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IND VS ENG 1st Test Day 4 Highlights: Hartley, Pope shine in England's win

India vs England 1st Test Highlights: Tom Hartley took seven wickets and Ollipe Pope scored 196 runs as England's Bazball touched another high, winning the first Test of their tour of India by 28 runs

India vs England: Top 10 highest run-chase in India in Test history

In the last 10 years, no team has chased down in excess of 200 runs in 4th innings. In 2008, India chased down 387 runs vs England, which is still highest score chased by any team in 4th innings

IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Pope's century keeps England alive

India vs England Live Score Updates: Ollie Pope's fantastic century helped England not only get past the Indian lead of 190 runs, but take a lead of 126 at the end of Day 3 in Hyderabad

IND vs ENG 1st Test: Joe Root, the bowler, emerges from ruins once again

Joe Root emerged as the best bowler for The Three Lions, taking four wickets and conceding only 79 runs.

IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Dominating India take 175-run lead

India vs England 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: The Indian batting dominated the proceedings in Hyderabad as they built up a 175-run lead against England, finishing the day at 421/7

IND vs ENG 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: Jaiswal goes Bazball, India ahead

India vs England 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Yashasvi Jaiswal was the highlight with the bat as India scored 119/1 in just 23 overs in reply to England's 246

India vs England 1st Test Playing 11: KL Rahul & Axar playing in Hyderabad

IND vs ENG 1st Test live streaming: Jio Cinemas will provide the live streaming of the India vs England Test match in India. The live telecast of the IND-ENG 1st Test will be available on Sports 18

IND vs ENG 1st Test: Joe Root could open bowling for England - Ben Stokes

The Test format has seen pacers opening the game for any side despite the conditions. But if Root opens up the bowling for England, the dynamics of the game will certainly change.

IND vs ENG Tests 2024: Anil Kumble predicts India to win series 4-1

The legendary Anil Kumble has termed England's bowling attack for the opening Test against India, starting in Hyderabad on Thursday as "highly inexperienced", while predicting a comfortable 4-1 win for the hosts in the five-match series. England announced a three-pronged spin attack on the eve of the Hyderabad Test with uncapped spinner Tom Hartley and one-Test old Rehan Ahmed teaming up with Jack Leach, with Mark Wood being the lone fast bowler. With Ben Stokes ruling himself out from sharing bowling workload throughout the five-Test series, England skipper may face some troubles finding the right mix but Kumble said it will be interesting to see how the visitors approach the rubber. "It will all depend on how Jack Leach leads the spin attack. Three spinners, of course the English management obviously have had a look at the pitch and they believe that it's going to take turn," Kumble replied to a PTI query during an interaction organised by Jio Cinema. "In that sense, just with on

England frustration ends as rookie spinner Bashir gets visa for India

England's Pakistan-origin off-spinner Shoaib Bashir was on Wednesday granted visa to play in the five-match Test series against India, ending a "frustrating" wait for the visiting side whose captain Ben Stokes felt "devastated" by the delay. "Shoaib Bashir has now received his visa, and is due to travel to join up with the team in India this weekend. We're glad the situation has now been resolved," the England and Wales Cricket Board posted on its X (formerly Twitter) page on the eve of the first Test here. The 20-year-old rookie, who plays for Somerset in the English county, was forced to head back to England from the team's Abu Dhabi training base after a prolonged wait for visa. His family is of Pakistani heritage but Bashir was born in Surrey. The delay snowballed into a major controversy with a British government spokesperson demanding "fair" treatment for the youngster and Stokes hardly mincing words in expressing his outrage. Bashir, who is a shock inclusion in the squad wit

IND vs ENG 1st Test: Here's why England picked only pacer in its Playing 11

England captain Ben Stokes on Tuesday rated Mark Wood as an "impact builder" with high pace after they decided to enter the first Test against India, starting here from Thursday, with a solitary fast bowler and three spinners. Wood was preferred over veteran James Anderson for this match, and Stokes said the Durham man's ability to touch 150 clicks tilted the scales in his favour. "Obviously, what he brings with his high pacehe is a real impact builder. Bowling the 90 mile an hour with a reversing ball is obviously going to be very difficult to play against. He's another weapon which you can use out here with short, sharp spells, wanting him to be bowling as fast as he can and short periods. There're no worries about these long spells because that's how we're going to use him this week, said Stokes during his pre-match press meet here. So, how did the team management handle the situation of looking over a highly-experienced bowler like Anderson? Stokes said Anderson has taken the

