Ollie Pope frequently played the sweep shots -- both traditional and reverse -- to negate spin and mess with India's fielding strategy.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has questioned Joe Root's comments about England's bowlers during the Ashes and said that as captain of the touring side the onus is on him to make changes when needed.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Moeen Ali said Chennai Super Kings will always have an edge over their opponents because of the unpredictable strategies of their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Mohammed Siraj believes England's much-hyped 'Bazball' strategy won't work in Indian conditions
Kuldeep Yadav wrecked England's top order and fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin polished off the tail to bundle out England in just over two sessions.
Moeen Ali smashed a quickfire half century to guide champions England to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a rain-affected World Cup warm-up game in Guwahati on Monday.
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West Indian legend Curtly Ambrose said he would not want to change anything in Jasprit Bumrah's unorthodox action.
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.
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
England have named an unchanged squad for the first two Tests of the five-match Ashes series against Australia.
The last time England toured India, back in early 2021, Joe Root's team went back home beaten and bruised 3-1.
Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel pulled off a nervy chase as India beat England by five wickets in the fourth Test on Monday to claim an unassailable 3-1 lead.
'Virat not in the same Bat balancing league as Joe.'
Images from the World Cup match between South Africa and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
The tourists had risked a defeat inside three days after India, having built a lead of 190, reduced England to 163-5 in their second innings in the second session of the day.
England eye lead after Bashir wrecks India in Ranchi
England have been largely rusty and inconsistent despite having a dangerous squad on paper.
India opener Shubman Gill's reign at the top of the ODI batters' list was short-lived as he was replaced by former Pakistani skipper Babar Azam in the ICC Player Rankings issued on Wednesday.
England will hope that the likes of Joe Root, Harry brook and skipper Jos Buttler also get some runs and end their a disastrous World Cup campaign on a high.
Their campaign back on track after the humiliating loss in the opener, title holders England would look for a dominating all-round effort against a battered Afghanistan in the World Cup in New Delhi on Sunday, with eyes firmly set on bettering their net run rate.
Hailing Virat Kohli as the "comeback king," former Indian opener Aakash Chopra said with his 'Player of the Tournament' performance in the ICC Cricket World Cup last year, Kohli "reinvented the wheel".
India will still be without injured vice-captain Hardik Pandya for Thursday's World Cup match against Sri Lanka.
England assistant coach Paul Collingwood on Thursday heaped praise on debutant Sarfaraz Khan, whose aggressive 62 allowed India to score 326 for five on day one of the third Test.
Nasser Hussain believes England should replace Moeen Ali with either speedster Mark Wood or Chris Woakes.
Bashir, who is of Pakistani heritage, travelled with the squad to Abu Dhabi where England trained before the team arrived in India for the five-Test series beginning in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Archer was released by the franchise last week. His name doesn't figure in the list of players who have registered for the IPL auction, set to be held on December 19 in Dubai.
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Always knew I would get Indian visa, getting Rohit as my first wicket is incredible: Shoaib Bashir
Images from the ICC Men's ODI World Cup match between England and Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday.
England didn't get execution right under pressure at World Cup, says fielding coach Hopkinson
'Whether it was air quality or what, it was definitely an experience I've not had before.'
Jaiswal showed in snatching the initiative from England would have reminded many of a certain Virender Sehwag
Australia retained the urn after rain washed out the final day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, leaving England trailing 2-1 in the series.
Sarfaraz Khan's dominating performance against England's spinners in just his debut Test was no fluke.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between England and Bangladesh, in Dharamsala, on Tuesday.
A minor hip injury kept Ben Stokes out of the World Cup opening match which England lost by nine wickets against New Zealand.
Opener Ben Duckett smashed an 88-ball hundred to lead England's robust reply to India's first innings total of 445 on day two of the third Test in Rajkot on Friday.
