Axar to Sibley, out Bowled! This man is finding Test cricket a breeze! Once again, the batsman has played for turn that isn’t there, gets a tiny inside edge on the forward defence, and that’s crashed into the stumps. Sibley has to walk back, and this is all too familiar for England. The ghosts of the pink […]

Ashwin to Ollie Pope, out Bowled!! The off pole has been smashed. Ravi Ashwin is a master at setting up the batters and poor Ollie Pope had no clue about this. Stands puzzled for a fleeting moment before leaving the crease. The skiddy drifter from Ash and it curled in enough beat Pope all ends up on […]

Ashwin to Daniel Lawrence, out Stumped!! Brilliant work from Pant and Lawrence’s resistance comes to an end. First ball into the day and Ashwin has struck – the pre-meditated move to give the charge has cost Lawrence his wicket here, Ashwin saw it coming and cleverly drifted one into the right-hander. Lawrence was caught in no man’s land […]

Axar to Moeen Ali, out Caught by Rahane!! Edged and caught! Special catch from Rahane at slip, he was initially moving to his right, but there was a thick deflection off Pant’s pads and the ball lobbed in front of him – he has to change track, dive forward and manages to cusp it neat and clean. […]

Siraj to Ollie Pope, out Caught by Pant!! And he strikes first ball, but this wicket is all on Pant – quite a spectacular catch from the Indian keeper, managed to keep his composure even as it threatened to spill out – kept his eyes on the ball and caught it on the rebound. A soft […]

Ashwin to Stokes, out Bowled!! It doesn’t get better. It just doesn’t get better. It might look like Stokes’ missed out on an overpitched delivery here, but this is what happens with the kind of drift Ashwin gets. He loops it from round the wicket on middle, something Stokes looks to whip with the angle, only to […]

Axar to Root, out Caught by Ashwin!! Stop the presses. Joe Root has been dismissed for a low score. Maiden Test wicket for Axar Patel. To have Root as your first Test victim must be really special. Look at him all elated and why not. England in a pickle as the skipper and the man in-form departs. This […]

Ashwin to Sibley, out Caught by Kohli!! Death, taxes and Ashwin picking wickets for fun at Chepauk. The local boy roars! Flighted delivery, turned in with extra bounce. Sibley was setting up for the sweep. The bounce was too much there. Couldn’t control it, off it comes off the back of the bat and spoons to […]

Ishant to Rory Burns, out Lbw!! Loud shout for LBW, Ishant kept pleading and pleading and up went umpire Virender Sharma’s finger. Burns has reviewed it though. Is the angle taking it down? No bat and the ball has hit Burns on the knee-roll – UltraEdge confirms it. Umpire’s call on hitting, it will remain OUT. A duck for […]

Moeen Ali to Kohli, out Bowled!! That’s a corker and Kohli looks perplexed – he doesn’t want to go. He still doesn’t want to go, he thinks the ball has gone off the keeper’s gloves. The third umpire has one look and that’s enough – Kohli is OUT. Lovely lovely little ball from Moeen – the classic off-break, […]