England international Dawid Malan is currently uncertain about his future in international cricket despite being retained in the annual contracts list. The 36-year-old last played for England in World Cup 2023 and has plied his trade in franchise T20 leagues likes SA20 and then PSL.
"When you look at the game as a whole, and the series as a whole, there's been really small moments throughout every Test match where we wrestled a bit of momentum back towards us, but we've not just been able to maintain and keep that going," Stokes said.
India sealed the five-Test series against England 4-1 after winning the final match in Dharamsala by an innings and 64 runs. Kuldeep Yadav was named the player of the match and Yashasvi Jaiswal the player of the series as India became the first team in 112 years to win 4-1 after losing first game.
India vs England 5th Test Live: India ended Day 1 at 135/1 in response to England's 218 in the first innings. With Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill looking good, the hosts will be keen on bat the opposition out of the game. Will England fightback with their spinners?
England's legendary batter Joe Root rose to the no.3 spot in the ICC Test batter's rankings after hitting his 31st Test century in Ranchi and also broke into the top five of the Test all-rounders chart. But veteran bowler James Anderson witnessed a big drop after another poor outing.
India vs England 4th Test Day 3: India gain control of the match after bowling England out for 145 and going 40/0 at stumps on the third day. The Men in Blue need 192 runs to win, out of which they have cut off 40 already.
Michael Vaughan has come down heavily on the England team for their approach and mindset, which is almost disrespecting Test cricket. England suffered a heavy loss to India in the third Test in Rajkot by 434 runs as the hosts took a 2-1 lead in the ongoing five-match series.
England announced their playing XI for the third Test against India which will kick off on Thursday, February 15 in Rajkot at the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium. The series stands levelled 1-1 with India coming back into it with a 106-run win in the second Test after England got home in the opener.
The visa issues are not letting England cricket team breathe easy during the ongoing India tour. After Shoaib Bashir's visa delay, the leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed was stopped at the Rajkot airport due to his visa being a single-entry as England team arrived back in India from Abu Dhabi.
India have played two Test matches at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in the past, winning against West Indies in 2018 and drawing against England in 2016. Jasprit Bumrah and Shubman Gill will be playing their first Test at this venue in the upcoming third match against England.
"No doubt Bumrah is very good, but we have come up against very good bowlers all through the last 18 months or so and found ways to counter them and that is what we have got to do in this one," Brendon McCullum said.
England have announced their playing XI for the second Test against India in Vizag starting on Friday, February 2. The visitors have made a couple of changes in the line-up with Shoaib Bashir set to make his debut as the left-arm spinner Jack Leach is injured.
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.
England are the only team to beat the mighty Indian side in the Test series at home in the last 12 years. With crowd favourites Virat Kohli and Harry Brook missing this series, the focus has shifted to Indian pitches and England's bazball approach.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan made a massive prediction saying that the visitors might shock the Indian team in the series opener in Hyderabad while admitting that the home side is the clear favourite to win the whole thing. The series kicks off on Thursday, January 25.
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.
Virat Kohli-less Indian cricket team will kick off the highly-anticipated five-match Test series against England at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium starting on Thursday. England have already announced their playing eleven with some big changes to their bowling attack.
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is looking forward to taking on England in the upcoming five-match Test series. Bumrah admitted that England are playing an exciting and aggressive brand of cricket but that means he as a bowler will be in the game and has an opportunity to take wickets.
After almost a month-long camp in Abu Dhabi, the England cricket team landed in India on Sunday, January 21 ahead of the first of the five-match Test series in Hyderabad. This will be England's first tour of India under the new leadership group of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
Chasing a 490-run target, KS Bharat scored 116 off 165 and Sai Dusharsan added 97 runs to help India A post a total of 426/5 and to draw a first multi-day match against England Lions. Bharat continues to justify his selection for England series with one hundred and two fifties in his last 5 innings.
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