When India landed in the United Kingdom for their limited over series and the one-off Test match, captain Rohit Sharma was expected to be a part of the final playing eleven in all seven matches, but unfortunately, the Indian skipper went down with COVID-19
India is touring England once again and the problem just doesn't seem to end. The first day's play at Edgbaston was briefly delayed but come day 2, things and the situation worsened as two sessions were hampered by three rain delays.
With Mohammad Shami at the other end, Stuart Broad was invited to the attack. The English veteran made no mistake as he claimed Mohammad Shami's wicket. His 550th scalp in Test cricket.
Plagued by injury concerns, Jadeja missed the T20I series against South Africa and he was straightaway sent to the United Kingdom for India's English tour.
Skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and invited India to bat first sensing the overcast conditions. The likes of James Anderson, Matthew Potts, and Stuart Broad gained the huge benefit of the environment and they delivered as expected.
Pant scored a blistering 146 off 111 deliveries and raced ahead of MS Dhoni's record of scoring 100 off 93 deliveries outside India. In his blistering innings, Pant hit 20 fours and 4 sixes and scored at a strike rate of 131.53.
Few are calling it lack of form, few are calling it bad luck. When it comes to Virat and his poor outings, there is always a mixed bag of reactions.
With Rohit Sharma missing the final Test match, Virat was expected to play big innings and hold one end, but he failed to do it. After the rain break when play resumed, Matthew Potts ran in and put Kohli into double minds.
Eoin Morgan backed the players like Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, and Jonny Bairstow.
Morgan had been in a rough patch recently and was struggling to put bat to ball and was plagued with injuries. When asked about his plans to lead the English team, Morgan had said that he still had in him what it took to win another World Cup,
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The winning architect of Trent Bridge, Jonny Bairstow continued with his blistering form and smashed a century at Headingley where the third and the final Test match is being played.
Be it any overseas conditions, the Indian Test team has made sure that they stamp their authority and give a very tough fight to their opponents.
Overton, 28, who is all set to make his debut is in fine form and has taken 21 wickets from 5 games at an average of 21.61 for Surrey in the County Championship. This is England's first change and they have looked pretty comfortable in the series so far.
The English team management has very smartly played out the about a potential Covid outbreak within the squad for the third Test at Headingley. What raised many eyebrows is skipper Stokes's absence from the training session.
As far as England's current tour to Netherlands is concerned, captain Morgan finished with no runs and two dismissals from the eight balls he faced. Lately Morgan has been plagued with some fitness related issues and this is making matters even more worse for him to justify his place in the star-studded English eleven.
As far as the previous four test matches of the series goes, Ravi Ashwin was a part of the Indian squad but he never made it to the playing eleven.
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