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IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Will injury-ridden Jadeja, Leach play in Vizag?

While Jadeja hurt his hamstring running to the non-striker's end in the second innings, Leach dampened his already serious knee injury with dives in the first innings

Hartley, Pope and Jaiswal: 10 key takeaways from India vs England 1st Test

England beat India by 28 runs as Bazball won the first battle on Indian shores. Here are the major talking points from the match in Hyderabad

IND vs ENG 1st Test: 231 was gettable, we didn't bat well enough - Rohit

India skipper Rohit Sharma lamented his top batmen's failure in the opening Test of the five-match series against England here on Sunday, saying they lacked the fight and character showed by the team's lower-order batters after being set a "gettable" 231-run target. India were all out for 202 to lose the match by 28 runs, completing a remarkable turnaround a day after conceding a huge first-innings lead of 190 runs. Ollie laid the foundation for a famous English win with a monumental knock of 196 before debutant left-arm spinner Tom Hartley finished with excellent figures of 7/62 in the second innings. "Hard to pinpoint where it went wrong. With a lead of 190 we were in control but exceptional batting - probably one of the best I've seen in Indian conditions by an overseas player, well played Ollie Pope," Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony. "I thought 230 was gettable but it wasn't to be. Thought we bowled in the right areas, we analysed what went well and what didn

IND VS ENG 1st Test Day 4 Highlights: Hartley, Pope shine in England's win

India vs England 1st Test Highlights: Tom Hartley took seven wickets and Ollipe Pope scored 196 runs as England's Bazball touched another high, winning the first Test of their tour of India by 28 runs

WI-AUS Test: Joseph's 7 wkts help West Indies beat Australia in a thriller

History was created at the Gabba as the West Indies won their first test match on Australian soil after 27 years.

India vs England: Top 10 highest run-chase in India in Test history

In the last 10 years, no team has chased down in excess of 200 runs in 4th innings. In 2008, India chased down 387 runs vs England, which is still highest score chased by any team in 4th innings

IND vs ENG 1st Test: Pope braves Indian spin trio on his way to hundred

Pope scored his second hundred in Asia and fifth overall in his 39-match long Test career

IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Pope's century keeps England alive

India vs England Live Score Updates: Ollie Pope's fantastic century helped England not only get past the Indian lead of 190 runs, but take a lead of 126 at the end of Day 3 in Hyderabad

IND vs ENG 1st Test: Joe Root, the bowler, emerges from ruins once again

Joe Root emerged as the best bowler for The Three Lions, taking four wickets and conceding only 79 runs.

AUS vs WI 2nd Test: Australia fights back through Carey and Cummins fifties

Blistering half centuries by Alex Carey and captain Pat Cummins led Australia's fightback on Day 2 of the day-night test against West Indies on Friday. Carey smashed 65 runs off 49 balls and Cummins finished unbeaten on 64 off 73 before he declared Australia's first innings at 289-9 despite still trailing by 22. The decision to give his fast bowlers a chance to bowl with the pink ball under lights for half an hour paid off. Mitchell Starc almost had captain Kraigg Brathwaite dismissed in his second over but Steve Smith dropped a low catch in the slips. Josh Hazlewood then found a faint edge from Tagenarine Chanderpaul's bat in the last over of the day as West Indies reached 13-1 in its second innings at stumps for an overall lead of 35 runs. Usman Khawaja, who was named ICC test player of the year 2023 on Friday, once again played a meaningful knock of 75, after West Indies' first innings effort of 311. Carey provided the bulk of the scoring with his aggressive shots as he raised a

IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Dominating India take 175-run lead

India vs England 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: The Indian batting dominated the proceedings in Hyderabad as they built up a 175-run lead against England, finishing the day at 421/7

IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: Jaiswal goes Bazball, India ahead

India vs England 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Yashasvi Jaiswal was the highlight with the bat as India scored 119/1 in just 23 overs in reply to England's 246

India vs England 1st Test Playing 11: KL Rahul & Axar playing in Hyderabad

IND vs ENG 1st Test live streaming: Jio Cinemas will provide the live streaming of the India vs England Test match in India. The live telecast of the IND-ENG 1st Test will be available on Sports 18

