Live Report - India vs England, 2nd Test, Chennai, 1st day

Live Report - India vs England, 2nd Test, Chennai, 1st day

Welcome to day one of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our

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11.25am: Kohli moly

> That Kohli wicket - and his reaction - has already got plenty of people talking, griping and gawping...

11.14am: ...and Moeen bowls Kohli!

> Kohli is dumbfounded, but he's been knocked over for a fifth-ball duck by ! Silence at Chepauk, and Kohli needs convincing that he's been done through the gate by a big-turning offie, hanging around as the umpires check the replays (which quickly confirm that the ball crashed into the off bail). Huge blow, thought somewhat self-inflicted, as Kohli aimed a booming off-side drive that turned sharply from wide of off stump. Moeen, celebrating his first wicket since getting Tim Paine at Edgbaston in 2019, was off immediately towards cover, arm raised in celebration.

11.10am: Leach extracts Puj

> Cheers around the ground, because England have taken their second wicket Virat Kohli is walking to the middle! Slightly strange shot from Pujara, dabbing late at a turning delivery in the channel outside off and steering it straight to slip. England get some succour after a tough hour or so.

11am: Mo show

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Ian Bell: Moeen Ali the better spinner between him and Dom Bess

Moeen Ali is back in England's Test team for the first time since the 2019 Ashes, and England will be hoping that he can bring the experience of his 60 caps to bear after replacing Dom Bess. His first ball was a full toss () and there have been one or two four balls, mixed in with some nicely flighted fare, in his opening spell so far. The India run rate is hovering around four an over, and England need to tighten up.

10.45am: Fifty for Rohit


Two Leach full tosses dispatched for hard-swept fours and has a 47-ball half-century for the Chepauk crowd to lap up. Virat Kohli said previously that his team know how to play in these conditions and Rohit is providing proof of that, making light of any encouragement for the bowlers by taking them on whenever an opportunity arises. Leach did get one to turn and bounce to take the glove when Rohit had 41, but it didn't quite carry to Stokes at slip. With spin at both ends, after the introduction of the returning Moeen Ali, this could be an entertaining passage of play.

10.30am: Polished Stone, Rohits the spot

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Olly Stone knocked over Shubman Gill for a duck on the first morning © BCCI

has only played one first-class match since his Test debut in 2019, but his opening spell on his return to England whites could barely have gone better. Wicket from his third ball, Pujara hurried and hit, pace up to 150kph/92mph, figures of 4-2-8-1. He provided both wicket-taking threat and economy, even as Rohit was latching on to anything overpitched by Broad at the other end. England's opening pair stuck diligently to their lines and when Stone did finally deliver a short, wide ball that Rohit cut to the boundary in his fourth over, it was the first ball not pitching outside off or within the stumps, according to ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball data (41 outside off, 6 within the stumps). Rohit, meanwhile, has looked to be positive at every opportunity, hooking Ben Stokes for six and scoring 41 out of India's 48 for 1 after the first hour.

10.15am: Make your pitch

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