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PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: Bashir was four for 84, hardly surprising to be the best figures of his fledgling career, as India struggled to deal with the uneven bounce and turn England's newcomer extracted from the cracked surface from his height of 6ft 4in. And with the imposing prospect of batting last, Hartley, who was postponed by Stokes' introduction until the 32nd century, is now 134 behind and facing the perplexing prospect of batting last.

As a risk-free unbeaten century united England stabilised England on a dramatic opening day against India in Ranchi, Joe Root defied an unpredictable pitch to return to form. After debutant Akash Deep's three-wicket haul, on a cracked surface providing vital early assistance for India's bowlers, Ben Stokes' dismissal to a Ravindra Jadeja grubber left England on 112 for five at lunch. Root, who hit 12.83 runs in the first three matches, has ended his lean patch with a 106 not out victory, which included a 113-run stand with Ben Foakes as England goes to stumps on 302 for seven runs.

OLIVER HOLT: It is likely that the focus of a strong Premier League campaign has shifted away, temporarily, from Erling Haaland, the Manchester City striker who smashed his way into English football last season like a Terminator who has fallen to Earth. Other strikers, bulldozing, big front men who awe with their physical appearance as well as their ability, who seem to be a time before false 9s were in fashion, are seizing the spotlight and giving their teams the energy to propel their teams forward. Darwin Nunez, a cult figure at Liverpool, was the protagonist of his team's victory over Brentford in west London on Saturday, who captured the imagination with a brilliant, audacious chip that opened the scoring.

ASK NASSER: After losing by 434 runs to India in the third Test in Rajkot, England was left to lick their wounds. India's elving victory put them 2-1 up in the series of two games to play, but England captain Ben Stokes was unconcerned about their Bazball strategy.

The visitors suffered to a humiliating loss and now trail 2-1 in the series, as England cricket supporters blasted their third Test loss against India on Sunday as 'catastrophic.' England's dismal first innings gave India a huge advantage as they stormed into a commanding lead that demanded a run chase of 557 to seal an impressive triumph. They lost by 434 runs.

NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Duckett is the player who epitomises English cricket's mindset shift. Duckett talked about what he learned from England's first winter in 2016-17, when he toured Bangladesh and India and really failed. In Bangladesh, he played on some turning pitches and ended up with a 50 in a 1-1 draw, but was later harrassed by Ravichandran Ashwin of India, who swore out to him three times in a row, not helped by a tactical decision to get his front leg out the way and reveal his stumps in an attempt to open up the off-side.

RAJKOT'S BONUS: ON the second day of the fifth test in Rajkot, PAUL NEWMAN AND RICHARD GIBSON FINDS. Duckett's century came from just 88 runs, making it the quickest since Harry Brooks' appearance against Pakistan in 2022. It came after England had started the day off by dismissing nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja.

Ravichandran Ashwin, an India spinner, debunks former England captain Sir Alastair Cook's argument that he had deliberately encroached on the pitch's covered area. On an eventful day two of the third Test for Ashwin, who was suspended for running down the middle of the Rajkot pitch when he was batting. Ravindra Jadeja was given India's first and final warning for the same transgression the night before, so England and Ashwin were awarded five penalty runs when Ashwin played the same in a fast single.

RICHARD GIBSON AND PAUL NEWMAN — Mark Wood shone on his recall, but hundreds from India captain Rohit Sharma and hometown hero Ravindra Jadeja had stifled England's charge on the first day of the third Test. Wood, who was left out in Visakhapatnam, where the hosts levelled the series at 1-1, rewarded England's gamble by locating the edges of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill as India stumbled to 33 for three. Joe Roots' loss to reprieve Rohit on July 27 was a sliding doors moment, as the opener added another 104 before falling to Wood, who finished with three for 69 and shutting down the vivacious Sarfaraz Khan on debut.

PAUL NEWMAN IN RAJKOT: It had echoes of Geoff Boycott's victory over Derek Randall at Trent Bridge in 1977, but this time it was the local hero fighting another day. Ravindra Jadeja had scraped off a promising debut on Sarfaraz Khan's debut on its debut in prime, but then had to cancel due to a single that would have given him another century on his home Rajkot soil. That gave Mark Wood the opportunity to end an enthralling day of his own by tossing down the stumps with Sarfaraz stranded after a hard-hitting 62 off 66 runs to bring to an earlier three wickets that kept England alive in the third Test race.

HELP NEWMAN IN RAJKOT: When asked on Tuesday if the draw, anathema to England in the Bazball period, was still off the table, Ben Stokes had a one-word answer, even if the pitch for Thursday's pivotal Test is a repeat of the one that resulted in high-scoring stalemate here more than seven years ago. 'Yeah,' said the England captain, one of six century designers in the drawn first Test at Rajkot of a series that began in 2016-17. India won convincingly. He had no reason to say anything else.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has ordered Virat Kohli, the India batsman, to be ruled out of the remaining three tests of their five-match home series against England for personal reasons, according to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Kohli dropped out of the first two experiments primarily for personal reasons. In a statement, the Indian cricket board said that it fully respected and approved the player's decision. For the first time in his career, the 35-year-old former captain, who has scored nearly 9,000 runs in 113 tests, will miss an entire home series.

Following his man-of-the-match success against England in Visakhapatnam, Jasprit Bumrah has become the first Indian pace bowler to top the Test rankings. Bumrah's nine for 91 sent him to No. 1 in the ICC's bowling rankings, a position he had only ever occupied among his compatriots by spin trio Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bishan Singh Bedi. Tom Hartley, a left-arm spinner from Lancashire, meanwhile, has risen in both batting and bowling rankings after being only the second England player after Wally Hammond's death to score at least 50 runs and five wickets in each of his first two Tests.

