Jaspritbumrah93Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/VJF6Q6jMis pic.twitter.com/25qD0TK6aj
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 5, 2021
Stats
– Ishant Sharma is three scalps away from becoming the sixth Indian bowler to pick 300 Test wickets
– If picked, the Chennai Test will be Jasprit Bumrah‘s first home game in the format, after having played 17 away since making his debut at Cape Town in 2018
– At 30, Joe Root will become the second-youngest to play 100 Tests for England after Alastair Cook
– Since the start of 2018, Ben Stokes has scored 1999 runs (Avg: 40.80) and picked 63 wickets (Avg: 27.59) in 28 Tests. Ravindra Jadeja is the only other player to have a 40-plus batting average and sub-30 bowling average in this period.
– Joe Root in Tests in India 50+ in each of the seven Tests
73 & 20* Nagpur
124 & 4 Rajkot
53 & 25 Vizag
15 & 78 Mohali
21 & 77 Mumbai WS
88 & 6 Chennai
218 Chennai
– The last time India picked three or fewer wickets in the opening day (full day’s play) of a Test after bowling first was against Australia at SCG (348/2), Virat Kohli‘s maiden Test as full time skipper.
– 200 between Joe Root & Dom Sibley is the highest partnership for any wicket against India in India since Jan 2013 surpassing 191 by Steven Smith & Glenn Maxwell in Ranchi in Mar 2017.
– The last pair to score more was Ian Bell & Jonathan Trott 208 runs for fourth wicket at Nagpur in Dec 2012, Root’s debut Test.
– Hundred in 100th Test
Colin Cowdrey
Javed Miandad
Gordon Greenidge
Alec Stewart
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Ricky Ponting (2 X 100s)
Graeme Smith
Hashim Amla
JOE ROOT
– Joe Root is the first cricketer to score a century in his 98th, 99th and 100th Test.
Day 2.
England are in very good position in this test match as they scored 555/8 runs in their first innings at the end of day 2 stumps. Joe Root scored brilliant double century.
ENG : 555/8 at the day 2 stumps
That's Stumps on Day 2 of the first @Paytm #INDvENG Test!
2⃣1⃣8⃣ for Joe Root
8⃣2⃣ for Ben Stokes
2⃣ wickets each for @ImIshant, Shahbaz Nadeem, @ashwinravi99 & @Jaspritbumrah93Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/VJF6Q62aTS pic.twitter.com/L6X01vLC9J
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 6, 2021
Stats
– 150+ scores in consecutive Tests
4 Kumar Sangakkara (2007)
3 Wally Hammond (1928-29)
3 Don Bradman (1937)
3 Zaheer Abbas (1982-93)
3 Mudassar Nazar (1983)
3 Tom Latham (2018-19)
3 JOE ROOT (2021) *
– Stokes vs Ashwin in Tests:
384 balls
150 runs
Seven dismissals
– No other bowler has dismissed Stokes as often
– Ten of Root‘s 20 Test hundreds have been 150 or more (and another one 149*). His last four Test 100s: 226, 228, 186, 151*
– Only the second time in 35 home Tests by India since Jan 2013, 100+ partnerships have been registered for successive stands. The previous one was by SA in Vizag in 2019/20 (115 for 5th wkt & 164 for 6th wkt).
– Joe Root is the first English cricketer to reach his double century with a six and first to score 200 against India since Brendon McCullum‘s 302 in Wellington in 2013/14
– 218 highest individual score for an England captain in India. In all Ind Eng Tests, only English captain to score more is Graham Gooch (333 at Lord’s, 1990)
Day 3.
England bowled out for massive 578 runs in their first innings. Skipper Joe Root scored 218 runs and Dominic Sibley scored 87 runs. For India Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Ashwin pick 3 wickets each.
Innings Break!
Ashwin picks up his third wicket and Anderson is clean bowled!
England all out for 578 in the first innings.
Scorecard – https://t.co/VJF6Q62aTS #INDvENG @Paytm pic.twitter.com/JMi535iSoY
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 7, 2021
Team India scored 257/6 in 74 overs in their first innings at the end of day 3. They are still trailing by mammoth 321 runs.
ENG: 578
IND: 257/6 at the end of day 3 stumps
That's Stumps on Day 3 of the first @Paytm #INDvENG Test!
9⃣1⃣ for @RishabhPant17
7⃣3⃣ for @cheteshwar1
4⃣ wickets for Dom BessScorecard 👉 https://t.co/VJF6Q62aTS pic.twitter.com/adDpEVlFIu
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 7, 2021
Stats
– 20 no-balls by India is the joint-most by India have bowled in a home Test equalling 20 no-balls in the Ahmedabad Test against Sri Lanka in 2009/10.
– 190.1 overs by England is the longest first innings in Test cricket since South Africa batted out 190.4 overs against India in Kanpur in 2004/05.
