Joe Root is keen to see how it fares abroad in different conditions.
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Australian media hailed Pat Cummins' batting heroics as the final blow of a "rope-a-dope" strategy that delivered a thrilling two-wicket win over England
Broad, 36, said the new approach has been a "breath of fresh air".
'Playing for India was my dream and when I get tired, I always remind myself of this. That's where the smile is from.'
'A year ago, if you told me we were coming here I would have been very confident, they were struggling a fair bit, the batting looked like they weren't really sure how to go about it.'
It took a one-word message from England captain Ben Stokes for spin all-rounder Moeen Ali to come out of his Test retirement.
Dhawan has scored bulk of the runs, amassing 233 in four innings with 99 not out being the highest as PBKS managed two wins and two losses under his captaincy so far.
'I know how hard he has worked to try to get back fit and I hope it is not too bad and he can get back as soon as possible.'
Ahead of the Ashes, Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon urged his teammates to remain calm in the face of the 'Bazball' threat.
Leach was ruled out of the five-match series on Sunday due to a stress fracture in his back
Kolkata Knight Riders stand-in skipper Nitish Rana said he was excited to see Chandrakant Pandit's impact on the team.
'If all the pitches are like that I'm done in the Ashes series.'
'We've been playing aggressive cricket throughout since 2015 and done it quite well. Probably the lack of that way of cricket has cost us a little bit in this tournament.'
The 60-year-old Pandit played five Tests and 36 ODIs for India between mid '80s to early '90s.
'He is obviously a bit of a rough diamond.'
Fleming is the head coach of CSK, while his compatriot Brendon McCullum manages KKR.
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This was the third time India were involved in a two-day Test.
England's all-rounder Chris Woakes desperately wants to be a part of the English side in the fourth Ashes Test starting from July 19 in Manchester.
Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendon McCullum believes new captain Shreyas Iyer can be the next superstar in world cricket.
England stuck to their gameplan in the second innings, attacking the spinners at every opportunity as the Indians came undone and clearly looked bereft of ideas.
Ben Stokes wants to bombard Australia with express pace, while also banking on typically seaming home conditions, when the arch-rivals clash during the Ashes later this year.
England became the first Test team to complete a 3-0 whitewash in Pakistan after they won the third and final match by eight wickets in Karachi on Tuesday.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the opening Ashes Test played between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.
Duckett fell during a wild hour in the middle of the afternoon when Australia seemed to bowl nothing but short aggressive balls and England seemed to do nothing but swing hard at every one of them.
Strauss said that with players of different nationalities and races now sharing dressing rooms more than ever, cricketers will have to be more guarded in what they say and do.
Ashwin believes that England's 'Bazball' could falter on certain types of wickets.
'He wants to do something significant and leave a legacy and impact on Test cricket and he is getting there.'
Former ICC elite umpire Simon Taufel said people cite the 'spirit of the game' when they don't like a dismissal under the laws of cricket.
Broad said 'Baz' McCullum had already made a difference.
England's bowling attack will struggle to bowl out Australia in the Ashes if they prepare flat wickets
England have won all four Tests since the new head coach took over last month.
It will be Anderson's 10th Ashes campaign and Broad said he was still champing at the bit to get going.
The Test will be England's first in Pakistan since 2005. International teams have largely steered clear since an attack by Islamist militants on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009 killed six policemen and two civilians.
Ahead of the Ashes, England fast bowler Ollie Robinson was confident that the hosts could clinch a comfortable win against the visitng Australian side.
As a traditional innings by Joe Root turned it around for England, Jonny Bairstow lauded his 'talented' teammate following Day 1's play.