IND vs ENG 1st Test preview: It's Spinball vs Bazball in Hyderabad

India's unalloyed dominance at home over the last 12 years will be put through its most unique examination till date when Rohit Sharma's side faces a trend-defying England in the first match of what promises to be a stirring five-Test series from Thursday. No team has been as invincible as India at home since their 1-2 defeat against the Three Lions led by Alastair Cook in 2012, stitching together a bull run of 16 successive series wins, including seven series sweeps. If one further breaks down the stats, India have lost just three Tests out of 44 they played in their own backyard in this phase, and this is a power walk even beyond the all-conquering West Indies in the '80s or Australia of the turn of the century. Several factors have contributed to this astonishing run over the last decade, including favourable pitches, bowlers who knew how to exploit those tracks and batters who churned out runs like popcorn from a vending machine. But two players have stood head and shoulders ab

IND vs ENG Tests 2024: Decoding England's relative success with Bazball

Bazball has been so successful that the only drawn Test England have played since its introduction was forced on to them by rain gods at Old Trafford in 2023 when they were in a winning position

India vs England 1st test: Captan Ben Stokes opens up on his knee surgery

While speaking ahead India vs England first Test match, Stokes said that sometimes surgeries cannot go well as well and have the potential to end careers.

India vs England 2024 Tests full schedule, live match timings, streaming

The live toss between India and England during the five-match Test series will take place at 9 PM IST. Sports 18 will live telecast India vs England Test matches in India.

India vs England 2024: Stokes is good to go for Test series - McCullum

Captain Ben Stokes is like a "greyhound" and he is "good to go" for the five-match Test series against India beginning here on Thursday, England coach Brendon McCullum said on Monday. The 32-year-old Stokes underwent surgery in November last for his long-standing left-knee problem. "He (Stokes) looks like a greyhound. He's put the work in, everyone knows his work ethic is phenomenal," said McCullum. England arrived in India on Sunday and trained for the first time at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on Monday. Stokes had trained with the squad during their camp in Abu Dhabi last week, but did not bowl. He is unlikely to bowl in the Test series also. "I've seen him running around and I think he's good to go. We'll obviously make that call as late as what we need to. But he's put all the work in, and we'll just have to wait and see," McCullum was quoted as saying by BBC. England have reached here without batter Harry Brook, who has returned to the UK for personal reasons. Dan Lawrence has

IND vs ENG Tests: Ben Stokes' men arrive in Hyderabad for 1st Test

With Harry Brook pulling out of the series, batter Dan Lawrence was roped in as his replacement. Check the England full squad and the IND vs ENG Tests 2024 full schedule here

Stokes and Archer will have T20 Word Cup places kept open: England coach

Star all-rounder Ben Stokes' match-winning prowess and Jofra Archer's "box-office pace" are a must for England in the 2024 T20 World Cup and the two injured players will have places kept open in the team for them, said white-ball coach Matthew Mott. Stokes is recovering from a knee operation he underwent in November and hopes to be fit to captain England in the Test series in India in January-March next year. While fast bowler Archer has not featured for England since March because of an elbow injury. The duo is expected to make the T20 World Cup squad for the showpiece event starting in June, fitness permitting. "I think that's a given," Mott said when asked whether Stokes and Archer will be in the mix for World Cup selection. "Ben, aside from his incredible match-winning ability in every department, gives us that ability to have a seam bowler in your top six that gives you so many options with your team balance...It makes selection a hell of a lot easier. So that's a given," he s

Hoping for good progression: Ben Stokes provides update post knee surgery

Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Friday said that his rehabilitation after a knee surgery last month has been going on well and he's hoping to make further progress in the next two weeks. Stokes underwent a successful surgery on his left knee on November 29 in a bid to stay fit for the Test series in India, beginning January next year. The 32-year-old had been struggling with long-standing issues on his left knee before undergoing surgery. He was unable to bowl in the final three Ashes Tests against Australia this year and only featured as a batter at the recent World Cup in India, with his body unable to cope with the rigours of bowling. On Friday, Stokes took to Instagram to share a video of his workout in the gym following the surgery, which mainly involved small squats. "2 week post knee op. First 2 weeks was just relentless icing to get the swelling down and very small amounts of exercises to keep my knee moving," he wrote. "Great to be able to start some work in the gy

Ben Stokes undergoes successful knee surgery ahead India vs England Tests

Ben Stokes' issues with his knee have prevented him from playing his role as an all-rounder effectively as he has rarely bowled as of late