Summary

  • India wrap up victory on fourth day

  • Four-Test series level at 1-1

  • All 10 wickets fall to spin

  • Moeen 43 (18), Root 33, Lawrence 26

  • Axar 5-60 on debut, Ashwin 3-53

  • Pant brilliantly stumps Lawrence

  • Second Test, Chennai

  • Day-night third Test starts on 24 Feb

  1. India complete emphatic victorypublished at 08:17 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    That's it for another Test match. England have been emphatically beaten well within four days by India who were just too good.

    Click here to read our report of the fourth day.

    The TMS podcast will be available soon to download from the usual places. Reaction from both camps is available below, plus analysis.

    The third Test begins on 24 February. It's a 09:00 GMT start so no need for those alarms. See you then.

    Kohli, RootImage source, BCCI
  2. Postpublished at 08:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on The Cricket Social

    Jonny Bairstow didn't set the world alight in Sri Lanka but he played nicely. I think you'd want his experience, the guy who has played a lot in India in terms of the IPL, Test and one-day cricket.

    There's a lot for England to think about. A week ago everything was perfect, a week later everything is not perfect. You need to be careful not to have a knee-jerk reaction.

  3. Postpublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Joe Root says it was Moeen's decision to return home given the amount of time he would have to spend away in a bubble. England gave him the option and he has taken it up.

  4. Postpublished at 08:06 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on The Cricket Social

    I think the Test team should be the preference this year. Up until 2019 the preference was the World Cup, which they won. I think this year it should all be about the Test team.

  5. Postpublished at 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Speaking to Channel 4, Joe Root has also confirmed the decision to barely bowl Ben Stokes in this Test was purely tactical. He is not injured.

  6. Postpublished at 08:03 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on The Cricket Social

    The plan is for Moeen Ali to go home now which I find absolutely staggering. You've just got into the Test team, got all these wickets, smashed a few out of the ground and now England are potentially sending him home. I just don't understand this scientific approach to selection.

    They're not being flexible to keep players there who are doing something. I don't understand why a series like India away, which is such a huge series, you'd be chopping and changing so much.

    This year for me is about winning the Ashes. There's a T20 World Cup but for English cricket it's about getting those Ashes back.

  7. Postpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    England have wasted no time in naming their squad for the third Test, which starts next Wednesday.

    Aside from Moeen Ali flying home, there are few surprises. Mark Wood and Jonny Bairstow come straight in after arriving in India after their breaks. Jofra Archer and Zak Crawley were out of this Test injured but return.

    England squad for third Test: Joe Root (c), James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

  8. Moeen to fly home from Indiapublished at 07:59 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021
    Breaking

    England have confirmed Moeen Ali will go after this match for his allotted break.

    It now looks a strange decision to have brought him in for one game.

  9. How's stat?!published at 07:56 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician on The Cricket Social

    Axar Patel is only the second left-arm spinner to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut against England since Australia's Jack Saunders did so in 1902. The other was Alf Valentine for West Indies in 1950.

    Axar PatelImage source, BCCI
  10. Postpublished at 07:54 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

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  11. 'Day-night Test helps England'published at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on The Cricket Social

    As a captain, I would definitely try to get the whole team together tonight. There's not much you can do in a bubble but you can get them in a team room and have a relaxing night.

    For the inexperienced players, you'd be trying to make sure they don't lose too much heart. Making sure they don't take on too much baggage and the emotional scars of playing Ashwin and Patel into Ahmedabad.

    I think the fact it's a day-night Test match and there are so many unknowns going into next week actually helps England because the conditions will be so alien, for both teams.

  12. Postpublished at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Consider England backed by you, Ben.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:50 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

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    Considering England were written off before the series started, the level of criticism of the team and individuals is surprising. Yes England have been outplayed, but it's 1-1 and all to play for - it would be nice to see this very likeable and fast-learning team backed.

    Ben, London

  14. How's stat?!published at 07:48 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician on The Cricket Social

    England's total runs in this Test - 298 - is the first time they've been bowled out in both innings for a total of under 300 since 1995 when they played West Indies at Edgbaston.

    They have played 317 Tests since without a match aggregate under 300.

  15. Postpublished at 07:47 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Just waking up? Well England have lost. They only survived until 30 minutes after lunch. Scroll down for reaction from both camps. We'll keep it coming too.

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  17. Postpublished at 07:45 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Player of the match Ravichandran Ashwin, who took 8-96 in the match and scored 106: "This wicket is very different to what we played on in the first game. Those balls that were doing too much weren't actually getting the wickets.

    "It's not as easy as it looks to take wickets. It takes a certain amount of patience and a certain mind to do it."

  18. Postpublished at 07:43 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on The Cricket Social

    England's spinners didn't bowl well enough in that first innings. You've got to bowl consistently.

    With the England spinners it was a little bit too easy but with the India spinners you had to work for your runs, they were putting it in the danger areas over and over again. Not just three or four balls in the over, you've got to put it there six out of six.

  19. Postpublished at 07:41 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on The Cricket Social

    Stuart Broad and Ishant SharmaImage source, BCCI

    England can't just say 'these things happen on these kinds of wickets' because they will come up against India again in the next two Tests on similar kinds of wickets.

    It's all about how they improve and learn.

  20. get involved

    England changes for third Testpublished at 07:40 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    #bbccricket

    Mark Hodgson: Depending on the pitch of course, but Crawley in for Burns. JB in for Lawrence. I’d then strongly consider Anderson and Woakes in for Broad/Stone. Woakes is a top bowler when it moves around and strengthens the batting line-up.