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5th Test: Ali century keeps England afloat
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16:30 5th Test: Ali century keeps England afloat
England 284-4 vs India
Stumps on day 1 of the fifth and final Test in Chennai. Moeen Ali remains unbeaten on 120 and has Ben Stokes for company.
The day belonged to Ali and Jadeja as the latter claimed three wickets.
India's other spinners Ashwin and Amit Mishra haven't looked that effective on this pitch.
16:19 5th Test: Ali century keeps England afloat
England 277-4 vs India
Moeen Ali completes 1000 runs in the calendar year. India opt for the new ball with Ashwin and Ishant bowling in tandem.
16:05 5th Test: Ali completes superb hundred
England 262-4 vs India
England 262-4 vs India
Fifth Test hundred for Moeen Ali. His third this year and second in this series. He struggled initially but later played well to complete a fighting century.
15:52 5th Test: Jadeja dismisses Bairstow
England 253-3 vs India
Third wicket for R Jadeja. Bairstow is furious with himself as he departs for 49. He chips it straight to cover.
15:37 5th Test: Ali, Bairstow steady England
England 243-3 vs India
India have cleared missed Jayant Yadav with his replacement Amit Mishra looking off-colour.
Bairstow has played aggressively and is on 45. Ali is batting on 89.
15:23
England 233-3 vs India
Captain Kohli opts for a DRS review with leggie Amit Mishra insisting on it. But the third umpire rules it not out.
15:12
England 217-3 vs India
Keeper Parthiv Patel misses out on a difficult chance to stump Bairstow. The ball took the inside edge to the keeper while Bairstow has charged ahead.
15:06
England 217-3 vs India
Bairstow has taken the aggressive route and launches Ashwin for his second six off the innings.
50-run partnership also comes up between Ali and Bairstow.
14:57 5th Test: Ali fights after England lose Root
England 207-3 vs India
200 comes up for England with Bairstow smashing Jadeja for a huge six. Moeen Ali is also batting well on 71
14:12 5th Test: Ali fights for England after losing Root
England 182-3 vs India
A huge appeal for a catch from R Ashwin but the umpire refers it to the third umpire to check bump ball.
Reviews confirm that the ball had touched the ground.
Soon, tea is called as Ali remains undefeated on 63.
13:44 5th Test: Root out, England lose 3rd wicket
England 167-3 vs India
Superb review from Kohli and Jadeja. DRS confirm that Root had nicked it with Parthiv Patel taking a neat catch from behind the stumps.
Jadeja claims his second wicket.
Joe Root departs for a superb 88.
13:43 5th Test: Root out, England lose 3rd wicket
England 167-3 vs India
Superb review from Kohli and Jadeja. DRS confirm that Root had nicked it with Parthiv Patel taking a neat catch from behind the stumps.
Jadeja claims his second wicket.
13:32 5th Test: Moeen Ali completes half century
England 157-2 vs India
Moeen Ali completes his half century as England breach past the 150-run mark. This is a valuable partnership between Root (85) and Ali.
13:09 5th Test: Root fifty steadies England
England 132-2 vs India
Joe Root and Moeen Ali have steadied the innings for England after losing the openers early.
Root in particular is looking solid and has countered the spinners well.
12:35 5th Test: Root hits fighting fifty
England 90-2 vs India
Another fighting knock from Joe Root. This is his 27th half century in Tests.
12:27
England 83-2 vs India
Play resumes post lunch and Jadeja has back to back appeals against Moeen Ali. Kohli opts for a DRS review during the second appeal but the third umpire stayed with the on-field decision.
India has utilized both their reviews till now.
11:35
England 68-2 vs India
End of first session on day 1. India will be happy to dismiss the England openers. For the visitors, Joe Root (44*) holds key and is looking good.
11:13
England 54-2 vs India
50 comes up for England. Root is looking good and has done bulk of the scoring.
10:43
England 27-2 vs India
A difficult catch missed by KL Rahul off Jadeja's bowling. Moeen Ali picks two runs but England have been poor with their shot selection.
10:36 5th Test: Cook out, England lose openers early
England 21-2 vs India
Jadeja again leads to Cook's downfall. Smart catch by Kohli at slips. Cook departs for 10 as England lose openers early.
Cook has been troubled by Jadeja in this series.
09:59 5th Test: India pick early wicket, Jennings out
England 7-1 vs India
Ishant Sharma strikes early for India to dismiss Jennings. An early wicket for him will boost his confidence.
09:40
England 2-0 vs India
We are underway in Chennai and Cook scores two off the very first ball. It didn't look a convincing shot with the ball taking the edge. Amit Mishra dives to stop the ball and hurts his knee.
09:30 5th Test: England bat first, Ishant returns
England vs India
England have elected to bat first in the fifth and final Test match played in Chennai. India have already won the series 3-0 with the first Test in Rajkot drawn.
Pacer Ishant Sharma returns for the hosts with Bhuvneshwar Kumar missing out.
Jayant Yadav, who scored a century in the last match misses out owing to hamstring niggle. Amit Mishra gets a game.
For England, Broad returns from injury with Liam Dawson making his debut. Senior pacer James Anderson and Chris Woakes miss out.
India XI: Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Virat Kohli*, Karun Nair, Parthiv Patel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, UT Yadav
England XI: Alastair Cook*, K Jennings, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, J Ball
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