IND vs ENG Live Score, 1st Test Day 4 Live Streaming: Sundar hits second fifty as India moves towards 300

India vs England 2021, 1st Test Day 4 Live Cricket Streaming: Get the live cricket score updates between IND vs ENG from MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Sundar and Ashwin will resume batting on Day 4 as India bats to avoid follow-on.   -  Sportzpics

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's live coverage from Day 4 of the first Test between India and England from the MA Chidambaram Stadium in  Chennai.

LIVE SCORECARD

England takes the new ball.

Anderson and Archer are back into the attack. England has still resisted the temptation to take the new ball surprisingly.

India 284/6 after 80 overs: Fifty for Washington Sundar! India have motored away in the first overs of the morning and Sundar has stood up with some classical drives against Leach and Bess. The testing period may begin with the new ball due to be taken now.

India 273/6 after 77 overs: Ashwin takes Bess all the way! Bess dishes one in outside the rough and Ashwin takes the aerial route down the ground over long-on for a six. Both batsmen have come out with positive intent against the spinners.

R Ashwin vs England in Tests - No better day than this to add another fifty to the tally.

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India 262/6 after 75 overs: Fine start from Sundar!
Bess chips one short and Sundar rocks back and creams it through the covers.

Right. Day 4 underway! Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar, the Chennai boys, walk out to the centre.  Dom Bess picks up the ball for England.

Skipper Kohli has had a few headaches on his return. India steps out to heal the wounds today.

Plenty to think for VK and Shaz ahead of Day 4's action.   -  Sportzpics

 

An hour for action to resume. Will England push India further down and enforce a follow-on?

 

Numbers Game - Day 3

Pant's madness and misery

Rishabh Pant has registered three 50+ scores in his last five Test innings: 91, 89*, 23, 97 and 36.

Pant has now recorded three 90+ scores in India while failing to cross the 100-run mark (92, 92 and 91).

 

Pant registered four 90+ scores, the joint-second-most by a wicket-keeper in Test history.  MS Dhoni leads the list with five such instances.


Marathon Ash

Ravichandran Ashwin bowled as many as 55.1 overs in the first innings - the most bowled by him in a Test innings.

His previous record was 53.0 versus Australia in Adelaide, 2011/12.

Ashwin also became the fifth bowler and third from India to complete 300 Test wickets in Asia. He is now behind Muttiah Muralitharan (612), Anil Kumble (419) and Rangana Herath (354). Ashwin with 300, equaled Harbhajan Singh on the list.

 

England punishes India in the field

England played as many as 190.1 overs to score 578 in the first innings

This is the longest first innings in Test cricket in India (overs) since 2004/05 when South Africa batted out 190.4 overs against India (Kanpur). England is the fourth side to bat over 190 overs in India since 2000.


Preview

After a third successive day of domination from England, India is in dire straits against the visitor in a performance of stark contrast from its Gabba heist 20 days ago.

After England jeopardised India's opening pair early on in a fiery spell by Jofra Archer, India's premier batsmen Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane succumbed to Dom Bess' off-breaks in a rather poor display against spin once again.

How much does India need to avoid a follow-on against England in the 1st Chennai Test?  

Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant survived long enough to save few blemishes as the duo's 119-run partnership put India in good stead. But, it was Dom Bess' day to roll out in Chennai as he snapped Pujara and a menacing Pant soon enough as India stooped further on Day 3.

With the local boys, Sundar and Ashwin out at the middle, India battle to avoid a follow-on which is still 121 hard yards away.

IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Sundar, Ashwin take India to 257/6; IND trails by 321 runs  

The England captain, Joe Root has not got a foot wrong in the three days, having dominated through every session and scenario of play so far.

What they said

 

“I think he is a world-class player and one of the best. But it is that process and that is what I was pleased about. I kept it in a spot and then one went straight to (Ollie) Pope (fielder),” Dom Bess on dismissing Virat Kohli.

 

"It [the aggression] wasn't part of the game plan. We just wanted to bat normally. When we play in India, the scoring rate is always on the higher side. Rishabh likes to take the bowlers on. It is fair. That's his game and that's the way he should play," Cheteshwar Pujara on Rishabh Pant's attacking instincts.

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England XI: Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Dan Lawrence, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Dom Bess, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, James Anderson

India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, W Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem

Toss: England won the Toss and opted to bat first