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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

India
v England⁠

Result

India won by 317 runs

India
329 & 286
England
134 & 164
Date
13 Feb – 17 Feb 2021 · England in 2021
Start
04:00 UK
Venue
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

India v England Test scorecard

India won the toss and chose to bat

India · 1st innings 329 all out (95.5 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RG Sharma c MM Ali b MJ Leach 161 231 18 2 69.7
Shubman Gill lbw b OP Stone 0 3 0 0 0.0
CA Pujara c BA Stokes b MJ Leach 21 58 2 0 36.2
V Kohli b MM Ali 0 5 0 0 0.0
AM Rahane b MM Ali 67 149 9 0 45.0
RR Pant not out 58* 77 7 3 75.3
R Ashwin c OJ Pope b JE Root 13 19 1 0 68.4
AR Patel st BT Foakes b MM Ali 5 14 1 0 35.7
I Sharma c RJ Burns b MM Ali 0 2 0 0 0.0
Kuldeep Yadav c BT Foakes b OP Stone 0 15 0 0 0.0
Mohammed Siraj c BT Foakes b OP Stone 4 2 1 0 200.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 0
Total 95.5 overs 329

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Shubman Gill, 1.3 ov), 2-85 (CA Pujara, 20.2 ov), 3-86 (V Kohli, 21.2 ov), 4-248 (RG Sharma, 72.6 ov), 5-249 (AM Rahane, 75.2 ov), 6-284 (R Ashwin, 82.3 ov), 7-301 (AR Patel, 89.2 ov), 8-301 (I Sharma, 89.4 ov), 9-325 (Kuldeep Yadav, 95.3 ov), 10-329 (Mohammed Siraj, 95.5 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 11 2 37 0 3.36 0 0
OP Stone 15.5 5 47 3 2.97 0 0
MJ Leach 27 3 78 2 2.89 0 0
Ben Stokes 2 0 16 0 8.00 0 0
Moeen Ali 29 3 128 4 4.41 0 0
Joe Root 11 3 23 1 2.09 0 0

England · 1st innings 134 all out (59.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns lbw b I Sharma 0 3 0 0 0.0
DP Sibley c V Kohli b R Ashwin 16 25 3 0 64.0
Dan Lawrence c Shubman Gill b R Ashwin 9 52 0 0 17.3
Joe Root c R Ashwin b AR Patel 6 12 0 0 50.0
Ben Stokes b R Ashwin 18 34 1 0 52.9
Ollie Pope c RR Pant b Mohammed Siraj 22 57 1 0 38.6
BT Foakes not out 42* 107 4 0 39.3
Moeen Ali c AM Rahane b AR Patel 6 30 1 0 20.0
OP Stone c RG Sharma b R Ashwin 1 4 0 0 25.0
MJ Leach c RR Pant b I Sharma 5 34 1 0 14.7
Stuart Broad b R Ashwin 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 0, nb 1) 9
Total 59.5 overs 134

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (RJ Burns, 0.3 ov), 2-16 (DP Sibley, 7.2 ov), 3-23 (JE Root, 10.3 ov), 4-39 (DW Lawrence, 17.6 ov), 5-52 (BA Stokes, 23.2 ov), 6-87 (OJ Pope, 38.1 ov), 7-105 (MM Ali, 48.1 ov), 8-106 (OP Stone, 49.2 ov), 9-131 (MJ Leach, 58.5 ov), 10-134 (SCJ Broad, 59.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
I Sharma 5 1 22 2 4.40 0 0
R Ashwin 23.5 4 43 5 1.80 0 1
AR Patel 20 3 40 2 2.00 0 0
Kuldeep Yadav 6 1 16 0 2.67 0 0
Mohammed Siraj 5 4 5 1 1.00 0 0

India · 2nd innings 286 all out (85.5 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RG Sharma st BT Foakes b MJ Leach 26 70 2 1 37.1
Shubman Gill lbw b MJ Leach 14 28 0 1 50.0
CA Pujara run out 7 23 1 0 30.4
V Kohli lbw b MM Ali 62 149 7 0 41.6
RR Pant st BT Foakes b MJ Leach 8 11 1 0 72.7
AM Rahane c OJ Pope b MM Ali 10 14 2 0 71.4
AR Patel lbw b MM Ali 7 18 1 0 38.9
R Ashwin b OP Stone 106 148 14 1 71.6
Kuldeep Yadav lbw b MM Ali 3 9 0 0 33.3
I Sharma c OP Stone b MJ Leach 7 24 1 0 29.2
Mohammed Siraj not out 16* 21 0 2 76.2
Extras (b 5, lb 15, w 0, nb 0) 20
Total 85.5 overs 286

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Shubman Gill, 11.2 ov), 2-55 (CA Pujara, 18.6 ov), 3-55 (RG Sharma, 21.1 ov), 4-65 (RR Pant, 25.3 ov), 5-86 (AM Rahane, 30.3 ov), 6-106 (AR Patel, 36.1 ov), 7-202 (V Kohli, 65.4 ov), 8-210 (Kuldeep Yadav, 67.6 ov), 9-237 (I Sharma, 76.4 ov), 10-286 (R Ashwin, 85.5 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
OP Stone 6.5 1 21 1 3.07 0 0
MJ Leach 33 6 100 4 3.03 0 0
Moeen Ali 32 7 98 4 3.06 0 0
Joe Root 4 0 15 0 3.75 0 0
Stuart Broad 9 3 25 0 2.78 0 0
Dan Lawrence 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 164 all out (54.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c V Kohli b R Ashwin 25 42 4 0 59.5
DP Sibley lbw b AR Patel 3 25 0 0 12.0
Dan Lawrence st RR Pant b R Ashwin 26 53 2 1 49.1
MJ Leach c RG Sharma b AR Patel 0 1 0 0 0.0
Joe Root c AM Rahane b AR Patel 33 92 3 0 35.9
Ben Stokes c V Kohli b R Ashwin 8 51 0 0 15.7
Ollie Pope c I Sharma b AR Patel 12 20 1 0 60.0
BT Foakes c AR Patel b Kuldeep Yadav 2 9 0 0 22.2
Moeen Ali st RR Pant b Kuldeep Yadav 43 18 3 5 238.9
OP Stone lbw b AR Patel 0 5 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad not out 5* 10 1 0 50.0
Extras (b 6, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 7
Total 54.2 overs 164

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (DP Sibley, 8.2 ov), 2-49 (RJ Burns, 15.6 ov), 3-50 (MJ Leach, 16.6 ov), 4-66 (DW Lawrence, 25.1 ov), 5-90 (BA Stokes, 37.6 ov), 6-110 (OJ Pope, 43.5 ov), 7-116 (BT Foakes, 48.3 ov), 8-116 (JE Root, 49.2 ov), 9-126 (OP Stone, 51.1 ov), 10-164 (MM Ali, 54.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
I Sharma 6 3 13 0 2.17 0 0
AR Patel 21 5 60 5 2.86 0 0
R Ashwin 18 5 53 3 2.94 0 0
Mohammed Siraj 3 1 6 0 2.00 0 0
Kuldeep Yadav 6.2 1 25 2 3.95 0 0

Player of the match: R Ashwin · Umpires: Nitin Menon, VK Sharma · TV umpire: AK Chaudhary · 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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