Ind vs Eng, 1st Test: Ashwin claims Six-Wicket haul, England set India a goal of 420

New Delhi: Ravichandran Ashwin displayed a shocking efficiency to finish England’s second innings on 178 runs within the first Test right here on the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday. The Virat Kohli-led Indian facet now want 420 runs of their second innings to win the match.
Ashwin was at his greatest as he picked six wickets, limiting England to a really low complete within the second innings. Apart from Ashwin, Shahbaz Nadeem picked two wickets whereas Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah scalped one wicket every.
England witnessed a really dismal begin to their second innings as Rory Burns was dismissed on the very first ball of the innings. He was caught by Ajinkya Rahane off Ravichandran Ashwin’s supply. Opener Dom Sibley was then joined by Dan Lawrence on the sphere.

R Ashwin’s six-wicket haul has helped India bowl England out for 178 👏
The hosts want 420 to win.#INDvENG ➡️ https://t.co/gnj5x4GOos pic.twitter.com/WeexhroI56
— ICC (@ICC) February 8, 2021

Sibley and Lawrence added a quick stand of 32-run earlier than Ashwin struck once more and dismissed the previous within the eleventh over. Sibley was caught by Cheteshwar Pujara at leg-slip and departed after scoring 16 runs. Skipper Joe Root joined Lawrence within the center and stitched a 26-run temporary partnership.
Ishant Sharma picked the wicket of Lawrence (18) which was the pacer’s three hundredth Test wicket. Ishant trapped Lawrence (18) in entrance of the stumps. The batsman took the assessment however the third umpire stayed with the on-field umpire’s determination.
With this, Ishant turned the third Indian pacer to take action after Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan. Overall, Ishant is the sixth Indian bowler to take 300 Test wickets. Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, and Ravichandran Ashwin are the opposite 5 bowlers who’ve taken 300 wickets in Test cricket.

We set India a goal of 420 to win the primary Test 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇳
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) February 8, 2021

Ben Stokes got here in to bat at quantity 4 however in an try of including fast runs to the board, he misplaced his wicket. Ashwin eliminated Stokes (7) within the nineteenth over. Bumrah then obtained maintain of Root, decreasing England to 101/5.
Indian bowlers didn’t let England batsmen settle and took wickets in common intervals. Ollie Pope (28) was despatched again to the pavilion by Nadeem within the twenty ninth over. Jos Buttler was then joined by Dom Bess on the sphere. Buttler performed a knock of 24 runs earlier than Nadeem picked his wicket within the forty second over. In the subsequent over, Ashwin eliminated Bess (25), who was given LBW.
Ashwin then dismissed Archer to select his fifth wicket of the innings. In the identical over Ashwin eliminated Anderson which introduced an finish to England’s second innings.
Earlier, India resumed their innings on day 4 from 257/6. Ashwin and Washington Sundar noticed off the preliminary overs with relatable ease and the duo managed to maneuver the scoreboard at a brisk tempo. In the in the meantime, Sundar registered his second half-century in Test cricket.

A bowling spell to cherish for @ashwinravi99 at his residence floor.#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/1j9tmXmPYw
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2021

However, England skipper Joe Root launched Jack Leach into the assault with the brand new ball and this resulted in Ashwin’s dismissal within the 87th over of the innings, decreasing India to 305/7. Sundar and Ashwin had stitched collectively a partnership of 80 runs from 178 balls.
Soon after, Leach despatched Shahbaz Nadeem (0) again to the pavilion as he had the right-hander caught by the hands of Ben Stokes at first slip, and this diminished India to 312/8 within the 91st over. Ishant Sharma (4) was then dismissed by James Anderson.
In the top, Sundar hit a number of aggressive pictures off the bowling of Root, however Anderson dismissed Jasprit Bumrah (0) and because of this, India was bowled out for 337.
On day three, India was left in a spot of trouble at 73/4 with Virat Kohli (11), Rahane (1), Shubman Gill (29), and Rohit Sharma (6) again within the hut, however Rishabh Pant (91) and Cheteshwar Pujara (73) had revived the innings for the hosts.
Brief scores: England 578 and 178 (Joe Root 40, Ollie Pope 28, Ashwin 6/61); India 337 (Rishabh Pant 91, Washington Sundar 85*, Dom Bess 4-76).