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International Test Match Series, India vs England at Chennai.
England 1st innings 578 ao off 150.1ov Root 217 off 377, 19 fours, 2 sixes, Stokes 82 off 118, 10 four, 3 sixes, Sibley 87 off 286, 12 fours, Bumrah 3-84, R Ashwin 3-146, Nadeem 2-167, I Sharma 2-52.
India 1st Innings 257-6 74ov Gill 29 off 28, 5 fours, Pujara 73 off 143, 11 fours, Pant 91 off 88, 9 fours, 5 sixes, Bess 4-55, Archer 2-52.
Jofra Archer’s perfect line and length tempt Rohit into playing a delivery he can leave alone and Joss Buttler takes a healthy nick and India lose the first wicket for 19. A superb low diving catch from Jimmy Anderson at mid-on, another Archer delivery as Shubman Gill is out India 44-2. Pujara 73 and Pant 91 at 73 for four in reply to England’s 578, a no 6 might be expected to be careful and give support to Pujara at the other end. Pant launched a counter-attack from the IPL playbook. Eventually, Leach held on to a catch off pant when he tried to hit against the spin of Bess and was caught in the deep. Pant took the attack to the left-arm bowling into the rough copies Ben Stokes the day before, both figuring that hitting with the spin gave them a measure of safety. Bess four for 55, dismissing three batsmen in the top ten world rankings, plus superstar pant. A full toss was hit by Ajinkya Rahabe to extra cover where Root took a blinding diving low catch to his left and Bess had a third when Pujara’s outstanding innings ended abruptly as he leaped back on a short ball and pulled it hard only to hit. Pope taking cover at a short leg on the shoulder and a catch dolled up to Rory burns at midwicket.
7Earlier, India takes the new ball with Jasprit Bumrah opt to take the third new ball and strikes the first ball the extra pace does for Dom Bess 34 off 105 balls, as the ball cannons into the back pad. With James Anderson attempting to a slog sweep an Ashwin ball, and misses the ball crashes into middle stump England 578 all out.