IND vs ENG, Highlights 5th Test Day 1, Full cricket score: Rishabh Pant's 146 leads India to 338/7 vs England

IND vs ENG, Highlights 5th Test Day 1, Full cricket score: Rishabh Pant's 146 leads India to 338/7 vs England

India finish Day 1 of the fifth Test with their score reading 338/7.

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IND vs ENG, Highlights 5th Test Day 1, Full cricket score: Rishabh Pant's 146 leads India to 338/7 vs England
11:44 PM (IST)

That’s all we have for you from Day 1 of the fifth Test between England and India. What an entertaining day of Test cricket we have witnessed, and if the opening day is to go by, there will be even more twists and turns in the upcoming four days of the Test. We’ll be back tomorrow with Day 2, with action starting at 3 pm IST. Make sure you join us for that. Until then, it’s goodbye and good night!

11:34 PM (IST)

After 73 overs,India 338/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 83 , Mohammad Shami 0)

Matty Potts into the attack as the commentators on air announce it could very well be the last over of the day. Jadeja begins with a four, flicked through wide long-on for the boundary. Overthrows in the third ball means Jadeja earns five runs for it. India finish Day of the fifth Test, with their score reading 338/7. What a fightback this has been from Team India, with Pant taking India from 98/5 to a position like 338, along with Ravindra Jadeja to support him. An entertaining day despite rain playing bit of a spoilsport before lunch.

11:27 PM (IST)

After 72 overs,India 329/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 74 , Mohammad Shami 0)

Ben Stokes into the attack. Just the single off Jadeja, that is whipped toward long-on.

11:22 PM (IST)

After 71 overs,India 328/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 73 , Mohammad Shami 0)

Matty Potts into the attack. Jadeja begins the over with a couple of runs. Just three runs from the over.

11:07 PM (IST)

OUT! Oh, how the pendulum has swung again! Stokes with a sharp bouncer to Shardul, who looks to avoid it, but the ball still follows, taking the gloves and into the hands of the keeper. Thakur c Billings b Stokes 1

10:59 PM (IST)

OUT! Caught by Crawley at slip as Pant gets an outside edge, off Joe Root’s ball. England finally get their man, and the much-needed breakthrough. Pant c Crawley b Root 146

10:43 PM (IST)

After 64 overs,India 304/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 138 , Ravindra Jadeja 61)

Jadeja and Pant bring their 200-run stand as the two continue their onslaught against India. Stokes delivers the latest over. Six runs from it with Jadeja collecting a boundary.

10:30 PM (IST)

After 61 overs,India 286/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 128 , Ravindra Jadeja 54)

Jack Leach continues. Two sixes and as many fours, 22 runs and a nightmare of sorts for Leach, who has leaked rns this over.

10:16 PM (IST)

After 58 overs,India 251/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 102 , Ravindra Jadeja 51)

Century for Rishabh Pant, fifty for Jadeja. India on the right track in Birmingham. England search for answers. Will they find the answers though? Broad resumes, and 10 runs come off it. Time for a drinks break.

10:12 PM (IST)

FIFTY for Jadeja! India churning out runs in Birmingham, just moments earlier it was looking all cloudy, but the sun is out once again. Not only the sun is shining, but Pant and Jadeja as well.

10:08 PM (IST)

Century for Rishabh Pant! He’s reached the milestone in just 89 balls. This is his fifth Test century. It’s been an enteratining knock from Pant so far. Pant’s century off 89 balls is the fastest by an Indian wicketkeeper in Tests.

After 55 overs,India 226/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 88 , Ravindra Jadeja 44)

Jack Leach into the attack. Just the two singles, one from Pant and Jadeja each, in the over.

After 54 overs,India 224/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 87 , Ravindra Jadeja 43)

Stuart Broad into the attack. Pant tucks it towards backward of square leg for a single in the first ball. Ollie Pope with a fine piece of fielding at backward point to save crucial runs as Jadeja steers down the ground. Pope with a fine diving effort there. Just one run off the over.

After 53 overs, India 223/5 

Matty Potts resumes. Jadeja gets an edge that flies over the vacant gully region for a four. Six runs from the over.

After 50 overs,India 202/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 76 , Ravindra Jadeja 37)

Anderson back into the attack. Tidy stuff from Andersonb as the over ends in a maiden over.

