Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

OJ Pope
OJ Pope
196(278) 21x4 - 0x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 59 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
24 14 14 29 39 15 12 49
RA Jadeja
RA Jadeja
87(180) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 29 runs
  • 3x4 - 2x6
8 1 6 8 23 28 8 5

Best performances - Bowlers

TW Hartley
TW Hartley
O26.2
M5
R62
W7
Eco2.35
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
JJ Bumrah
JJ Bumrah
O16.1
M4
R41
W4
Eco2.53
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

England , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

England led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30

Match days

25,26,27,28 January 2024 (5-day match)

Test debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 12, India 0

Scorecard Summary

ENGLAND 246(64.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

INDIA 436(121 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ENGLAND 420(102.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

INDIA 202(69.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Alan Gardner

6.05pm: Wow. Test cricket, you've done it again. Bazball has landed in India and we could have a cracking series on our hands (notwithstanding that face England went 1-0 up in 2021 and then got thrashed). Sid Monga's report is in and we will have plenty more to come from Al Muthu and Vitu E at the ground. It's been a pleasure bringing you action - thanks, as always, for contributing. From myself, Deivarayan, Miller and the scorers, Raghav and Thilak, it's cheerio for now. Let's do it all again on Friday. Bye!

5.50pm: Time for the presentations, starting with Rohit Sharma: "Hard to pinpoint where it went wrong. With a lead of 190 we were in control but exceptional batting - probably one of the best I've seen in Indian conditions, well played Ollie Pope. I thought 230 was gettable but it wasn't to be. [Second innings] Thought we bowled in the right areas, we analysed what went well and what didn't. But you've got to take your hat off and say well played to Pope. Hard to look at one or two things. We didn't bat well enough to get to that score. [Last pair] 20-30 runs, anything is possible. The lower order fought well and showed the top order [what to do]. We didn't take some chances but that can happen, it's the first game of the series."

England captain Ben Stokes: "Since I've taken the captaincy on, where we are and who we're playing against, it's 100% our greatest victory. My first time coming out here and being captain in these conditions. I'm a great observer, I've watched how India operate in the field. Absolutely thrilled for everyone, Tom Hartley nine wickets, Ollie Pope first Test back after shoulder surgery. Tom came into the squad for the first time, he's heard a lot and had a lot of confidence [instilled]. I was willing to give him a long spell regardless of what happened [in the first innings]. Whether that was the reason he got seven wickets and won us the game, who knows? [Pope] Seen some special innings from Joe Root, but the whole innings on a difficult wicket, for me that's the greatest innings by an Englishman on the subcontinent. [Approach] If you lose, you wake up in the morning, still have a good crack and life and move on. We don't fear failure. Go out and express yourself and you'll be all right."

Ollie Pope is named Player of the Match for his second-innings 196: "To come here to India, toughest place as a better and put in a winning performance, it's head and shoulders above the rest. I got a bit luckier in the second innings, played and missed a few. Wanted to be positive with my sweep and reverse-sweep. I've tinkered through my career, changed my technique specifically for this series. The family have had early starts but can catch up on some sleep now."

5.42pm: Never mind Bazball, that was incredi-ball. And the McCullum-Stokes bandwagon rolls on: that is their 14th win in 19 Tests and it has lit the touchpaper for this series. Somehow they've given India a bloody nose despite limited preparation, and with their most-experienced spinner hampered by a knee injury throughout the game. India will perhaps look to the manner in which wickets fell in their first innings, when no one went on to score a hundred, as well as a couple of costly drops off Pope... their response in Vizag will be fascinating, although they have selection issues, too, with Virat Kohli missing and Ravindra Jadeja seemingly having suffered an injury while batting today

My colleague Sampath Bandarupalli points out that these were the previous instances of India losing after taking 100-plus first-innings lead in Test cricket:

192 vs Sri Lanka, Galle 2015 132 vs England, Birmingham 2022

"Now twice in two Tests for India vs England under Stokes and Baz."

5.33pm: That is among the most sensational results in Test cricket we've seen in, oooh, at least a few hours (props to Shamar and co)! India's fourth defeat at home in 48 Tests, and the biggest-ever turnaround by a visiting team on Indian soil, in terms of first-innings deficit. England were in the hole after conceding a 190-run lead but ran towards the danger in Baz-approved style, flipping the script on its head around through Ollie Pope's majestic 196 before the debutant spinner Tom "The Hitman" Hartley ripped through the home side for figures of 7 for 62

Here is Hartley speaking to the host broadcaster: "It's unbelievable. Not going to sink in for a while. I'm over the moon. [Thoughts after first innings] 'This is hard work.' It was tough out there, didn't spin as much as we thought. Testament to the coaches and Stokes, they got around me and gave me confidence. It's fantastic. In that dressing room, you can have a great day or a bad day, it's the same vibe in there. [Stokes captaincy] Never a dull moment, I'm always looking around at the field. We've all bought into it. [Batting today] I was nervous but getting a few runs always helps. Found out a few things about the pitch that helped. [Changes] Realised I didn't have to bowl as fast as I thought. Watching Jadeja and Ash, I thought we need to take our time a bit."

69.2
W
Hartley to Mohammed Siraj, OUT, Siraj runs up the white flag, England have done it! Hartley has seven-for, England go one up. Or should that be India 0-1 Bazball? Foakes finally gets the stumping he had been looking for, and no doubt about this with Siraj way down the pitch

Mohammed Siraj st †Foakes b Hartley 12 (27m 20b 1x4 0x6) SR: 60.00

"How bloody good is Test cricket?" roars Thor. "As an Aussie I am loving todays games the quality and twists of both games is nuts!"

69.1
0
Hartley to Mohammed Siraj, no run, looped up, spinning away outside off. Left alone

Just a couple more overs for England to get this done, if the light holds

END OF OVER:
69 | 3 Runs | IND: 202/9

  • Jasprit Bumrah6 (18b)
  • Mohammed Siraj12 (18b)
  • Mark Wood8-1-15-0
  • Tom Hartley26-5-62-6
68.6
0
Wood to Bumrah, no run, length ball on off stump, 139kph/86mph, Siraj defends capably
68.5
1lb
Wood to Mohammed Siraj, 1 leg bye, hit on the front pad, Wood wails an appeal... think Bumrah was outside off. In fact, there was an inside edge, despite the signal of leg byes

The India flags are flying, this crowd getting behind the 10th-wicket pair

68.4
1
Wood to Bumrah, 1 run, short of a length, clubbed towards mid-on
68.3
0
Wood to Bumrah, no run, full length, 144kph/89mph and driven crisply, Wood gets a hand to it in his follow through and the ball trickles into the non-striker's stumps. Bumrah was safely in his crease

India 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st42RG SharmaYBK Jaiswal
2nd0RG SharmaShubman Gill
3rd21RG SharmaKL Rahul
4th32KL RahulAR Patel
5th12KL RahulSS Iyer
6th12RA JadejaSS Iyer
7th0KS BharatSS Iyer
8th57R AshwinKS Bharat
9th1R AshwinJJ Bumrah
10th25JJ BumrahMohammed Siraj