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India vs England Scorecard, 1st Test, India vs England 2021
Result · Feb 05 2021, Fri - 09:30 AM (IST)
ENGLAND578, 178
INDIA337, 192
England won by 227 runs
CRR:3.3
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in India 2021 |
| Date: | Feb 05 2021, Fri - 09:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Chennai |
| Venue: | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bat. |
| India Playing XI: | Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Shahbaz Nadeem |
| England Playing XI: | Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Dan Lawrence, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Dom Bess, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, James Anderson |
- Four of the last five bilateral men's Test series played out between India and England have been won by England (L1); Joe Root's men recorded a 4-1 victory when they last faced off (2018 in England).
- England have only managed to register one bilateral men's Test series victory in India since their 2-1 tour win across 1984 and 1985 - their victory in 2012 being the sole success during that period in the country (D1 L4).
- India have managed to win each of their last 10 multi-game bilateral men's Test series played on home soil, that run beginning after they suffered a 2-1 series defeat at the hands of England in 2012.
- India have recorded five wins to England's three when facing off against each other at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in men's Test cricket (D1); the hosts are currently enjoying a three-match winning run in such encounters at the Chennai venue.
- No visiting men's Test side has beaten India at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium during the 21st Century (D3 L5) - Pakistan being the last team to do so in the format (1999).
- England's men have managed to record five overseas Test wins in succession ahead of this match - their longest such run since 1914 (seven in a row between 1911 and 1914).
- England have successfully taken 79.3% of their catches in men's Test cricket since the start of 2020, only South Africa currently possess a better rate across that period (80.2%) – India have recorded a catch success rate of 73.3% over the same time span.
- Joe Root is set to become the 15th man to appear in 100 Test matches for England and has the chance to equal Michael Vaughan's record of 26 men's Test wins as England skipper (currently 25).
- Joe Root (England) scored twice the number of runs of any other batsman in last month's men's Test series between his side and Sri Lanka (426); he attempted 46 and 48 conventional sweeps shots respectively in the two Test meetings - those two efforts are the most recorded in the Opta database during a single men's Test fixture (since 2008).
- Ishant Sharma is three wickets away from becoming only the third seamer to reach 300 in men's Test cricket for India (Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan); Kapil Dev (85) is the only fast bowler to record more wickets against England than Ishant Sharma (56) in the format for India.