The delay snowballed into a major controversy with a British government spokesperson demanding "fair" treatment for the youngster and Stokes hardly mincing words in expressing his outrage.
Wood was preferred over veteran James Anderson for this match, and Stokes said the Durham man's ability to touch 150 clicks tilted the scales in his favour.
There is very little chance that Rajat Patidar will make it to the playing eleven during India's opening Test against England unless the hosts decide on going a bowler short.
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The list of top five run-getters in Tests between India and England features masters of their craft from nearly every generation of batters since to 70s to now
Behind Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, India are primed to pick a third spinner for the first Test against England, starting from Thursday.
If England plays Bazball in Indian conditions, the match might get over within a day-and-a-half or two, says Mohammed Siraj ahead of India vs England 1st Test
India have remained unbeaten at home for past 12 years and the last team to beat the hosts in their own backyard was England under Alastair Cook, back in 2012.
No team has been as invincible as India at home since their 1-2 defeat against England led by Cook in 2012, stitching together a bull run of 16 successive series wins, including seven series sweeps.
Bazball has been so successful that the only drawn Test England have played since its introduction was forced on to them by rain gods at Old Trafford in 2023 when they were in a winning position
The origins of Bashir's family are in Pakistan. Bashir is expected to get the stamp of approval from the Indian High Commission in London, the turn of events left Stokes a tad irked
Gill reigned supreme in 2022-23 as he amassed 1325 runs in 25 matches with his highest knock of 208 coming against New Zealand in the ODI clash.
The pitch sometimes can be two-paced and, if it is slow, it can help (bowlers) because the batters will be through with the shot, says Mark Wood ahead of India vs England 1st Test
While speaking ahead India vs England first Test match, Stokes said that sometimes surgeries cannot go well as well and have the potential to end careers.
Last year, Gill became the fastest batter to the 2000-run mark in ODIs, while making 1584 runs from 29 matches at an average of 63.36 including five hundreds.
Shastri was part of India's World Cup winning squad in 1983 and was the Player of the Series when they bagged the World Series in 1985.
Dravid said India will formulate their game plans as per the situations that the match throws up at them in the rubber.
Ahead of the first Test starting here from Thursday, the 22-yard trampoline here spotted a dry look, especially from the good length area on either side of it.
After the loss in the opening Test, the Indian think tank went for raging turners in the next three games in the 2021 series, and got the desired results.
The live toss between India and England during the five-match Test series will take place at 9 PM IST. Sports 18 will live telecast India vs England Test matches in India.