Cook, Jennings survive testing first session

Lunch England 477 and 97 for 0 (Cook 47*, Jennings 46*) trail India 759 for 7 dec by 185 runs
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KL Rahul couldn’t hold on to a difficult chance at short leg when Keaton Jennings was on 31 © Associated Press

Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings survived unscathed to lunch as India pressed for a 4-0 series win on the final day of the Chennai Test. The pitch was a loyal friend to batsmen by Indian fifth-day standards, but the two openers still had to get through some testing times against the various challenges posed by India’s three-man spin attack. At lunch, England were 97 for no loss, still 185 short of making India bat again.

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Karthik Krishnaswamy is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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