IND vs ENG Tests 2024: Anil Kumble predicts India to win series 4-1

The legendary Anil Kumble has termed England's bowling attack for the opening Test against India, starting in Hyderabad on Thursday as "highly inexperienced", while predicting a comfortable 4-1 win for the hosts in the five-match series. England announced a three-pronged spin attack on the eve of the Hyderabad Test with uncapped spinner Tom Hartley and one-Test old Rehan Ahmed teaming up with Jack Leach, with Mark Wood being the lone fast bowler. With Ben Stokes ruling himself out from sharing bowling workload throughout the five-Test series, England skipper may face some troubles finding the right mix but Kumble said it will be interesting to see how the visitors approach the rubber. "It will all depend on how Jack Leach leads the spin attack. Three spinners, of course the English management obviously have had a look at the pitch and they believe that it's going to take turn," Kumble replied to a PTI query during an interaction organised by Jio Cinema. "In that sense, just with on

England frustration ends as rookie spinner Bashir gets visa for India

England's Pakistan-origin off-spinner Shoaib Bashir was on Wednesday granted visa to play in the five-match Test series against India, ending a "frustrating" wait for the visiting side whose captain Ben Stokes felt "devastated" by the delay. "Shoaib Bashir has now received his visa, and is due to travel to join up with the team in India this weekend. We're glad the situation has now been resolved," the England and Wales Cricket Board posted on its X (formerly Twitter) page on the eve of the first Test here. The 20-year-old rookie, who plays for Somerset in the English county, was forced to head back to England from the team's Abu Dhabi training base after a prolonged wait for visa. His family is of Pakistani heritage but Bashir was born in Surrey. 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. Bashir, who is a shock inclusion in the squad wit

IND vs ENG Tests: From Gavaskar to Root, top 5 run-getters on Indian soil

The list of the top five run-getters on Indian soil in the India vs England Tests has two Englishmen on it. Find out who they are and how they got there

India vs England Tests: Sachin to Cook, top five run-getters in history

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

IND-ENG Playing 11: Axar or Kuldeep? Rohit's big headache ahead of 1st Test

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday admitted that the team management had a tough time making the third spinner choice between Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav for the opening Test against England but hinted that the former might just have made the final cut. Behind Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, India are primed to pick a third spinner for the first Test against England, starting here from Thursday. "If the wicket has bounce or if it doesn't have bounce, he (Kuldeep) still is a factor in those types of conditions because he's got superb variations. Obviously, he is a very mature bowler now from what he was a few years back," Rohit said in the pre-match press conference. "He's not played a lot of Test cricket in India because of Ashwin and Jadeja. We've seen it in the past as well. With our middle-order (batting), in the past, a lot of us (batters) got an opportunity pretty late. "But that's the reality of it, you can't hide away from it. But yes, he's a very tempting ..

IND vs ENG: Captain Rohit shrugs off favourites tags ahead of 1st Test

India might be an indomitable force at home, but captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said he wouldn't want to label themselves as "unbeatable" and they need to play consistent cricket to trump England in the five-match series. The first Test between India and England will start here from Thursday, and Rohit said his primary focus is the strategies of his side. 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. "I don't think we are unbeatable. We don't want to think like that. But whatever past records that we have over the last decade or so, do not guarantee that we will come out on top in this series. We have to play well to win this series," said Rohit during his pre-match press meet here on Wednesday. Rohit also said the win over South Africa in the second Test at Cape Town has given the side a lot of confidence ahead of the series against England. "The Cape Town win was

IND vs ENG 1st Test preview: It's Spinball vs Bazball in Hyderabad

India's unalloyed dominance at home over the last 12 years will be put through its most unique examination till date when Rohit Sharma's side faces a trend-defying England in the first match of what promises to be a stirring five-Test series from Thursday. No team has been as invincible as India at home since their 1-2 defeat against the Three Lions led by Alastair Cook in 2012, stitching together a bull run of 16 successive series wins, including seven series sweeps. If one further breaks down the stats, India have lost just three Tests out of 44 they played in their own backyard in this phase, and this is a power walk even beyond the all-conquering West Indies in the '80s or Australia of the turn of the century. Several factors have contributed to this astonishing run over the last decade, including favourable pitches, bowlers who knew how to exploit those tracks and batters who churned out runs like popcorn from a vending machine. But two players have stood head and shoulders ab