The veteran spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to bowl out England on 246 runs in the first innings and then a quick unbeaten fifty from opener Yashasvi Jaiswal boosted India to a dominating total at the end of Day 1's play at Hyderabad.
England have been bundled out for 246 runs in the first innings in the ongoing opening Test match in Hyderabad. Ben Stokes played a masterly knock of 70 runs to help the visitors recover from a precarious position on 137/6 in the second session. Bumrah finished the innings picking up Stokes' wicket.
The five-match Test series between India and England finally got underway in Hyderabad today (January 25). England had named their playing XI a day ahead of the game and their skipper Ben Stokes got lucky with the toss even as he had no hesitation in batting first.
India vs England 1st Test, Day 2: Team India is in the driver's seat after two days in the ongoing first Test against England in Hyderabad with a 175-run lead. Ravindra Jadeja is still unbeaten on 81 and both he and Axar Patel will look to add 50-60 more runs to bat England out of the game.
England surprised one and all by playing just one seamer as they announced their playing XI for the first Test against India in Hyderabad starting Thursday, January 25. England skipper Ben Stokes in detail explained why England went with Mark Wood and not the veteran James Anderson.
The 20-year-old Surrey-born offspinner was denied a visa due to his parents' Pakistani heritage and didn't travel to India for the first Test match starting at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium from Thursday.
England have picked four spinners, including Joe Root, in their playing XI while only one seamer has been picked in the form of Mark Wood. There is no place for veteran James Anderson. The first Test is set to start in Hyderabad from January 25.
England are going to lock horns with India in a five-match Test series starting January 25 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The Three Lions are seventh on the World Test Championship 2023-25 points table.
England was the last team to win a series in the longest format of the game in India. The Alastair Cook-led side defeated MS Dhoni's side in December 2012 to win the four-match series 2-1.
England are scheduled to play five Test matches against India away from home and the series is massive in terms of World Test Championship cycle 2023-25. All eyes will be on England's approach with the bat as India is termed one of the toughest places to even win a Test.
On Monday (December 11), England announced the 16-member squad for the upcoming Test tour of India where the two teams will contest in five red-ball matches. England have included 20-year-old off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in the squad for the first time. Let us know more about him...
England announced a 16-strong squad for a five-match Test series against India in January 2024. Ben Stokes, who recently underwent knee surgery, will come back with the series as the ECB has added three uncapped players to the squad, including pacer Gus Atkinson.
England's red-ball coach Brendon McCullum has admitted that India are a tough side to beat in their own backyard and it will be the biggest test of their 'Bazball' approach. India are set to host England for 5-match series from January to March in 2024 as part of the WTC 2023-25 cycle.
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Ben Stokes has pulled out of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League citing fitness and workload concerns. He represented Chennai Super Kings (CSK) during IPL 2023 but could only manage to play two fixtures due to injury.
Chennai Super Kings had bought Ben Stokes at the IPL 2023 mini-auction for a whopping INR 16.25 crore. The star allrounder played two games for the franchise during the season because of a knee injury.
Ben Stokes played two matches for MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023. He was picked by the franchise for Rs. 16.25 crore. Stokes is set to undergo surgery for his injured knee. Meanwhile, Lockie Ferguson is also likely to be released by KKR.
Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow registered brilliant fifties to help England score 337 runs while batting first in Kolkata. Then spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali bowled impressive spells to help England secure the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 qualification.
World Cup 2023 Points Table: England registered their only second win of the tournament by beating Netherlands by 160 runs and jumped to seventh position in the standings. Netherlands slipped to the bottom and witnessed the end of their hopes for the semifinal.
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