After 48 overs,India 193/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 68 , Ravindra Jadeja 36)

James Anderson back into the attack. Pant goes for a wild reverse sweep in the third ball of the over, with the ball flying over the slip cordon, eventually landing safe. Pant collects a couple of runs in that ball.

After 45 overs,India 182/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 61 , Ravindra Jadeja 32)

Welcome back. Action resumes in Edgbaston post the tea break. Matty Potts in to the attack. Pant punishes Potts for two fours in the over, with eight runs coming from it.

After 44 overs, India 174/5 

Rishabh Pant notches up a half-century. A much-needed fifty for the wicketkeeper-batter, coming under pressure yet again. India have fought back this session with Jadeja and Pant and Jadeja forging a crucial, productive stand so far. India head to tea break at 174/5.

FIFTY for Rishabh Pant! Another Pant half-century, another innings under pressure. It’s been a good innings from Pant so far.

After 40 overs,India 160/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 46 , Ravindra Jadeja 28)

Another over for Leach. He goes for just two runs in it. In the extover, England skipper Ben Stokes brings himself in to the attack. Eight runs off that over with Pant collecting a boundary.

After 37 overs,India 148/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 39 , Ravindra Jadeja 24)

Jack Leach has bowled only one over so far, but he returns for his second. A slip and a short leg in place. Pant changes gears with consecutive fours in the over that takes him to his 30s, and in the penultimate ball of the over, he unleashes an 89m six to punish Leach. `14 off the over, the 50-run partnership between Pant and Jadeja comes up.

After 35 overs,India 130/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 25 , Ravindra Jadeja 20)

Anderson into the attack for his latest over. The partnership between Jadeja and Pant is vital for India, and it’s gone beyond 30 now. Jadeja begins this over with a cracking boundary, nailing the on-drive through long-on. We don’t see that often, but it’s an expensive over from Anderson with nine runs coming off it.

After 33 overs,India 110/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 18 , Ravindra Jadeja 7)

Anderson continues. Just a run in the over from Jadeja, towards cover region. Tidy stuff from Anderson.

After 30 overs,India 107/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 17 , Ravindra Jadeja 5)

Stuart Broad into the attack. Tidy stuff from Broad with just two runs from the over.

After 28 overs,India 98/5 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 13 , Ravindra Jadeja 0)

Ravindra Jadeja joins Rishabh Pant in the middle after India lose Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas Iyer is caught behind by Billings, who takes a one-handed catch. India have lost half their side now.

OUT! Anderson does it again. Short ball from Anderson, tickles down the leg side and Billings takes a one-handed catch to remove Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas Iyer c Billings b Anderson 15

After 25 overs,India 81/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 2 , Shreyas Iyer 10)

A huge wicket of Matty Potts. It’s a dream for any bowler to remove Virat Kohli in any format of the game, and Matty Potts is ecstatic after getting rid of the former India skipper. Kohli is clean bowled for 11, his wait for a 71st century extends even further. Shreyas Iyer is the new batter.

OUT! Cleaned up by Matty Potts and Virat Kohli departs for just 11 runs. Ouutswinger that swings late, Kohli looks to leave this one but gets a chop-on off the inside edge to hit the stumps.

After 23 overs,India 69/3 ( Virat Kohli 10 , Rishabh Pant (W) 1)

A successful over for Matty Potts. He manages to remove Hanuma Vihari as England earn their breakthrough. Vihari is struck plumb LBW and has to depart. Rishabh Pant is the new batter and is off the mark with a single towards deep square leg.

OUT! Struck LBW and Hanuma Vihari departs. Matty Potts with the wicket, and England earn their breakthrough post the break. Hanuma Vihari lbw b Matty Potts 20

After 21 overs,India 57/2 ( Hanuma Vihari 14 , Virat Kohli 5)

Matty Potts resumes where he left off from. Kohli collects a boundary in the first ball since resumption. Four runs from the over.

Official update 

Good news! Play to start at 2.15 pm local time, 6.45 pm IST.

India vs England Live Score

So, early lunch has been taken due to rain in Edgbaston. Once the rain stops, India would hope Kohli and Vihari forge a strong stand and stabilise their innings.

India vs England Live Score

Oh Oh! The rain has arrived at Edgbaston and the players walk off the field. Anderson has taken both the wickets so far, those of Gill and Pujara. Kohli and Vihari were in the middle when rain halted play, with India’s score reading 53/2.

