Shubman Gill walked out at Edgbaston with questions swirling around his captaincy - and answered them with his bat
CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad rued his side's sloppy fielding and admitted that dropped catches once again proved costly.
IMAGES from the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday
Jadeja was keen to reconnect with longtime teammate and bowling partner, Ravichandran Ashwin.
'It felt like you had to force the ball through, which in England were are not used to -- you usually get rewards for your cuts and clips.'
IMAGES from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday
IMAGES from Day 1 of the third Test match between England and India at Lord's, London, on Thursday.
England's right-handed batter Harry Brook has replaced his teammate Joe Root to reclaim the No. 1 Test batter's position in the world
'The more you bat in England, the better it is because you never feel you are set in England.'
Opener K L Rahul expressed disappointment as India failed to gain a lead against England on Day 3 of the third Test of the five-match series at 'Home of Cricket', Lord's, on Saturday.
The delivery, which Siraj played down onto the pitch in front of the crease, spun back and rattled the base of his leg stump, sparking wild celebrations in England camp.
'The quality of Bumrah is exceptional. What he has been able to do is just unbelievable so far'
Atkinson, who is playing his first Test of the series following a hamstring strain, said that he is "ready to push the limits" in case Woakes does not take any further part.
'Look, when someone comes back into the Test side like he does after a lengthy absence, the pressure is always there, and I think he has handled that very well.'
Spin great Anil Kumble praised Nitish Kumar Reddy's showing with the ball on Day 1 of the Lord's Test on Thursday.
India may have made tactical errors, but former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes the bigger culprit was the weather.
Virat Kohli, former Test captain, lauded the team's resilience
Jadeja took to social media, sharing a picture of himself with MS Dhoni, with a caption, 'Things will change.'
'The most important thing for India is to throw the counter punch almost immediately.'
Gill, Rahul score fifties in intra-squad practice match against India A ahead of England Test
Former captain Nasser Hussain criticised the slow over rate in the third Test between India and England at Lord's.
In a video shared by the BCCI on 'X', several Indian players, including skipper Gill, shared what comes to mind when they think of playing in England.
Supremely versatile and unique, Ravindra Jadeja is now an indispensable part of the Indian Test set-up.
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Dinesh Karthik and Nasser Hussain pointed to a string of missteps -- a dropped catch, a run out, a collapse -- that proved far more decisive than the final day's drama.
Even as the conditions changed, bright sunshine alternating with gloom, the Indian batters gritted their teeth and fought it out.
'...he's not shown any obvious signs of dismissal and he's played stylishly.'
India will ponder whether they want to include Washington Sundar, who is quite handy with the bat or Kuldeep Yadav, who is a much better wicket-taking option.
The ground brought sanity to the wild, soaring numbers for the batters in the series. The wicket had grass, and it made the batters struggle.
Indian players mourn Ahmedabad airplane crash victims before intra-squad match
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
India Head Coach Gautam Gambhir addressed the crow as Team India were hosted by the Indian High Commission in London on Monday
After hundreds upon hundreds of runs on flat tracks in the ongoing series so far, it took the green top at The Oval to finally produce the best day of the Indian summer, on the fifth and last Friday of the Test series.
IMAGES from the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday
Shubman Gill was extremely consistent with thought process, respected good balls: Sachin Tendulkar
From Joe Root vs Jasprit Bumrah's high-stakes chess match to the all-round brilliance of Ben Stokes vs Ravindra Jadeja, and from emerging face-offs like Shubman Gill vs Shoaib Bashir to K L Rahul's test against Chris Woakes, each duel carries weight far beyond statistics.
Despite being on the losing side, CSK's Ravindra Jadeja achieved a few personal milestones after scoring 25 runs off 19 balls against RCB.
Going into the penultimate game of the rubber, the pressing question is whether to tweak their conservative approach and bolster the spin department by playing left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav at the cost of a spin all-rounder.
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Former India cricketer Arun Lal believes captain Shubman Gill's patience and self-assurance are rubbing off on the group.
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