2016-17 England Tour of India - India Vs England Fifth Test @ Chepauk,Chennai Dec 16-20,2016

Day One Friday Dec 16,2016

England won the toss and chose to bat first
Squads

India

• Murali Vijay
• KL Rahul
• Cheteshwar Pujara
• Virat Kohli(c)
• Karan Nair
• Parthiv Patel(wk)
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Amit Mishra
• Umesh Yadav
• Ishant Sharma

England

• Alastair Cook(c)
• Keaton Jennings
• Joe Root
• Moeen Ali
• Jonny Bairstow(wk)
• Ben Stokes
• Jos Buttler
• Liam Dawson
• Adil Rashid
• Stuart Broad
• Jake Ball

At close of play,England were 284/4 with Moeen Ali 120* and Ben Stokes 05* at the crease

Fall of Wickets(England)
Keaton Jennings             01(17 Balls)
Alastair Cook                 10(38 Balls 4x1)
Joe Root                          88(144 Balls 4x10)
Jonny Bairstow                49(90 Balls 6x3)
Wicket Takers(India)
Ravindra Jadeja              3/73(28 Overs)
Ishant Sharma                 1/25(12 Overs)

A century from Moeen Ali and Joe Root's 88 gave England the better of the first day of the fifth and final Test against India in Chennai.

Moeen Ali , dropped on nought, shared 146 for the third wicket with Root after the tourists had been reduced to 21-2.

When Root was given out caught behind on review, Moeen Ali  added 86 with Jonny Bairstow (49) and ended the day 120 not out as England reached 284-4.

Moeen Ali brought up a fourth century of 2016 - more than any other England batsman - with 30 minutes remaining in the day 

Moeen Ali 's 100 is the first by a number four for England since Root against South Africa in January. England number fours scored 493 runs at an average of 20.54 in 26 innings in between.

Joe Root has played 11 Tests against India and made a half-century in every one of them.

Joe Root's 11 fifties in consecutive Tests versus India is a record for any player against one other Test side. Five men have made nine straight half-centuries in as many Tests against the same team.

Day Two Saturday Dec 17,2016
Resuming from the overnight score of 284/4,England were all-out for 477 in 157.2 Overswith Moeen Ali scoring 146(263 Balls 4x13 and 6x1);Liam Dawson scoring 66(148 Balls 4x5 and 6x1)and Adil Rashid scoring 60(155 Balls 4x8)
Wicket Takers(India)
Ravindra Jadeja      3/106(45 Overs)
Ishant Sharma          2/42(21 Overs)
Umesh Yadav           2/73(21 Overs)
Amit Mishra               1/87(25.2 Overs)
R Ashwin                   1/151(44 Overs)
India scored 60/0 in 20 Overs with K L Rahul 30* and Parthiv Patel 28* at the crease