'Stokes is an excellent player of fast bowling. He is hurried with Bumrah.'
The 33-year-old said his rehabilitation was going well and that he would undergo a scan on Wednesday.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the first Test between England and the West Indies, at Lord's, London, on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan, on Thursday.
Bazball is fine, but England Test team needs common sense: Boycott
Gus Atkinson took a hat-trick as England stayed on course for a dominant victory in the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday, reaching 378 for 5 at the close of play on Day 2 with an imposing lead of 533.
India set England a huge target and then skittled the tourists out for 122 to romp to a 434-run victory in the third Test and go 2-1 up in the five-match series on Sunday.
Photos from the 2nd Test between England and West Indies at Trent Bridge on Sunday
Pakistan captain Shan Masood termed their series-levelling victory in the second Test against England "special" as the hosts snapped their nearly four-year winless run on home soil in this format.
England's stand-in captain Ollie Pope has no doubt that Chris Woakes will expertly spearhead their pace attack in the three-test series in Pakistan beginning in Multan on Monday.
Moeen has played 68 Tests, scoring over 3,000 runs and taking more than 200 wickets, as well as appearing in 129 one-day and 74 T20 internationals.
Andrew Flintoff has been added to England's backroom staff for the upcoming T20 World Cup, and ECB managing director Rob Key viewed it as a portend to the former all-rounder's potential candidacy to the team's head coach role.
Bumrah finished with figures of 6 for 45 -- his 10th five wicket haul in Test cricket -- while also becoming the fastest Indian pacer to take 150 Test wickets.
I am amazed Ben Stokes is still in the country, I don't see any point in him being there, said former England bowler Steve Harmison who added that England need to consider rehab time post surgery, if Stokes has to play the Test series vs India.
'He's done the biggest things on the biggest stage, highest level of achievement at the very highest level of the sport.'
'You've just got to be positive enough to take that risk, accept that it may lead to your downfall. But when the intent is there and you have a clear reason as to why you are playing that shot, you can hold your hands up and accept it.'
Captain Rohit Sharma and middle-order batter Ravindra Jadeja smashed defiant hundreds to drag India out of the doldrums and into a comfortable 326 for five on the opening day of the third Test against England on Thursday.
Cameron Green will change Australia's bowling dynamics for the upcoming five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy and may increase spinner Nathan Lyon's workload
'I remember the last Test series (home series against England) as well. We lost the first match and in the second match, Rohit Sharma single-handedly took India to a position from where you could not have lost.'
India, who have not lost a Test series at home since 2012, finished day two on a commanding 421-7 in their robust reply to England's middling 246 in the first innings.
Ben Stokes will take time to recover from memories of the catch he dropped, which cost England the first Test in the Ashes 2023 series against Australia.
Alastair Cook backs Joe Root to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as leading run-getter in Test cricket
England's aggressive approach will help when they face spin-friendly conditions in Pakistan during their Test series in October, the country's former bowler Stuart Broad has said.
With 10 centuries in just 54 innings over the past two and a half years, Root has gone past Sir Alastair Cook as England's highest Test run-scorer.
England captain Ben Stokes underwent surgery in November for his long-standing left-knee problem.
Ollie Pope reckons England can make 600 Test runs in a day's play
Tim Paine lashed out at England Test captain Ben Stokes for coming out of ODI retirement to play in the World Cup.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes on Wednesday came out of ODI retirement to be included in the provisional squad for the 50-over World Cup
IMAGES from Day 2 of the second Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan on Wednesday.
Ian Botham feels that England's ultra-aggressive 'Bazball' approach under Ben Stokes has infused new life into Test cricket.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain believes experienced all-rounder Ben Stokes made the "right decision" to withdraw from the T20 World Cup.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
'We felt like we had a lot of different wicket-taking opportunities. The odd ball was staying low, we got the ball reversing a little bit, and got the odd ball to spin as well. It's never an easy position.'
Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal stole the show with a blistering half-century, surpassing the legendary Virender Sehwag's record for the fastest Test fifty by an Indian batter.
England captain Ollie Pope returned to form with a classy unbeaten 103 to guide his team to 221/3 on a weather-affected first day of the third and final Test.
'The holes that CSK will try to fill are ones of captaincy, which I believe Ruturaj Gaikwad is going to take over.'
James Anderson, Broad and Ollie Robinson will lead the pace attack with Moeen, who retired from tests in 2021, returning to the side after Jack Leach was ruled out of the series due to a back injury.
'The series has shown a lot of talent, for us and India. I love Test cricket and we've seen some young, inexperienced players perform and the future looks bright in this format.'
Jonny Bairstow is the 17th England player to complete the landmark of 100 Test matches.
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