*Official* 1st Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 05 - 09 Feb 2021

[GIMH]

root looking ominous

won't be surprised if he gets at least four hundreds this series

Won't need to bat more than four times tbf

 

[hazsa19]

Seems like a key passage of play this, Bumrah bowling well.

 

[Tom Flint]

Looks absolutely baking there, great toss to win. Going to be a bunsen in the 4th innings

 

[OverratedSanity]

Root's in some form

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ishant's bowled well without reward. Could've used one Shami/Yadav's old ball prowess today, been tailing in nicely.

 

[weeman27bob]

Skybet currently has the over/under for England's innings at 400, which feels like a lot

 

[social]

Ishant is a high quality operator nowadays

 

[Pup Clarke]

Poor bit of fielding that. Like a microcosm of India's day so far - just look sloppy and a bit flat

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ishant seriously unlucky today. Nadeem and Sundar have both been pretty poor though. Need them to not be **** tomorrow.

 

[Shri]

ffs

our lines have looked scatter gun today from the spinners

nadeem bowling at the legs

ashwin has done his best

sundar has got no turn at all

ishant looks unlucky as usual

bumrah should be resting

 

[Shri]

only positive is england taking their time to get a feel of the pitch

been scoring slowly so far and it is going to take them time to put up a decent total which takes a loss out of the equation for us

as long as we get buttler out for not many

 

[Shri]

guyys watch out

feels like one of these moments is not far away now

 

[Pothas]

That weird cheer when someone just nudges a single.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I'm getting a funny feeling that Bess will spin England to victory later on in the match.

 

[Shri]

That weird cheer when someone just nudges a single.

especially when crowds are not allowed in

these are added sound effects and annoying af

 

[GoodAreasShane]

guyys watch out

feels like one of these moments is not far away now

Ishant was poor that entire series though

 

[Shri]

can we have bouncy roads again pls

 

[Magrat Garlick]

@OverratedSanity

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1357617743449763842

 

[nzfan]

Sundar's bowling not too impressive is it? He was getting good bounce at Gabba but here it's just straight as an arrow with no dip or drift.

 

[nzfan]

Root is awesome vs spin. He's got all the shots and he plays all those from the crease cutting out high risks. Beautiful soft hands too when defending or working for singles. Masterclass.