Summary

  • Rohit 161, Rahane 67, Pant 33*

  • India slip from 248-3 to 284-6

  • Rohit & Rahane add 162 from 86-3

  • Five wickets fall to spin on dusty pitch

  • Gill 0, Pujara 21, Kohli 0

  • Dusty pitch offering turn on first day

  • Second Test, Chennai; India won toss

  • England lead 1-0 in four-Test series

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Stephan Shemilt

  1. We're in the same city and at the same ground for the second Test but it's a new pitch.

    Rumours are this pitch will turn square from ball one.

    There are also going to be fans at this match. 15,000 of them. EXCITING.

    Chennai pitchBCCI

  2. The teams

    India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel (below), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.

    England: Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Dan Lawrence, Joe Root (capt), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes (wk), Moeen Ali, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, Olly Stone.

    Umpires: Nitin Menon, Virender Sharma; TV umpire: Anil Chaudhary.

    Axar PatelBCCI

  3. No Bumrah for India

    India make three changes in total and the big news is there is NO Jasprit Bumrah. The superstar fast bowler has been left out/rested.

    Mohammed Siraj, who did so well in his debut series against Australia, comes in. Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav replaces Washington Sundar and Axar Patel makes his debut in place of Shahbaz Nadeem.

  4. England pick Stone over Woakes

    England have opted for the extra pace of Olly Stone rather than Chris Woakes. A big but exciting call.

    Stone has only played the one Test - back in 2019 against Ireland.

  5. India win the toss and bat
    Breaking

    Not the best start for England.

    Unlike last week, Joe Root has lost the toss. Virat Kohli elects to bat first.

    Joe Root and Virat KohliBCCI

  6. India have made at least one change to their XI. Left-arm spinning all-rounder Axar Patel has just been awarded his first Test cap.

    He has played for Durham so will obviously be a world beater.

    Axar PatelBCCI

  7. Ch ch ch ch changes

    Good morning! It's early, isn't it?

    England produced one of their all-time great performances last week and now have a 1-0 series lead. After a few days' rest it's now back into the Chennai heat for the second Test.

    We already know Jimmy Anderson, Dom Bess, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler are out for England, while Stuart Broad, Moeen Ali and Ben Foakes are in.

    It's a straight shootout for the final place between pacer Olly Stone or the more experienced Chris Woakes. We'll find out the final XI in a moment or two.

  8. England have an unexpected 1-0 lead.

    Now, can they make it two from two?