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Won't say anything about Jaiswal now: Rohit Sharma after Rajkot Test

India skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday credited the young and inexperienced members of his side for their role in delivering the team's biggest ever Test win, in terms of runs, here on Sunday. India bowled out England for just 122 after setting a 557-run target in the fourth Test to go 2-1 up in the five-match series here. Obviously it's a very good feeling to win a game like that and especially with such a young team as well. (We had) two debutants (Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel) and not a lot of Test matches amongst the playing eleven as well, Rohit told the media here after India's win. A lot of these guys are learning from the experience that they're having in the middle. We got to learn a lot about how we played in Hyderabad and then in Vizag when we won. Both Sarfaraz and Jurel gave a good account of themselves in the game. Rohit said India have had to work really hard given the circumstances (injuries to senior players). We knew it's not going to be an easy one for us to jus

Test cricket is tough, but I'm determined to make it count: Yashasvi

Playing an aggressive brand of cricket, Yashasvi Jaiswal has already hit two double hundreds in his nascent career and the young India opener says though Test cricket is "tough" he believes in making it big after getting a start. The left-handed attacking opener scored unbeaten 214 off 236 balls to steer India to a commanding 430 for 4 declared in their second innings, setting England a mammoth target of 557 runs. It was his second double hundred in just six matches, having made his debut against the West Indies in July 2023. Jaiswal also entered the record books by hitting the highest number of sixes (12) by an Indian in a Test innings in the Rajkot Test that India won by a massive 434-run margin. "Test cricket is hard, but I thought that when I'm in there, I need to give my 100 per cent," Jaiswal said after India took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. "I'm just trying. Whenever I'm set, I try to make it big. Because in Test cricket you never know, when you're playing well you

IND vs ENG 3rd Test Highlights: India register biggest win, take 2-1 lead

India vs England 3rd Test Day 4 Highlights: Jadeja took a five-wicket haul as England was bowled out for 122 in the second innings and India registered their biggest win by runs (434) in Test history

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Ashwin joins Team India in fourth innings at Rajkot

The Indian off-spinner was allowed to join the team by the umpires as he was not breaking any rules of cricket set by MCC

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Ashwin set to rejoin Team India on Day 4 in Rajkot

Ashwin will be able to join the team and start bowling whenever he is required to because he was not out of the field of play because of any injury

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Jaiswal smashes Anderson and records on his way to 200

Jaiswal also became the first Indian to hit 20 or more sixes in a Test series and 10 or more in a Test innings, betaing on his way Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agrawal for the respective records

IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 3 Highlights: Jaiswal scores 100, India lead by 322

India vs England Rajkot Test Highlights: Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a hundred in just 122 balls and has taken the attack to the Bazball as India is in full control of the game with a huge lead of 322 runs

IND vs ENG: Yashasvi rocks England with ton as India in cruise control

Yashasvi Jaiswal's dream season just got better as he singlehandedly seized the initiative from England with a sizzling century, putting India in complete control at the end of third day's play in the third Test. Jaiswal's (104 retired hurt off 133 balls) second ton of the series was beautifully complemented by Shubman Gill (65 batting, 120 balls), who curbed his natural aggression as India ended the day at 196 for 2 in 51 available overs. The left-handed opener, who will be torch-bearer of Indian batting for the next decade, scored his third Test hundred in only seventh Test appearance before the blazing blade was brought to a halt by back spasms that forced him to retire. The Jaiswal-Gill pair added 155 runs in quick time with the former giving the English team a test of its own medicine with nine fours and five sixes, the best being the imperious pull off Jimmy Anderson. The overall lead swelled to 322 by stumps, after Indian bowlers made a splendid comeback, getting last five .

India vs England: Joe Root's shot selection surprises Mohammed Siraj

Pacer Mohammed Siraj is surprised that a well-set Joe Root preferred to play a reverse ramp shot off Jasprit Bumrah and ended up losing his wicket to hand India advantage in the third Test here Saturday. Root was batting at 18, having spent almost an hour at the crease. Trying to improvise, Root attempted a reverse ramp over the slip only to find Yashaswi Jaiswal at second slip. His partnership with centurion Ben Duckett (153) was steady but after his dismissal England could not add even 100 runs to the total. The visitors conceded a huge 126-run lead. "Ben Duckett's partnership was growing with Root, if he had played a little more, then it would have been difficult for us. But suddenly he played that shot which didn't look (like one) to be played," Siraj said during media interaction after the day's play. "But it turned out good for us and after that (Ben) Foakes and Ben Stokes had a good partnership, and then Stokes played a shot (which got him out) and we got into the game from

Ben Stokes' 100th Test: Revisit batter's top five iconic Test innings

The English skipper is playing his 100th Test match in Rajkot Business Standard look back at his top five iconic Test innings.

