15/12Result
5th Test, England tour of India at Chennai, Dec 16-20 2016
India won by an inns & 75 runs
Player of the Match
Karun Nair
Karun NairIndia
15/12Result
5th Test, England tour of India at Chennai, Dec 16-20 2016
India won by an inns & 75 runs
Player of the Match
Karun Nair
Karun NairIndia

Best performances - Batsmen

KK Nair
KK Nair
303(381) 32x4 - 4x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 53 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
35 18 32 31 68 11 31 77
KL Rahul
KL Rahul
199(311) 16x4 - 3x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 41 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
13 16 8 29 38 26 23 46

Best performances - Bowlers

RA Jadeja
RA Jadeja
O25
M5
R48
W7
Eco1.92
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W4W
RA Jadeja
RA Jadeja
O45
M9
R106
W3
Eco2.35
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • ENG - 1st
  • IND - 1st
  • ENG - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

7
AN Cook5 (15)
KK Jennings1 (17)
14
AN Cook5 (23)
JE Root9 (21)
146
MM Ali58 (128)
JE Root79 (123)
86
MM Ali37 (69)
JM Bairstow49 (90)
34
MM Ali27 (27)
BA Stokes6 (32)
13
MM Ali7 (14)
JC Buttler5 (17)
21
MM Ali17 (24)
LA Dawson4 (22)
108
LA Dawson45 (94)
AU Rashid60 (155)
26
SCJ Broad19 (23)
LA Dawson7 (25)
22
LA Dawson10 (7)
JT Ball12 (18)

India - 1st - Innings

152
PA Patel71 (112)
KL Rahul79 (139)
29
CA Pujara16 (29)
KL Rahul13 (25)
30
V Kohli15 (29)
KL Rahul15 (30)
161
KK Nair69 (134)
KL Rahul92 (117)
63
M Vijay29 (76)
KK Nair34 (51)
181
R Ashwin67 (149)
KK Nair113 (133)
138
RA Jadeja51 (55)
KK Nair83 (60)
5*
UT Yadav1 (2)
KK Nair4 (3)

England - 2nd - Innings

103
AN Cook49 (134)
KK Jennings48 (104)
7
JE Root1 (7)
KK Jennings6 (17)
16
MM Ali10 (23)
JE Root5 (15)
3
MM Ali2 (8)
JM Bairstow1 (6)
63
MM Ali32 (66)
BA Stokes22 (48)
1
JC Buttler0 (6)
BA Stokes1 (6)
3
LA Dawson0 (7)
JC Buttler2 (3)
4
AU Rashid2 (18)
JC Buttler2 (16)
7
SCJ Broad1 (16)
JC Buttler2 (25)
0
JC Buttler0 (0)
JT Ball0 (3)

Match Coverage

All Match News

Huge total, yet insufficient

0

No. of bigger first inns totals that have resulted in an innings defeat, than England's 477. The previous biggest was 432 by Eng at The Oval in Ashes 2001.

First of the series

0

No. of five-wkt hauls for Jadeja in this series, before this. He has taken a five-for in this innings.

Jadeja, again

6

No. of times Jadeja has dismissed Cook in Tests - most a bowler has dismissed Cook in any series. Cook averaged just 12.50 runs in the series v Jadeja

Jadeja, finally

5

No. of times Cook has been dismissed by Jadeja in this series at an average of 12.20. Kohli introduced him after 19 overs in the morning session.

Expensive drop?

4

Cook's score when he was dropped by Parthiv off Ashwin. He has made 1101 runs at 52.42 on day five of Tests - more than anyone since his debut.

Only the third

2

No. of scores of 200-plus by India batsmen at No. 5 or lower in Tests before Karun Nair. Dhoni and Laxman are the others to do it.

Toss trivialised

4

No. of times India have posted a total of 400-plus in this series after losing the toss. No other team has done it more than thrice in a series.

Mountain scaled

476

The highest 1st-inns deficit overcome by India in Tests against England before this - in Delhi, 1981-82. Overall 477 is their 7th highest against any team.

A rare collection

6

No. of IND batsmen to make 100s in this series - equals their most. Last such instance was against West Indies at home in 1978-79. Overall, 4th such instance.