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.
The 22-year-old wicketkeeper batter from Uttar Pradesh was a surprise name on the list when the BCCI announced a squad for the first two Test matches against England on Friday. But Jurel boasts impressive numbers in domestic cricket and IPL to justify his selection.
"India can produce different pitches: it doesn't have to turn. We've seen how potent their seam attack has been recently. I'm sure the pitches will turn: it's whether or not they'll turn from day one, which potentially negates a bit of their strength in their seam," Bairstow said.
After an abysmal performance in the recent ODI World Cup 2023, the Jos Buttler-led England side suffered a 3-2 T20I series defeat against West Indies on Friday in a big blow to their preparations for the next year's T20 World Cup in the Caribbean nation and USA.
England came roaring back into the series with a convincing seven-wicket win at St. George's in Grenada as Phil Salt and Harry Brook dazzled with the bat and helped the visitors script the highest successful T20I run chase in the Caribbean.
England are currently on their white-ball tour of the Caribbean and are done with the ODI leg of the series. The scoreline of the ongoing five-match T20I series is 2-1 with the West Indies leading.
Star allrounder Andre Russell leaked runs at an alarming rate for the West Indies in Grenada on Thursday. He conceded 66 runs in his quota of four overs but bowlers like Akeal Hosein (2/24) and Alzarri Joseph (3/39) turned things around for the hosts.
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.
Matthew Forde and Romario Shepherd dazzled brightly for the Men in Maroon in the series decider at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Forde was playing in his first game for the West Indies across formats.
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