Dhruv Jurel has kept wickets for India in the last two Tests at the Lord’s and Manchester while Pant dealt with multiple injuries, and now he will have to do that job full-time in the final game of the series.
IND v ENG Test series: At the start of the fourth Test, India was up 2-1. Fast bowler Akash Deep's 38/3 before lunch has given Team India more than a fighting chance in the fourth Test, too. A look at what happened, when.
As the first of the five cricket Test matches kicked off between India and England at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, here's what to see and do in the City of Pearls with an eclectic mix of sights to satiate all senses.
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.
We are conditioned to believe that there can be only one national team. But not only is there precedence for multiple teams, this is likely to be the future of international cricket.
The match was originally scheduled to begin in Manchester today but was called off due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Indian team contingent. However, the team players had tested negative for the virus.
India on March 6 beat England by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth test, winning the series 3-1. With this India also sealed a place in the first World Test Championship (WTC) final, where they will play against New Zealand. India started its WTC campaign by beating the West Indies 2-0 in the Caribbean in 2019, and followed it up with a 3-0 win against South Africa and a 2-0 win against Bangladesh the same year at home. However, India's perfect WTC record came crashing down in early 2020, with a 2-0 loss to New Zealand in New Zealand. Having suffered a humiliating defeat in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar series early this year in Australia, India staged a terrific come back by winning the series 2-1 and with that revived its hopes of qualifying for the WTC final.
India's 13th consecutive test series victory at home also secured their place in the June final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand.
If India wins the fourth Test against England, Virat Kohli will equal the former West Indian captain Clive Llyod’s record of 36 wins and become the fourth most successful in the history of the game.
A quintessential team man, Test cricket was a faraway prospect for the left-arm spinner from Gujarat. Now after scalping 13 wickets in three innings, he is turning out to be India’s star bowler.
The ICC Code of Conduct mandates issuance of "one to four demerit points" to a player for "dissenting at an umpire's decision".
By the time the Test series againt England gets over, Virat Kohli in all likelihood will also join MS Dhoni in an exceptional club of leading 60 Test matches for the country. It’s a hell lot of matches to lead a country.
Ashwin, perhaps, just wanted to tell the world what the fuss is all about the pitch? If he can score a ton with the help of tail-enders, English batsmen can certainly do better who are 1-0 up in this series.
This was the third instance in Ashwin's career when he struck a century and claimed five wickets in an innings.