NewsPhotos In Pics: England celebrate Joe Root's 100th Test with 227-run win

In Pics: England celebrate Joe Root's 100th Test with 227-run win

England got their four-Test series to the best possible start with a 227-run win in the first Test against India in Chennai. James Anderson started the rot with two wickets -- Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane -- in the 27th over while left-arm spinner Jack Leach picked up four wickets in the innings to bundle out India for 192 after setting them 420 to win in the fourth innings. Indian skipper Virat Kohli was the top-scorer for the hosts with 72 while Gill chipped in with 50. Here we bring a collection of pictures which sum up the final day.

Updated:Feb 09, 2021, 03:05 PM IST

Jack Leach

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England left-arm spinner Jack Leach bowls against India in the first Test in Chennai. Leach was the pick of the England bowlers in the second innings, claiming 4/76 including the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara. (Source: Twitter)

Virat Kohli

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Indian skipper Virat Kohli hit out during his 72-run knock in the second innings in Chennai. This was Kohli's 24th fifty in Test cricket but it failed to prevent India's comprehensive defeat in the first Test against England. (Source: Twitter)

Shubman Gill

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Shubman Gill hits a boundary en route his 50 in the second innings of the first Test in Chennai. Gill notched up his third fifty in Test cricket before being dismissed by James Anderson. (Photo: BCCI)

Dom Bess

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Off-spinner Dom Bess bowls in the Indian second innings in Chennai. Bess, who picked up four wickets in the first innings, picked up the wicket of Washington Sundar for a duck in the second essay. (Source: Twitter)

James Anderson

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James Anderson celebrates after picking up a wicket on Day Five of the first Test in Chennai. Anderson finished with figures of 3/17 in 11 overs including the wickets of Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane in one over. He also dismissed Rishabh Pant for 11. (Source: Twitter)