India won the first test against England by six wickets

1. First Test: Chennai 11-15 December 2008

2. VENUE MA Chidambaram Stadium-Chepauk, Chennai

4. TOSS England won the toss. Elected to bat first

5. TEAMS

7. Fall Of Wickets England : First Innings 1/118 (Alastair Cook, 39.6 ov.), 2/164 (Ian Bell, 57.2 ov.), 3/180 (Kevin Pietersen, 65.4 ov.), 4/195 (Paul Collingwood, 72.2 ov.), 5/221 (Andrew Strauss, 83.3 ov.), 6/229 (Andrew Flintoff, 92.5 ov.), 7/271 (James Anderson, 110.4 ov.), 8/277 (Graeme Swann, 113.4 ov.), 9/304 (Stephen Harmison, 122.3 ov.), 10/316 (Monty Panesar, 128.4 ov.)

10. Fall Of Wickets India: First Innings 1/16 (Virender Sehwag, 5.2 ov.), 2/34 (Gautam Gambhir, 13.3 ov.), 3/37 (Rahul Dravid, 13.6 ov.), 4/98 (VVS Laxman, 31.2 ov.), 5/102 (Sachin Tendulkar, 32.1 ov.), 6/137 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.2 ov.), 7/212 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.1 ov.), 8/217 (Zaheer Khan, 63.3 ov.), 9/219 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 64.1 ov.), 10/241 (Amit Mishra, 69.4 ov.)

13. Fall Of Wickets England : Second Innings 1/28 (Alastair Cook, 9.4 ov.), 2/42 (Ian Bell, 12.2 ov.), 3/43 (Kevin Pietersen, 13.1 ov.), 4/257 (Andrew Strauss, 85.2 ov.), 5/262 (Andrew Flintoff, 88.4 ov.), 6/277 (Paul Collingwood, 94.1 ov.), 7/297 (Graeme Swann, 100.5 ov.), 8/301 (Stephen Harmison, 102.5 ov.), 9/311 (Matthew Prior, 105.5 ov.)

16. Fall Of Wickets India : Second Innings 1/117 (Virender Sehwag, 22.6 ov.), 2/141 (Rahul Dravid, 31.2 ov.), 3/183 (Gautam Gambhir, 43.5 ov.), 4/224 (VVS Laxman, 56.4 ov.)

18. India win by 6 wickets RESULT

19. And the credit goes to…. Virender Sehwag (Man of the Match)

20. India leading the series 1-0 NEXT MATCH Second Test 19–23 December 2008 Mohali