Kumar Rupesh

The 44-year-old Ryan Ten Doeschate comes into the Indian set-up with a lot of experience. Having played white-ball cricket for the Netherlands, Doeschate also played first-class cricket around the world for teams like Essex, Tasmania and Canterbury among others.

Australia last defeated India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy back in 2014/15 on home soil 2-0 (4). Since then the two teams have played each other four times and India have won on all four occasions, both at home and away.

Chris Woakes led the charge for England with the ball in hand on day one of the Old Trafford Test in Manchester against Sri Lanka. Woakes emerged as the pick of all the English bowlers with figures of 3/32.

Tim Southee is aware that he may be required to miss a few Test matches as New Zealand brace themselves for the Indian subcontinent challenge. The Blackcaps will play a one-off Test against Afghanistan in September before travelling to Sri Lanka and then to India.

Ollie Pope is currently leading England against Sri Lanka in a three-match Test series at home in the absence of regular captain Ben Stokes. Stokes has been ruled out of the series with a hamstring tear.

The Indian team defeated Australia in the previous two Test series in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21 and are currently the proud holders of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Faruque Ahmed has taken the prestigious position as Bangladesh cricket continues to grapple with an ongoing upheaval in the board.

England will be playing without their charismatic captain Ben Stokes who has been sidelined with a hamstring tear. Despite the injury, the star allrounder is spending time with the team and giving inputs when required.

Nic Maddinson has aggregated 7565 runs in 121 first-class matches at an average of 38.59. The southpaw has struck 18 centuries and 35 half-centuries during his first-class career thus far.

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Speculations are rife that Jay Shah may file his nomination for the ICC Chairman's post. Shah is currently rendering his services as the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and as the chief of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

Jannik Sinner defeated the USA's Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday, August 20, to win the Cincinnati Masters 2024. Sinner moved past Tiafoe in straight sets 7-6, 6-2 to claim the championship.

England legend Graham Thorpe took his own life on August 4 after his long-standing battle with "major anxiety and depression" as revealed by his widow Amanda. After playing 100 Tests for England, Thorpe also coached the senior men's team.

Vinesh Phogat kick-started her campaign at the Paris Olympics in the most sublime fashion possible. The 29-year-old wrestler defeated the defending champion Yui Susaki of Japan in her first match to end her 82-match-long winning streak.

Pakistan are desperate to win the series against Bangladesh. They are sixth on the World Test Championship (WTC) points table with two wins and three losses. Their PCT (Points Percentage) is 36.66.

England are placed seventh on the World Test Championship points table. The Three Lions have won six and lost as many games out of the 13 that they have played in the ongoing WTC 2023-25 cycle.

Vinesh Phogat was highly unfortunate to miss out on a medal at the Paris Olympics. She even filed a plea in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a shared silver medal but the ad-hoc committee rejected her plea and she had to return to India empty-handed.