- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (b 5, lb 5, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL395 all out (100.2 Overs, RR: 3.93)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Shikhar Dhawan, 0.3 ov), 2-5 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 2.4 ov), 3-44 (Ajinkya Rahane, 18.3 ov), 4-134 (Murali Vijay, 40.5 ov), 5-147 (Virat Kohli, 44.5 ov), 6-261 (KL Rahul, 67.3 ov), 7-322 (Dinesh Karthik, 84.1 ov), 8-328 (Karun Nair, 87.5 ov), 9-354 (Hardik Pandya, 92.3 ov), 10-395 (Ravindra Jadeja, 100.2 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras28 (b 18, lb 5, nb 5)TOTAL359/8d (94 Overs, RR: 3.81)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Nick Browne, 5.4 ov), 2-45 (Varun Chopra, 16.1 ov), 3-113 (Tom Westley, 31.6 ov), 4-169 (Michael Pepper, 40.6 ov), 5-186 (Rishi Patel, 45.1 ov), 6-277 (James Foster, 69.5 ov), 7-283 (Matt Coles, 71.1 ov), 8-336 (Paul Walter, 84.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammed Shami 21 4 68 0 3.23 0 0 UT Yadav 18 8 35 4 1.94 0 1 I Sharma 19 4 59 3 3.10 0 1 HH Pandya 12 2 54 0 4.50 0 2 SN Thakur 13 0 58 1 4.46 0 1 RA Jadeja 2 0 17 0 8.50 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 24 0 6.00 0 0 R Ashwin 5 1 21 0 4.20 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras11 (b 4, lb 6, nb 1)TOTAL89/2 (21.2 Overs, RR: 4.17)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Shikhar Dhawan, 1.3 ov), 2-40 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 13.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MT Coles 5 2 9 0 1.80 0 0 MR Quinn 4 2 5 1 1.25 0 0 PI Walter 5 0 38 1 7.60 0 1 S Snater 6 0 26 0 4.33 0 0 ASS Nijjar 1.2 0 1 0 0.75 0 0
Match Details
Players per side
Essex 16 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding); Indians 18 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
Indians , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11:00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
25,26,27 July 2018 (4-day match)
Close of Play
- Wed, 25 Jul - day 1 - Indians 1st innings 322/6 (KD Karthik 82*, HH Pandya 33*, 84 ov)
- Thu, 26 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 237/5 (JS Foster 23*, PI Walter 22*, 58 ov)
- Fri, 27 Jul - day 3 - Indians 2nd innings 89/2 (21.2 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPressure mounts on Dhawan and Pujara
Dhawan bagged a pair while Pujara tallied 24 in two innings. This leaves questions over who should constitute India's top order at Edgbaston
Pepper, Westley make India's bowlers toil
Half-centuries from the duo lead Essex's reply to India's 395, even as Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma stood out with two wickets each on a blistering day in Chelmsford
Kohli's Anderson test, and India's top-order wobbles
Cheteshwar Pujara's failure will be a cause of worry, but on the positive side, the visiting side can take heart from four half-centuries by the batsmen
Ravi Shastri explains why India's warm-up match was shortened
Indian think-tank feels an extra day of training at Edgbaston, the venue for the first Test, will help the intensity of the players