Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin struck with the very first ball of second innings as England survived two testing overs before lunch on the fourth day of the opening Test against India after securing a first-innings lead of 241 runs.

 India's swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant said he will donate his match fee towards rescue operations for the glacier burst in Uttarakhand and also encouraged others to come forward and contribute.

Chennai: Rishabh Pant's beautiful edge-of-the-seat hitting ended with his now customary indiscretion, putting India under the pump against a supremely confident England gunning for victory at the end of third day's play in the opening Test here on Sunday.

Chennai, Feb 7: England posted a mammoth 578 in their first innings before being all out on the third day of the opening Test against India here on Sunday.

Chennai, Feb 6: Skipper Joe Root scored a superb double century in his 100th Test as England continued to frustrate India, amassing 555 for eight by stumps on the second day of the first Test here on Saturday.

New Delhi: Former England Cricketer Andrew Flintoff on Saturday trolled Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan over his nearly five-year-old tweet wherein the all-rounder had compared Virat Kohli to England’s Joe Root.

England skipper Joe Root became the first cricketer to notch up a double century in his 100th Test, touching the milestone on the second day of the first Test against India, here on Saturday.