– Most overs in an inngs by Ashwin
55.1 vs Eng Chennai 2020/21 *
53.0 vs Aus Adelaide 2011/12
52.5 vs Aus Adelaide 2018/19
52.3 vs Eng Kolkata 2012/13
52.1 vs WI Mumbai WS 2011/12
– Pujara-Pant last four partnerships
53
148
61
119
– Rishabh Pant in India
92
92
91
– Only the second Indian player to hit 50+ in his first three innings in India. The first was Virat Kohli who scored 52, 63, 58, 103 and 51* in his first five innings in India.
Day 4.
India bowled out for 337 runs in their first innings and England get the lead of massive 241 runs and they didn’t enforce follow-on and will bat again. Rishabh Pant scored 91 runs and Washington Sundar scored 85* runs. Dom Bess pick 4 wickets for his team.
Innings Break!
India all out for 337 in the first innings. England second innings to get underway shortly.
Scorecard – https://t.co/VJF6Q62aTS #INDvENG @Paytm pic.twitter.com/xOEIFFBGP6
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2021
England bowled out for 178 runs in their 2nd innings and set the target of 420 runs for India to win this test. Joe Root scored 40 runs and Ollie Pope scored 28 runs. For India Ashwin pick 6 wickets.
3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🎆
Congratulations @ImIshant. He becomes the third Indian fast bowler to take 300 Test wickets. He traps Lawrence in the front as England lose their third wicket. #TeamIndia #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/fgKJnae4nm
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2021
.@ashwinravi99 gets the final wicket and with that he picks a 6-wicket haul.
England are all out for 178. India need 420 runs to win the first Test.
Scorecard – https://t.co/VJF6Q62aTS #INDvENG @Paytm pic.twitter.com/ows8yTbI8E
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2021
India scored 39/1 while chasing the target of 420 runs at the end of Day 4. England need 9 wickets and India need 381 runs to win this test match.
ENG: 578 and 178
IND : 337 and 39/1 at the day 4 stumps
It's Stumps on Day 4 of the first @Paytm #INDvENG Test! @RealShubmanGill 1⃣5⃣*@cheteshwar1 1⃣2⃣*
Jack Leach 1/21Join us for an action-packed Day 5 tomorrow!
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/VJF6Q62aTS pic.twitter.com/loYkQIvmhY
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2021
Stats
– Scoring 50+ in debut inngs both home and away (India)
Rusi Modi
S Amarnath
Arun Lal
S Ganguly
S Raina
H Pandya
M Agarwal
W SUNDAR
– Ashwin become first Indian spinner and overall 3rd bowler to take the wicket in first ball of a inning.
– Spinners getting a wicket of the first ball of an innings
Bert Vogler dismissed Tom Hayward SA v Eng Oval 1907
R Ashwin dismissed Rory Burns Ind v Eng Chennai 2020/21 *
– England have never lost a Test in which Joe Root has scored a century
20* X 100s
15 in wins
Four in draws
– India’s 300-wicket club in Tests
619 Anil Kumble
434 Kapil Dev
417 Harbhajan Singh
382 R Ashwin*
311 Zaheer Khan
300 ISHANT SHARMA*
– The last time India was bowled out in both innings of a home Test was against Australia in Bengaluru in March 2017, 14 Tests ago.
– India under Virat Kohli chasing 150+ in 4th innings
12 innings *
Nine defeats
Two draws
Drawn Tests
89.5 overs vs Aus, Sydney, 2014/15
52.3 overs vs Eng, Rajkot, 2016/17
– Most runs after 100 Tests
8916 Brian Lara
8651 Kumar Sangakkara
8640 Younis Khan
8553 Rahul Dravid
8508 Matthew Hayden
8507 JOE ROOT *
Day 5.
India bowled out for 192 runs in their 2nd innings and lose the game by 227 runs. This is England biggest win in terms of runs in India and with this win they are 1-0 in this series with 3 more test to go. For India skipper Virat Kohli scored 72 runs and Shubman Gill scored 50 runs. Jack leach pick 4 wickets for England
ENG: 578 and 178
IND: 337 and 192
England win the first @Paytm #INDvENG Test!#TeamIndia will look to bounce back in the second Test.
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/VJF6Q62aTS pic.twitter.com/E6LsdsO5Cz
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2021
Stats
– The last time Kohli was out bowled in a home Test to Steve O’Keefe was in Pune in 2017 – India’s last home defeat
– Most Test wins among England captains:
26 Joe Root (47 Tests) *
26 Michael Vaughan (51)
24 Andrew Strauss (50)
24 Alastair Cook (59)
20 Peter May (41)
– Virat Kohli has now lost his last four Tests as captain the most he has lost in succession. In the seven Tests prior to that he had won seven in a row, the longest such sequence for an Indian captain.
– Most consecutive wins by visiting sides in Asia
7 Australia (2002-04)
6 England (2018-21)*
No other instances of more than three successive win
– Joe Root as captain in Asia: Six Tests | Six wins. Among visiting captains in Asia, only Graeme Smith (eight wins in 21 Tests) and Clive Lloyd (seven in 17) have won more Tests as skipper.
For his stellar knock of 218 in the first innings, Joe Root has been awarded the Player of the Match 💪#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/vX0Jefh04V
— ICC (@ICC) February 9, 2021
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