India were penalised five runs by on-field umpires after Ravichandran Ashwin ran on the pitch during India's first innings on the second day. Ravindra Jadeja was warned by the umpires on Day 1 too and hence, after Ashwin did it, the umpires decided to penalise the hosts.
Former England captain Alastair Cook is disappointed with the ECB rest and rotation policy and feels it's the main reason for the team's 0-1 loss to New Zealand in the two-Test series recently.
Veteran pacer Broad finished the third Test between England and West Indies with a match haul of 10 for 67 during which he touched the milestone of 500 Test wickets.
Virat Kohli leads the way with the bat after 50 Tests as captain ahead of Australian great Ricky Ponting and England's Alastiar Cook.
After the ceremony, the 34-year-old Alastair Cook said that it is hard for him to get used to see his name with a 'Sir' before it.
No matter how much we rave about Kohli and Pujara, they still have a long way to go before being considered amongst the greatest Test batsmen of all time.
As the year 2018 draws to a close, we look back at such cricketers who bid farewell to the game after serving it for a long time.
The Essex opener will become the 10th English cricketer to be knighted and the first since Ian Botham in 2007.
Anderson, who is still at the prime of his bowling, surpassed former Australian great Glenn McGrath to become the most successful fast bowler in Test cricket.
England's leading run-scorer had a fairytale ending to his illustrious career as he scored his last Test ton against India, signing off in style.
James Anderson became the most successful fast-bowler in Test history by claiming the final wicket to clinch England's 118-run victory.
A mediocre England team with a fragile batting line-up won the series by a comprehensive 4-1 margin after India were bowled out for 345 in pursuit of a mammoth target of 464.
Alastair Cook was attending the press conference at the end of 4th day's play when British journalists presented him 33 Beer bottles of different makes to honour his 33 Test hundreds.
Courtesy the twin hundreds by the former and current skipper, England declared their second innings on 423/8 with a massive target of 464 for the Indians.
Alastair Cook was unbeaten on 46 in his final Test innings as England reached 114/2 at stumps on day three for a 154-run lead over India.
As the batting great walked out to bat, he got a guard of honour from the visiting side, at the end of which he shook hands with captain Kohli.
The fifth and final Test begins at the Oval on Friday, and with the hosts already 3-1 up, it will be the last international match of Cook's 12-year-long career.
The Oval Test will incidentally be former skipper and England's highest run-scorer Alastair Cook's farewell game for his country.
Cook has endured a lean summer at the top of the order for England, averaging only 15.57 in seven innings against India.
Alastair Cook announced his retirement from international cricket following his team's 3-1 Test series win over No.1-ranked Test team India in Southampton.
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