Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Murali Vijay	b Walter	53	113	172	7	0	46.90
Shikhar Dhawan	c †Foster b Coles	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Cheteshwar Pujara	c †Foster b Coles	1	7	9	0	0	14.28
Ajinkya Rahane	c †Foster b Quinn	17	47	68	2	0	36.17
Virat Kohli (c)	c Chopra b Walter	68	93	110	12	0	73.11
KL Rahul	c Dixon b Nijjar	58	92	118	12	0	63.04
Dinesh Karthik †	c Dixon b Walter	82	95	157	14	0	86.31
Hardik Pandya	c Patel b Walter	51	82	93	8	0	62.19
Karun Nair	b Beard	4	12	14	1	0	33.33
Ravindra Jadeja	c Khushi b Dixon	15	35	61	1	0	42.85
Rishabh Pant	not out	34	26	40	6	0	130.76
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 1, w 1)	12
Total	100.2 Ov (RR: 3.93)	395
Did not bat: Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav
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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Coles	17	2	31	2	1.82	83	3	0	0	0
0.3 to S Dhawan, . 1/1 2.4 to CA Pujara, . 5/2
Matt Quinn	15	4	27	1	1.80	73	2	0	1	0
18.3 to AM Rahane, . 44/3
Aaron Beard	20	2	99	1	4.95	82	18	0	0	0
87.5 to KK Nair, . 328/8
Matt Dixon	14.2	1	54	1	3.76	64	10	0	0	0
100.2 to RA Jadeja, . 395/10
Paul Walter	21	1	113	4	5.38	76	18	0	0	1
40.5 to M Vijay, . 134/4 44.5 to V Kohli, . 147/5 84.1 to KD Karthik, . 322/7 92.3 to HH Pandya, . 354/9
Aron Nijjar	9	0	36	1	4.00	39	7	0	0	0
67.3 to KL Rahul, . 261/6
Shane Snater	4	0	25	0	6.25	16	5	0	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	lbw b Yadav	11	16	25	2	0	68.75
Varun Chopra	lbw b Sharma	16	48	71	2	0	33.33
Tom Westley (c)	c Jadeja b Thakur	57	89	120	11	0	64.04
Michael Pepper	b Sharma	68	74	115	15	0	91.89
Rishi Patel	c †Karthik b Yadav	19	37	64	2	0	51.35
James Foster †	b Yadav	42	78	139	8	0	53.84
Paul Walter	c Rahane b Sharma	75	123	175	13	1	60.97
Matt Coles	c Dhawan b Yadav	0	2	7	0	0	0.00
Aron Nijjar	not out	29	72	94	5	0	40.27
Feroze Khushi	not out	14	30	41	3	0	46.66
Extras	(b 18, lb 5, nb 5)	28
Total	94 Ov (RR: 3.81)	359/8d
Did not bat: Dan Lawrence, Aaron Beard, Matt Quinn, Matt Dixon, Adam Wheater, Shane Snater
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	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammed Shami	21	4	68	0	3.23	100	13	0	0	0
Umesh Yadav	18	8	35	4	1.94	92	5	0	0	1
5.4 to NLJ Browne, . 13/1 45.1 to RK Patel, . 186/5 69.5 to JS Foster, . 277/6 71.1 to MT Coles, . 283/7
Ishant Sharma	19	4	59	3	3.10	87	8	0	0	1
16.1 to V Chopra, . 45/2 40.6 to MS Pepper, . 169/4 84.2 to PI Walter, . 336/8
Hardik Pandya	12	2	54	0	4.50	57	12	0	0	2
Shardul Thakur	13	0	58	1	4.46	55	11	0	0	1
31.6 to T Westley, . 113/3
Ravindra Jadeja	2	0	17	0	8.50	7	4	0	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav	4	0	24	0	6.00	17	4	1	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	5	1	21	0	4.20	23	4	0	0	0

Indians 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	not out	36	64	95	7	0	56.25
Shikhar Dhawan	b Quinn	0	3	9	0	0	0.00
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Chopra b Walter	23	35	49	5	0	65.71
Ajinkya Rahane	not out	19	27	37	3	0	70.37
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 1)	11
Total	21.2 Ov (RR: 4.17)	89/2
Did not bat: Dinesh Karthik †, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Shikhar Dhawan, 1.3 ov), 2-40 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 13.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Coles	5	2	9	0	1.80	27	2	0	0	0
Matt Quinn	4	2	5	1	1.25	22	1	0	0	0
1.3 to S Dhawan, . 4/1
Paul Walter	5	0	38	1	7.60	17	8	0	0	1
13.1 to CA Pujara, . 40/2
Shane Snater	6	0	26	0	4.33	26	4	0	0	0
Aron Nijjar	1.2	0	1	0	0.75	7	0	0	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 25 Jul - day 1 - India 1st innings 322/6 (Dinesh Karthik 82*, Hardik Pandya 33*, 84 ov)

Thu, 26 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 237/5 (James Foster 23*, Paul Walter 22*, 58 ov)

Fri, 27 Jul - day 3 - India 2nd innings 89/2 (21.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Indians, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of England
Season	2018
Players per side	Indians 18 (11 batting, 11 fielding); Essex 16 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
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 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nick Cook Rob White