Axar Patel playing his first Test dismissed Joe Root to take his first Test wicket. Starting their day on 300, India added 29 runs before they were bowled out inside the first session. Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 58 to take India to 329. Olly Stone and Moeen Ali took the final four wickets as they fell in a cluster. In between, there was some big hits from Pant’s blade who looked in good touch.
England started their first innings on a bad not losing a wicket in the very first over that of Rory Burns. He was trapped by Ishant Sharma followed by Dominic Sibley trapped by Ravichandran Ashwin.
LBW! ☝️
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The biggest England wicket was taken by Axar Patel. Root trying to play is favourite sweep shot, edged one to get caught by Ashwin inside the circle.
Axar Patel Dismisses Joe Root
Spectacular start! Right in his second over, Axar Patel picks up his maiden test wicket as he gets Joe Root out. A very important dismissal for #TeamIndia. #INDvsENG #AxarPatel @akshar2026 @BCCI @JayShah @GCAMotera pic.twitter.com/XMgLVRtsfM
— Dhanraj Nathwani (@DhanrajNathwani) February 14, 2021
The ball took the top of Root’s bat and hung long enough in the air to help Ashwin complete an easy catch. The Indian fielders and especially Virat Kohli was ecstatic after the fall of Root’s wicket. The England skipper is in fine form having scored over 500 runs in just four Test matches that he has played so far. The second Test in Chennai being his fourth in 2021.
Earlier in the game, Olly Stone and Moeen Ali took the last four wickets in the Indian innings. Stone took two and Ali took two. Stone dismissed Kuldeep and Siraj while Moeen Ali accounted for Axar and Ishant Sharma.
