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  • Root scores century in his 100th Test, off 164 balls

  • England captain's third ton in three Tests

  • Opener Sibley also nearing century

  • First Test, day one, Chennai, England won toss

  1. Eng 9-0published at 4 overs

    Burns 7, Sibley 2

    ChennaiImage source, BCCI

    More good running from Dom Sibley and Rory Burns as the former drops one into the gully region and they sprint through for a single.

    I know we're used to Test cricket being deadly silent at the moment, but it really is very quiet in Chennai. The Indian supporters would normally be very, very loud.

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 04:19 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    #bbccricket

    Simon in Chesterfield: Series score - 3-1 to India. Top run scorer + man of the series - Virat. Top wicket taker - Ravichandran Ashwin.

    Matt: England 2-1 win, Joe Root top run scorer and man of the series, and Leachy top wicket taker.

    Matt Mehdi-Daley: Top runs: Kohli for India/Root for England Wicket takers: Ashwin/Leach Score: 4-0 India Man of Series: Rishabh Pant or Virat Kohli.

  3. Eng 6-0published at 3 overs

    Shot! Nice from Rory Burns as he tucks one off his pads for three. Burns' technique hasn't changed by the way. There is still a lot of movement.

    Dom Sibley gets off the mark with a quick drop and run into the covers. That's good from the England openers.

  4. Postpublished at 04:13 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    We'll give you the answer at 04:30 GMT...

  5. Chennai memoriespublished at 04:12 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Adam Mountford
    BBC Test Match Special producer

    Vic MarksImage source, Adam Mountford

    England last played a Test at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium in Chennai five years ago. England had a debutant that day with his cap presented by TMS summariser Vic Marks. Can you remember who it was?

  6. Eng 2-0published at 2 overs

    Dom Sibley blocks and leaves the rest of the over. Those runs in the second Test in Galle will have done him the world of good.

    A tidy enough first Test over in India from Jasprit Bumrah.

  7. dropped catch

    Burns dropped on 1published at 1.1 overs

    Oh! It would have been a very good catch by Rishabh Pant, but it goes down.

    It's definitely not the best delivery that Jasprit Bumrah will ever bowl, shaping down leg, but Rory Burns loses his balance a little bit and a feather is dropped at full stretch by Pant. It just about carried.

  8. Postpublished at 04:07 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Jasprit Bumrah, with his unorthodox action, is going to share the new ball.

  9. get involved

    Get Involved - series predictionspublished at 04:07 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    #bbccricket or text 81111 (UK only)

    We'll get on to your favourite Joe Root memories as the day, and Test, unfolds but for now I want you to predict what is going to happen during this four-Test series.

    Send in your series score prediction, man of the series, top run-scorer and wicket-taker using #bbccricket or by texting 81111 (UK only).

    I appreciate that is going to be tough with all the rotation England in particular are set to do, but if you're up at this time I may as well get you thinking.

  10. Eng 1-0published at 1 over

    India have definitely done their research. They've got a leg gully in for Dom Sibley, who has been caught there a few times in his Test career. Ishant is too wide though, and the opener allows it to go by.

    The two umpires - Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Menon - have only overseen three Tests before this. I wonder if that's a record low.

    Root & KohliImage source, BCCI
  11. Eng 1-0published at 0.2 overs

    Rory Burns gets off the mark after Ishant, bowling round the wicket straight away, strays onto his pads.

    England are wearing black armbands for Captain Sir Tom Moore by the way.

  12. Postpublished at 04:01 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Ishant Sharma, who is just three wickets away from 300, is going to take the new ball.

  13. Postpublished at 04:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Rory Burns - with mullet-esque hair - is making his way out to the middle with Dom Sibley.

    England need the pair to get through the first hour at the very least.

  14. Postpublished at 03:59 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Jasprit Bumrah's Test career has started with 17 successive away games.

  15. From the virtual press boxpublished at 03:59 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

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  16. Stat attackpublished at 03:58 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    • Four of the last five bilateral men’s Test series played out between India and England have been won by England (L1); Joe Root’s men recorded a 4-1 victory when they last faced off (2018 in England).
    • India have managed to win each of their last 10 multi-game bilateral men’s Test series played on home soil, that run beginning after they suffered a 2-1 series defeat at the hands of England in 2012.
    • England have only managed to register one bilateral men’s Test series victory in India since their 2-1 tour win across 1984 and 1985 - their victory in 2012 being the sole success during that period in the country (D1 L4).
    • India have recorded five wins to England’s three when facing off against each other at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in men’s Test cricket (D1); the hosts are currently enjoying a three-match winning run in such encounters at the Chennai venue.
    • No visiting men’s Test side has beaten India at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium during the 21st Century (D3 L5) – Pakistan being the last team to do so in the format (1999).
  17. World Test Championship final scenariospublished at 03:56 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Virat's just spoken about the World Test Championship so it seems like a good time for me to talk you through the permutations.

    We know that after Australia pulled out of their tour of South Africa that New Zealand will definitely be one of the two sides competing in the inaugural World Test Championship final in June.

    But who will join them? This four-Test series between India and England will give us the answer and here are the different scenarios.

    England, in truth, have quite a bit of work to do to make it.

    A table showing the scenarios for India, England and Australia to join New Zealand in the World Test Championship finalImage source, BBC Sport
  18. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 03:55 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

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    Martyn Bamford: The team selected, apart from necessary changes, is the same winning formula: 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'.

  19. 'We'd have batted first too'published at 03:54 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    KohliImage source, BCCI

    India captain Virat Kohli: "It looks like a good pitch, with a hard surface. We'd have liked to bat first too. Having a child is amazing - the best thing you can experience - and watching the team win in Australia was the cherry on the cake. We're not thinking about the World Test Championship. You can't play the final until you're there and the present moment presents us with a challenge against a team who is playing good cricket in these conditions."

  20. From the virtual press boxpublished at 03:52 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

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