Day 5 : AN Cook with 130 lead Eng to gave Ind 310 target but match drawn with Kohli's prudent batting

England resumed with 114/0 on 5th day morning and declared inning scoring 260 runs and put 310 runs target to India to win the match in 49 overs. England skipper AN Cook played well and contributed 130 and H Hameed made 82 runs. India in reply managed to score 172 runs having lost 6 wickets at stump day5 and drawn the match. MM Ali declared man of the match for his all round performance with century in 1st inning and picked up 3 wickets in match.

Scores - Day 5 : Eng 537 & 261/3 and Ind 488 & 172/6 Match Drawn

Day 4 : Ashwin fights with 70 for India but Cook and Hameed take England 163 ahead in 2nd inning

India resumed with 319/4 on 4th day morning and lost V Kohli scoring 40 and AM Rahane with 13 runs in quick successions. R Ashwin and WP Shaha took the charge in hand and played good innings for India. WP Saha added 35 runs and R Ashwin made very well 70 runs and put India's 1st inning totals on 488 runs. England got lead of 49 runs in 1st innings over India. England came in to bat and got confident start with skipper AN Cook and H Hameed. Both played good cricket and added 114 runs for the 1st wicket and remained unbeaten till stump day 4. With 114/0 in 2nd inning England lead by 163 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Stumps - Day 4 : Ind 488 and Eng 537 & 114/0 lead by 163 runs with 10 wickets remaining

Day 3 : Vijay and Pujara's 100 tons helps India to a 319/4 in the 1st inngs at Stump Day3

India resumed with 63/0 on 2nd day score in3rdd day morning and lost G Gambhir early scoring 29 runs. CA Pujara joined with M Vijay and played superb cricket for India. Both Pujara and Vijay smashed 100s and played good cricket in middle. Both got out scoring very well 126 and 124 runs. At Stump India were 319/4 with Virat Kohli 26* and AM Rahane 0* to resume 4th day play at Rajkot

Stumps - Day 3 : India 319/4 (108.3 ov) trail by 218 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Day 2 : JE Root, MM Ali and BA Stokes’ 100s helps England to put huge 537 in 1st inngs at Rajkot

England resumed with 311/4 on 1st day score in 2nd day morning and all out scoring huge 537 runs at tea time. After JE Root's wonderful 124 on 1st day, MM ALi and BA Stokes also smashed centuries for England and contributed well 117 and 128 runs with outstanding batting performances. Wicketkeeper batsman JM Bairstow also played good and made 46 runs. After Tea time England team all out scoring huge 537 runs. RA Jadeja picked up 3 wickets. Mohammed Shami, UT Yadav and R Ashwin took 2 wickets each for India.

Stumps - Day 2 : England 537 (159.3 overs) & India 63/0

Day 1 : JE Root 124 and Moin Ali's 99* strong batting helps England to a 311/4 at stump day1

1st test of 5 match series between India and England started at Rajkot today. In the morning England won the toss and decided to bat first. England made good start initially but lost 3 wickets in 102 runs. JE Root and MM Ali took the charge in hand and played splendid innings for England. JE Root smashed century knock with 124 runs and MM Ali still in middle scoring superb 99 run at stump day-1. England are in good position with 311/4 at stump day 1..

Stumps - Day 1 : England 311/4 (93.0 ov)

Man of the match :- MM Ali (Eng)
Series - 5-match series level 0-0
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