The team combination for the next Test will be an interesting one after Jasprit Bumrah was released from the squad due to personal reasons.
Being a left-arm spinner, Axar effectively used the surface and stuck to his stump-to-stump line against England.
India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been released from the squad ahead of the fourth Test, owing to "personal reasons."
India head coach Ravi Shastri hilariously reacted to a meme on him on Twitter, after the third Test against England finished within two days in Ahmedabad.
Woakes left the bio-secure bubble on Thursday to leave for his home.
England on Thursday suffered an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the third Test against India on a spin-friendly Motera track to go down 1-2 in the four-match series.
The Motera pitch came in for sharp criticism from some former players after England were bowled out for 112 and 81 in the two innings
Cook, one of England's all-time greats and who had had success against India during his illustrious career, also spoke about the many deliveries that straightened on landing.
Azharuddin made an interesting observation in a series of tweets after India crushed England inside two days in the third Test.
Ashwin, on Thursday, became the fourth Indian to reach 400 wickets in Test cricket.
Axar, who has a ton and 13 half-centuries in First-class cricket, is likely to get a chance to flaunt his batting side when India line up against England at the same venue for the fourth and final Test of the series.
In the previous IPL edition in the UAE, Suryakumar averaged 40.22 and his strike rate of 155.36 was at an all-time high.
Former England skipper feels the Poms need to get a good score in the first innings to have a chance at winning the next Test.
The former Australian opener also had a piece of advice for England batters, who have struggled against the likes of R Ashwin and Axar Patel.
The British media lambasted England cricket team's abject surrender to India in the pink-ball Test.
Trapping Jofra Archer in front of middle, in the second innings in Ahmedabad on Thursday, Ashwin reached the milestone of 400 Test wickets - fourth by an Indian, 16th overall, and sixth by a spinner.
The one thing which has remained undermined in most conversations surrounding batting collapses has been the irregularities surrounding the pink ball.
England have actually conceded a game in just two days before as well and the last and the only time this happened before was in 1921.
James Anderson and Stuart Broad went wicketless during the pink-ball Test in Ahmedabad against India.
12 wickets were the most picked by spinners in a single Day/Night Test, but the Ahmedabad clash saw the variety snare 28 wickets off the total 30 that were picked.
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