Rajkot Test Day 3: Here's why Rohit Sharma's men wearing black armbands?

Dattajirao even captained the Indian team on England's tour of 1959. He played a total of 110 first-class matches from 1947/48 to 1963/64

Explained: India down to 10 men in Rajkot Test! Impact on India's chances?

Ashwin was Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's go-to-man with the ball. It was he who broke the 89-run opening stand between Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett to get his 500th Test wicket

Big blow for India! R Ashwin withdraws from IND vs ENG Rajkot Test

R Ashwin has withdrawn from the India vs England Rajkot Test due to a family emergency. India will take the field on Day 3 with a depleted bowling attack.

Rajkot Test: Ashwin enters 500-club after hitting 'dark tunnel' in 2018

Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday became the second Indian bowler after Anil Kumble to take 500 Test wickets during the third Test against England --- a feat which means a lot to the senior off-spinner after enduring a phase when he did know how to come out of the "dark tunnel" he had hit. Ashwin also became only the third off-spinner to achieve the feat and continues to be the second highest wicket-taker for India behind Kumble, who ended his career with 619 scalps. The 37-year-old reached the milestone on day two of the ongoing Test. He needed just one wicket for the feat and that came in the way of opener Zak Crawley, who mis-timed a sweep which landed in the safe hands of Rajat Patidar at short fine leg. The desire to excel and evolve has remained very intrinsic to Ravichandran Ashwin's core existence but between 2018 and 19, the ace spinner felt that it was all over for him, leave alone thinking about having a shot at 500 Test wickets. Playing his 98th Test, Ashwin did speak about

IND-ENG: Duckett played a skilful innings against good Indian attack - Wood

England pace bowler Mark Wood on Friday said opener Ben Duckett forced India to constantly change the field placement as he played a "skilful innings against a good attack" here on the second day of the third Test. Duckett cracked 21 fours and two sixes, scoring an unbeaten 133 off 118 balls that helped England make a strong start in reply to India's first-innings total of 445. England finished the day at a strong 207/2, having erased almost half of India's total and now trail by 238 runs. "He played with real bravery. To be that far behind in the game and go out and play like that showed real bravery and skill," Wood told the media after the day's play when asked about Duckett's third Test century. "The way India changed the field and then he'd hit it somewhere else, it was such a skilful innings against a good attack. He's a nightmare to bowl (to) at the nets; we try to get him to leave one but he never leaves any," he said. "Maybe, he hasn't gotten the accolades that he would l

Who is Ben Duckett? First English opener after Cook to hit century in India

The 29-year-old, who has played for Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire in County cricket and has been one of the poster boys of the change brought in by Bazball, smashed only his third ton in Tests

R Ashwin becomes fastest Indian bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket

Ashwin is the only Indian bowler after legend Anil Kumble to take 500 wickets in Test cricket. Anil Kumble is the leading wicket-taker for India in Test cricket history, with 619 scalps to his name.

Who scored fastest fifty on debut in Test cricket history for India?

The record for the fastest half-century on debut for India sits with Yadvendra Singh, the Yuvraj of Patiala, who scored a 42-ball fifty against a touring England side in 1934.

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Why England start at 5-0 in their first innings?

India was fined five penalty runs as Ashwin on Day 2 and Jadeja on Day 1 ran in the middle of the pitch. The first instance was counted as a warning.

I just wanted to play international cricket in front of my father: Sarfaraz

All that Sarfaraz Khan wanted since the beginning of his cricket journey as a six-year-old was to become an international player in front of his father. Two decades later, that dream came true on Thursday for the Mumbaikar when he was handed his Test cap ahead of the third match against England by no less than former captain Anil Kumble with his father Naushad watching tearfully. As was expected, he proved his worth with a half century which could have been a bigger knock if not for the run out at non-striker's end following a mix up with unbeaten centurion Ravindra Jadeja. The 26-year-old was, however, too happy to have any complaints. "Coming to the ground for the first time and getting the cap in front of my father. I was six-years-old when he started my cricket (training). It was my dream to play for the Indian team in front of him," Sarfaraz told the media here after the end of day's play in which India were 326/5. India's Test cap No 311, Sarfaraz gave a fine account of hims