Team India’s bowling coach, Morne Morkel, revealed the reason behind not including the likes of Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI

Rahul, who had looked more secure than Jaiswal, nevertheless departed before him, caught by Zak Crawley at slip. Instead, Jaiswal was the opener who made the half-century, passing 1,000 Test runs against England in the process. Joe Root has the record number of runs between these countries but Jaiswal looks the young pretender.

Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has sparked debate in the cricketing world by suggesting that pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah may be nearing the end of his Test cricket career. Citing ongoing physical challenges and a visible dip in pace during the ongoing Manchester Test against England,

In Test cricket, injured batters are not permitted to have another player as a runner. The rule is stated in condition 25.5 of the International Cricket Council's Men's Test Playing Conditions. A batter is permitted to retire as not out due to injury, illness or any other unavoidable cause and is allowed to resume their innings.

England travel to Australia for The Ashes having deployed a more pragmatic approach in their summer series against India

Sydney has the Opera House, Paris its Eiffel Tower. Others have soaring cathedrals or beautiful bridges. Melbourne has a shrine to sport.

Ben Stokes has scored his 14th test century as England ran up a 311-run lead in the fourth test against India.

England captain Ben Stokes became only the fourth England player to score a century and a five-wicket haul in the same Test match after Tony Greig, Ian Botham and Gus Atkinson.