India vs England Live Score

After 20 overs,India 53/2 ( Hanuma Vihari 14 , Virat Kohli 1)

Right. Time for Virat Kohli vs James Anderson rivalry to resume as India lose Pujara. Anderson struck again to remove Pujara for 13. Kohli is off the mark in the sixth ball against Anderson, with a single.

OUT! Anderson strikes again, this time gets rid of Pujara who is edged and caught by Zak Crawley. Pujara c Crawley b Anderson 13

After 17 overs, India 45/1 

Matty Potts resumes. In the last ball ball of the over, Vihari is edged and dropped at the slip cordon, it seemed like it did carry to the slips afterall. Crawley was the fielder at second slip, but couldn’t get his fingers on it.

After 16 overs,India 43/1 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 13 , Hanuma Vihari 6)

Anderson continues from the other end. A maiden over from Anderson. It’s the fourth maiden of the match so far.

After 14 overs,India 43/1 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 13 , Hanuma Vihari 6)

Stuart Broad resumes after the drinks break. Pujara survives a caught-behind. He’s originally given out by Aleem Dar but Pujara opts for the review. UltraEdge displays a flatline as the ball passes the bat. The spike is at the back thigh, and the decision is overturned. Pujara stays NOT OUT! Five off the over.

After 13 overs,India 38/1 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 9 , Hanuma Vihari 5)

Matty Potts back into the attack, and just a couple of runs come off his second over. Eraly in the over, Pujara pushes wide of mid-on fir a single, while Poots later goes for a leg bye while bowling to Vihari.

After 11 overs,India 34/1 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 7 , Hanuma Vihari 4)

Right, first change of bowling in this Test match. Matty Potts replaces Anderson in the England bowling attack. Vihari collects a couple of runs by finding the sweeper cover gap. Just three runs from the over.

After 10 overs,India 31/1 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 7 , Hanuma Vihari 2)

Anderson continues. Just the single off Pujara in the over and he’s stabbed it towards backward point for a single. Broad continues from the other end, and just another single off the over.

After 7 overs,India 29/1 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 5 , Hanuma Vihari 2)

Anderson with the breakthrough for England. He gets rid of Shubman Gill, who gets an edge off Anderson’s ball and onto the hands of Zak Crawley at second slip. India lose a wicket after what was a fluent start. Hanuma Vihari joins Pujara in the middle.

OUT! Gill falls to Anderson’s trap. Gill looks to push at a wide shorter ball from Anderson, gets an edge and onto the hands of Crawley at second slip. Shubman Gill c Crawley b Anderson 17

After 5 overs,India 18/0 ( Shubman Gill 9 , Cheteshwar Pujara 4)

Anderson continues. Shubman Gill begins the over with a glorious drive through the mid-off region for a four. Five off the fifth over of the day.

After 3 overs,India 7/0 ( Shubman Gill 4 , Cheteshwar Pujara 0)

Anderson continues. Third ball is a fullish ball from Anderson, a straight line and Gill pushes that one but edges just short of third slip. Gill may have been in two minds whether to go for the shot or not.

After 2 overs, India 5/0 

Stuart Broad into the attack from the other end. A leg gully, four slips in place for Pujara, who is on strike. Broad starts off with an overstepped delivery, and that’s a no ball. An otherwise tidy over.

After 1 overs,India 4/0 ( Shubman Gill 4 , Cheteshwar Pujara 0)

James Anderson to begin proceedings in this Test match. India have a new opening pair for this Test match in Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara. Anderson starts with a fullish outswinger that does not carry enough to Billings, as Gill leaves that ball there. In the last ball of the over, Gill clips through midwicket to open India’s account with a boundary.

Playing XI 

England: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(Captain), Sam Billings, Matty Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson

India: Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah(Captain)

“Can’t get better than this, look forward to it. It’s been a massive privilege to captain Team India,” says Jasprit Bumrah at the toss. Cheteshwar Pujara to open the innings

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A little over an hour to go before the series officially returns to action after a gap of nine months!

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 1 of the fifth and final Test between England and India at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The series returns to action after a gap of nine months, having been put on hold due to a COVID-19 breach in the Indian camp. India, led by Jasprit Bumrah with regular skipper Rohit Sharma out due to COVID, are currently 2-1 up in the series and will eye their first Test series win on English soil in 15 years, and their fourth overall.

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