Related Link : England’s Tour of India 2008/09
Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Billy Bowden (NZ) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Match Result : India won by 6 wickets to lead the 2-Test Series RBS Cup 1-0
Man of the Match : Virender Sehwag
England 1st Innings
Andrew Strauss c&b Mishra 123 (233) 15 ‘4s’
Alastair Cook c Zaheer Khan b Harbhajan Singh 52 (116) 5 ‘4s’
Ian Bell lbw b Zaheer Khan 17 (51) 1 ‘4s’
Kevin Pietersen (C) c&b Zaheer Khan 4 (33)
Paul Collingwood c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 9 (26) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew Flintoff c Gambhir b Mishra 18 (75) 2 ‘4s’
James Anderson c Yuvraj Singh b Mishra 19 (82) 2 ‘4s’
Matt Prior (WK) not out 53 (102) 1 ‘4s’
Graeme Swann c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 1 (6)
Steve Harmison c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 6 (23)
Monty Panesar lbw b Ishant Sharma 6 (26)
Extras: 8 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 7)
Total : 316 all out (Overs :128.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-118 (Cook, 39.6 ovs), 2-164 (Bell, 57.2 ovs), 3-180 (Pietersen, 65.4 ovs), 4-195 (Collingwood, 72.2 ovs), 5-221 (Strauss, 83.3 ovs), 6-229 (Flintoff, 92.5 ovs), 7-271 (Anderson, 110.4 ovs), 8-277 (Swann, 113.4 ovs), 9-304 (Harmison, 122.3 ovs), 10-316 (Panesar, 128.4 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 21-9-41-2
Ishant Sharma 19.4-4-32-1 (1nb)
Harbhajan Singh 38-2-96-3
Amit Mishra 34-6-99-3
Yuvraj Singh 15-2-33-1
Sehwag 1-0-8-0
- Test Debut for Graeme Swann (England)
India 1st Innings
Gautam Gambhir lbw b Swann 19 (43) 3 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag b Anderson 9 (16) 2 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid lbw b Swann 3 (24)
Sachin Tendulkar c&b Flintoff 37 (48) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
VVS Laxman c&b Panesar 24 (60) 3 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh c Flintoff b Harmison 14 (41) 2 ‘4s’
MS Dhoni (C, WK) c Pietersen b Panesar 53 (82) 5 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh c Bell b Panesar 40 (58) 7 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan lbw b Flintoff 1 (15)
Amit Mishra b Flintoff 12 (18) 2 ‘4s’
Ishant Sharma not out 8 (19)
Extras: 21 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 6 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 11)
Total : 241 all out (Overs : 69.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-16 (Sehwag, 5.2 ovs), 2-34 (Gambhir, 13.3 ovs), 3-37 (Dravid, 13.6 ovs), 4-98 (Laxman, 31.2 ovs), 5-102 (Tendulkar, 32.1 ovs), 6-137 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.2 ovs), 7-212 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.1 ovs), 8-217 (Zaheer Khan, 63.3 ovs), 9-219 (Dhoni, 64.1 ovs), 10-241 (Mishra, 69.4 ovs)
England Bowling
Harmison 11-1-42-1
Anderson 11-3-28-1
Flintoff 18.4-2-49-3 (6nb)
Swann 10-0-42-2
Panesar 19-4-65-3
England 2nd Innings
Andrew Strauss c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 108 (244) 8 ‘4s’
Alastair Cook c Dhoni b Ishant Sharma 9 (30) 1 ‘4s’
Ian Bell c Gambhir b Mishra 7 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Kevin Pietersen (C) lbw b Yuvraj Singh 1 (5)
Paul Collingwood lbw b Zaheer Khan 108 (250) 9 ‘4s’
Andrew Flintoff c Dhoni b Ishant Sharma 4 (11)
Matt Prior (WK) c Sehwag b Ishant Sharma 33 (56) 2 ‘4s’
Graeme Swann b Zaheer Khan 7 (21)
Steve Harmison b Zaheer Khan 1 (8)
James Anderson not out 1 (4)
Monty Panesar
Extras: 32 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 7 Byes: 10 Leg Byes: 13)
Total : 311/9 declared (Overs : 105.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-28 (Cook, 9.4 ovs), 2-42 (Bell, 12.2 ovs), 3-43 (Pietersen, 13.1 ovs), 4-257 (Strauss, 85.2 ovs), 5-262 (Flintoff, 88.4 ovs), 6-277 (Collingwood, 94.1 ovs), 7-297 (Swann, 100.5 ovs), 8-301 (Harmison, 102.5 ovs), 9-311 (Prior, 105.5 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 27-7-40-3 (2w)
Ishant Sharma 22.5-1-57-3 (7nb)
Amit Mishra 17-1-66-1
Yuvraj Singh 3-1-12-1
Harbhajan Singh 30-3-91-1
Sehwag 6-0-22-0
India 2nd Innings (Target : 387)
Gautam Gambhir c Collingwood b Anderson 66 (139) 7 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag lbw b Swann 83 (68) 11 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Rahul Dravid c Prior b Flintoff 4 (19)
Sachin Tendulkar not out 103 (196) 9 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman c Bell b Swann 26 (42) 4 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh not out 85 (131) 8 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C, WK)
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Amit Mishra
Ishant Sharma
Extras: 20 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 4 Byes: 5 Leg Byes: 11)
Total : 387/4 (Overs : 98.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-117 (Sehwag, 22.6 ovs), 2-141 (Dravid, 31.2 ovs), 3-183 (Gambhir, 43.5 ovs), 4-224 (Laxman, 56.4 ovs)
England Bowling
Harmison 10-0-48-0
Anderson 11-1-51-1
Panesar 27-4-105-0
Flintoff 22-1-64-1 (4nb)
Swann 28.3-2-103-2