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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

India
v England⁠

Result

England won by 227 runs

India
337 & 192
England
578 & 178
Date
5 Feb – 9 Feb 2021 · England in 2021
Start
04:00 UK
Venue
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

India v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 578 all out (190.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c RR Pant b R Ashwin 33 60 2 0 55.0
DP Sibley lbw b JJ Bumrah 87 286 12 0 30.4
Dan Lawrence lbw b JJ Bumrah 0 5 0 0 0.0
Joe Root lbw b S Nadeem 218 377 19 2 57.8
Ben Stokes c CA Pujara b S Nadeem 82 118 10 3 69.5
Ollie Pope lbw b R Ashwin 34 89 3 0 38.2
Jos Buttler b I Sharma 30 51 5 0 58.8
DM Bess lbw b JJ Bumrah 34 105 6 0 32.4
Jofra Archer b I Sharma 0 1 0 0 0.0
MJ Leach not out 14* 57 2 0 24.6
James Anderson b R Ashwin 1 12 0 0 8.3
Extras (b 7, lb 17, w 1, nb 20) 45
Total 190.1 overs 578

Fall of wickets: 1-63 (RJ Burns, 23.5 ov), 2-63 (DW Lawrence, 25.4 ov), 3-263 (DP Sibley, 89.3 ov), 4-387 (BA Stokes, 126.1 ov), 5-473 (OJ Pope, 152.2 ov), 6-477 (JE Root, 153.6 ov), 7-525 (JC Buttler, 169.2 ov), 8-525 (JC Archer, 169.3 ov), 9-567 (DM Bess, 185.3 ov), 10-578 (JM Anderson, 190.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
I Sharma 27 7 52 2 1.93 0 5
JJ Bumrah 36 7 84 3 2.33 1 7
R Ashwin 55.1 5 146 3 2.65 0 2
S Nadeem 44 4 167 2 3.80 0 6
Washington Sundar 26 2 98 0 3.77 0 0
RG Sharma 2 0 7 0 3.50 0 0

India · 1st innings 337 all out (95.5 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RG Sharma c JC Buttler b JC Archer 6 9 1 0 66.7
Shubman Gill c JM Anderson b JC Archer 29 28 5 0 103.6
CA Pujara c RJ Burns b DM Bess 73 143 11 0 51.0
V Kohli c OJ Pope b DM Bess 11 48 0 0 22.9
AM Rahane c JE Root b DM Bess 1 6 0 0 16.7
RR Pant c MJ Leach b DM Bess 91 88 9 5 103.4
Washington Sundar not out 85* 138 12 2 61.6
R Ashwin c JC Buttler b MJ Leach 31 91 3 1 34.1
S Nadeem c BA Stokes b MJ Leach 0 12 0 0 0.0
I Sharma c OJ Pope b JM Anderson 4 11 1 0 36.4
JJ Bumrah c BA Stokes b JM Anderson 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 1) 6
Total 95.5 overs 337

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (RG Sharma, 3.3 ov), 2-44 (Shubman Gill, 9.2 ov), 3-71 (V Kohli, 24.4 ov), 4-73 (AM Rahane, 26.3 ov), 5-192 (CA Pujara, 50.4 ov), 6-225 (RR Pant, 56.4 ov), 7-305 (R Ashwin, 86.2 ov), 8-312 (S Nadeem, 90.5 ov), 9-323 (I Sharma, 93.5 ov), 10-337 (JJ Bumrah, 95.5 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 16.5 5 46 2 2.73 0 0
Jofra Archer 21 3 75 2 3.57 0 1
Ben Stokes 6 1 16 0 2.67 0 0
MJ Leach 24 5 105 2 4.38 0 0
DM Bess 26 5 76 4 2.92 0 0
Joe Root 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 178 all out (46.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c AM Rahane b R Ashwin 0 1 0 0 0.0
DP Sibley c CA Pujara b R Ashwin 16 37 2 0 43.2
Dan Lawrence lbw b I Sharma 18 47 1 0 38.3
Joe Root lbw b JJ Bumrah 40 32 7 0 125.0
Ben Stokes c RR Pant b R Ashwin 7 12 1 0 58.3
Ollie Pope c RG Sharma b S Nadeem 28 32 3 0 87.5
Jos Buttler st RR Pant b S Nadeem 24 40 2 1 60.0
DM Bess lbw b R Ashwin 25 55 3 0 45.5
Jofra Archer b R Ashwin 5 10 0 0 50.0
MJ Leach not out 8* 18 2 0 44.4
James Anderson c & b R Ashwin 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 7) 7
Total 46.3 overs 178

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (RJ Burns, 0.1 ov), 2-32 (DP Sibley, 10.6 ov), 3-58 (DW Lawrence, 15.3 ov), 4-71 (BA Stokes, 18.1 ov), 5-101 (JE Root, 23.5 ov), 6-130 (OJ Pope, 28.4 ov), 7-165 (JC Buttler, 41.2 ov), 8-167 (DM Bess, 42.1 ov), 9-178 (JC Archer, 46.1 ov), 10-178 (JM Anderson, 46.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
R Ashwin 17.3 2 61 6 3.49 0 3
S Nadeem 15 2 66 2 4.40 0 3
I Sharma 7 1 24 1 3.43 0 0
JJ Bumrah 6 0 26 1 4.33 0 1
Washington Sundar 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

India · 2nd innings 192 all out (58.1 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RG Sharma b MJ Leach 12 20 1 1 60.0
Shubman Gill b JM Anderson 50 83 7 1 60.2
CA Pujara c BA Stokes b MJ Leach 15 38 1 0 39.5
V Kohli b BA Stokes 72 104 9 0 69.2
AM Rahane b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
RR Pant c JE Root b JM Anderson 11 19 2 0 57.9
Washington Sundar c JC Buttler b DM Bess 0 5 0 0 0.0
R Ashwin c JC Buttler b MJ Leach 9 46 1 0 19.6
S Nadeem c RJ Burns b MJ Leach 0 13 0 0 0.0
I Sharma not out 5* 15 1 0 33.3
JJ Bumrah c JC Buttler b JC Archer 4 4 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 8, lb 5, w 0, nb 1) 14
Total 58.1 overs 192

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (RG Sharma, 5.3 ov), 2-58 (CA Pujara, 19.3 ov), 3-92 (Shubman Gill, 26.2 ov), 4-92 (AM Rahane, 26.5 ov), 5-110 (RR Pant, 32.3 ov), 6-117 (Washington Sundar, 33.5 ov), 7-171 (R Ashwin, 51.2 ov), 8-179 (V Kohli, 54.3 ov), 9-179 (S Nadeem, 55.3 ov), 10-192 (JJ Bumrah, 58.1 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 9.1 4 23 1 2.51 0 0
MJ Leach 26 4 76 4 2.92 0 1
James Anderson 11 4 17 3 1.55 0 0
DM Bess 8 0 50 1 6.25 0 0
Ben Stokes 4 1 13 1 3.25 0 0

Player of the match: Joe Root · Umpires: AK Chaudhary, Nitin Menon · TV umpire: C Shamshuddin · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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