PAUL NEWMAN Cricket Correspondent in Visakhapatnam: So, how do England follow that?How do they follow one of the most incredible comeback wins in history and ensure there is no repeat of their last tour here, when India roared back after a first Test defeat and blew England away on pitches that were raging turners? This time, things are definitely different. Nothing seems impossible now. Not after the Hyderabad heist that has left India bemused and, in fact, terrified after being the new team to feel the power of this ultra-positive England team and their extraordinary captain. Ben Stokes' first game back after Jack Leach was forced to leave his team behind with a haematoma in his left knee. It would have been a big blow to any other England side, as Ravindra Jadeja's absence in the second Test here tomorrow is likely to be for India, but Stokes would be able to dismiss yet another rookie spinner and throw him into the fray.

England won by a 190-run deficit in Hyderabad on Sunday to defeat India in a historic Test victory. Ben Stokes' side recovered after a difficult first two days with a spectacular 196 from Ollie Pope. In the first Test, debutant spinner Tom Hartley spun his team to a 28-run victory.

On Monday, England spent what should have been the last day of the first Test relaxation, though problems piled up for an India side that was suddenly under pressure at home like never before. As England began to believe that Jack Leach would be fit for what has now become a must-win second Test for India, two key players of the home team were officially ruled out by injury, and another was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council. Ravindra Jadeja, India's top all-round figure and KL Rahul, India's top batsman in the first Test loss, will be missing in Visakhapatnam, while Jasprit Bumrah has been chided by the ICC for stepping in the way of Ollie Pope during his monumental 196.

DAVID LLOYD: I made a witty comment that you don't need flighty English-style spinners but rather tall ones who strike the pitch hard. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, two bowlers, have been bowling. Hartley was part of the selection process for me. Hartley and his fellow left-armer Jadeja bowled at 60 mph, the optimum speed for the weather. At 49-50, Shane Warne began to bowl his leg-spin. Remember, Warne averaged 43 with the ball in India, way down on his career record of 25. To get the ball off the ground, you have to throw it into the air.

RICHARD GIBSON AND PAUL NEWMAN IN HYDERABAD: Ollie Pope spearheaded a defiant England reaction on the first Test in India on day three, putting on a remarkably strong 148 to leave his team 126 ahead. On Saturday morning, the tourists took quick wickets to complete the Indian tail, with Joe Root removing Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah in successive deliveries before England returned to the crease. England lost Root, Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Stokes as a team lost only 18 runs, while Pope put together a superb innings to put the visitors in a more favourable mood going into day four.

PAUL NEWMAN IN HYDERABAD: At times when it seemed that England's faith in Ollie Pope was going to be unrewarded, and that he was never going to become the next great batsman. Even on the first day of this massive series, Pope was the least likely of the England batsmen to find a way to combat outstanding Indian bowlers in their own environment. Yes, it was Pope's comeback after suffering his second major shoulder injury in his career cut short his Ashes at Lord's last summer.

NASSER HUSSAIN: When David Lloyd, our long-serving England columnist, was England coach, he used to say, 'Whoever's in the opposition doing your job, be better than him.' Phil Tufnell, who was up against Shane Warne, was thinking about Spare. Or imagine Robert Croft's face as Muttiah Muralitharan was spinning it four yards. Likewise, discussing England's new spin incumbents alongside India's outstanding trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel is a chalk and cheese talk. Given the fact that Jack Leach is returning from a long-term injury, teenage Rehan Ahmed is playing his second Test and Tom Hartley is on debut, it would be unfair to compare.

PAUL NEWMAN IN HYDERABAD: Joe Root switched the bails round, Stuart Broad style, on the top of a stack of stumps that were all too rare. However, there was no Ashes-like tempting of fate in England's favour on a day when Ben Stokes' harsh reality of the tour came into sharp focus. On that memorable day at the Oval, Broad's plea to the cricket gods for the optimum farewell was happily granted.

On the first day of their Test series in India, England was given a hysterical examination before a bruising introduction of debutant Tom Hartley. In only three times in their last 46 games on home soil, India has lost just three times in the last 46 games on home soil, but they were quick to give an example of the challenge that awaits England's Bazball brigade over the next seven weeks. England captain Ben Stokes, who had been on crutches after knee surgery in November, struck a critical 70 to give his side a fighting chance in their first innings, but fell to spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel on a predictable surface eight of his teammates.

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN AHMEDABAD: If one soundbite sums up this World Cup, it came on the eve of Sunday's final between India and Australia. With not far off 100,000 fans - almost entirely Indian - at Ahmedabad's cavernous Narendra Modi Stadium, Australia's captain Pat Cummins wondered how his team would do. "There's nothing more satisfying," he said, "than hearing a large crowd go still." And there was one more thing: the dichotomy at the center of a tournament that was only thought of one outcome in mind. If India confirms their place as the World Cup's best team, the euphoria will be deafening. If they fail, the silence will persist, as will the slumbery.

Michael Vaughan, the England captain, has spoken out against the decision to hold the World Cup semi-final match between India and New Zealand on a used pitch. The match was supposed to be played on a new strip, but Mail Sport revealed yesterday that India's cricket board, the BCCI, had gone against a previous deal with the ICC and decided to make a late switch to a pitch that had already been used twice in the tournament. Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, the hosts, have been accused of making this decision to support their world-class spinners.