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Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
India won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Vijay | lbw b JM Anderson | 146 | 361 | 25 | 1 | 40.4 |
| S Dhawan | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| CA Pujara | c IR Bell b JM Anderson | 38 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 55.1 |
| V Kohli | c IR Bell b SCJ Broad | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| AM Rahane | c AN Cook b LE Plunkett | 32 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 39.5 |
| MS Dhoni | run out (JM Anderson) | 82 | 152 | 7 | 0 | 53.9 |
| RA Jadeja | c MJ Prior b BA Stokes | 25 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 104.2 |
| STR Binny | c JE Root b BA Stokes | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| B Kumar | c JE Root b MM Ali | 58 | 149 | 5 | 0 | 38.9 |
| I Sharma | b SCJ Broad | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Mohammed Shami | not out | 51* | 81 | 6 | 1 | 63.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 8, w 1, nb 0) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 161 overs | 457 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (S Dhawan, 6.6 ov), 2-106 (CA Pujara, 31.2 ov), 3-107 (V Kohli, 32.5 ov), 4-178 (AM Rahane, 59.6 ov), 5-304 (M Vijay, 111.6 ov), 6-344 (RA Jadeja, 119.3 ov), 7-345 (MS Dhoni, 121.1 ov), 8-345 (STR Binny, 121.4 ov), 9-346 (I Sharma, 122.5 ov), 10-457 (B Kumar, 160.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 38 | 10 | 123 | 3 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 33 | 13 | 53 | 2 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 34 | 6 | 81 | 2 | 2.38 | 1 | 0 |
| Liam Plunkett | 37 | 8 | 88 | 1 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 18 | 0 | 97 | 1 | 5.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | b Mohammed Shami | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| SD Robson | lbw b I Sharma | 59 | 142 | 8 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Gary Ballance | lbw b I Sharma | 71 | 167 | 9 | 0 | 42.5 |
| Ian Bell | c MS Dhoni b I Sharma | 25 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 67.6 |
| Joe Root | not out | 154* | 295 | 15 | 0 | 52.2 |
| Moeen Ali | c S Dhawan b Mohammed Shami | 14 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 46.7 |
| Matt Prior | c MS Dhoni b B Kumar | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Ben Stokes | c MS Dhoni b B Kumar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stuart Broad | lbw b B Kumar | 47 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 111.9 |
| Liam Plunkett | b B Kumar | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| James Anderson | c S Dhawan b B Kumar | 81 | 130 | 17 | 0 | 62.3 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 5, w 4, nb 13) | 28 | ||||
| Total | 144.5 overs | 496 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (AN Cook, 3.3 ov), 2-134 (SD Robson, 49.3 ov), 3-154 (GS Ballance, 55.3 ov), 4-172 (IR Bell, 59.5 ov), 5-197 (MM Ali, 69.2 ov), 6-202 (MJ Prior, 70.3 ov), 7-202 (BA Stokes, 70.5 ov), 8-280 (SCJ Broad, 84.4 ov), 9-298 (LE Plunkett, 91.3 ov), 10-496 (JM Anderson, 144.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Kumar | 30.5 | 8 | 82 | 5 | 2.66 | 1 | 1 |
| Mohammed Shami | 29 | 3 | 128 | 2 | 4.41 | 2 | 3 |
| I Sharma | 38 | 3 | 150 | 3 | 3.95 | 1 | 9 |
| RA Jadeja | 35 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| STR Binny | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3.70 | 0 | 0 |
| M Vijay | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Vijay | c MJ Prior b MM Ali | 52 | 119 | 7 | 1 | 43.7 |
| S Dhawan | c & b MM Ali | 29 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 100.0 |
| CA Pujara | c BA Stokes b LE Plunkett | 55 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 54.5 |
| V Kohli | lbw b SCJ Broad | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 27.6 |
| AM Rahane | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 24 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 82.8 |
| MS Dhoni | b LE Plunkett | 11 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 36.7 |
| RA Jadeja | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 31 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 31.6 |
| STR Binny | lbw b MM Ali | 78 | 114 | 8 | 1 | 68.4 |
| B Kumar | not out | 63* | 138 | 10 | 0 | 45.7 |
| I Sharma | c MJ Prior b AN Cook | 13 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 23.6 |
| Mohammed Shami | not out | 4* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 7, w 0, nb 7) | 23 | ||||
| Total | 123 overs | 391/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (S Dhawan, 11.4 ov), 2-140 (M Vijay, 40.6 ov), 3-140 (CA Pujara, 41.1 ov), 4-168 (V Kohli, 49.3 ov), 5-173 (AM Rahane, 51.1 ov), 6-184 (MS Dhoni, 61.1 ov), 7-249 (RA Jadeja, 82.1 ov), 8-340 (STR Binny, 101.6 ov), 9-387 (I Sharma, 122.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 21 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 2.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 21 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Plunkett | 20 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 4.25 | 0 | 3 |
| Moeen Ali | 28 | 4 | 105 | 3 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 18 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Root | 12 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Alastair Cook | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Ballance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: James Anderson · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, BNJ Oxenford · TV umpire: IJ Gould · Match referee: DC Boon. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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