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Exclusive INTERVIEW BY PAUL NEWMAN Shoaib Bashir discusses the time he was plucked from nowhere to bowl for England at some of the best players of spin in world cricket. The Bashir tale is a thrilling one. Why England turned into a rookie for one of the most difficult Test cricket assignments, released by Surrey at 17 years old and beginning his first tentative steps with Somerset. England's series in India may have resulted in a 4-1 loss, but the decision to cast three spinners - Bashir, Tom Hartley, and Rehan Ahmed - with no senior experience into the deep end and seeing them all swim was a triumph for the team. Bashir, who had played just six Championship games and taken ten expensive wickets before England picked him based on Ben Stokes' hunch, emerged as the most promising of the lot.

After Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a masterclass in batting on their way to individual centuries, India remains solidly in the driving seat of the fifth and final Test against England. They're back in control of the final Test with Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah batting a 4-1 draw.

PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: If Ben Stokes writes his own scripts, it is fair to assume that he will not have England staring down the barrel in another traumatic loss after just two days in a dream setting. However, even the England captain could not have penned his spectacular but, let's face it, futile entrance with the ball in an otherwise predictable tale of Indian domination that will surely come to a 4-1 thumping any time soon. Stokes has been downplaying his chances of returning to his all-round role after recovering from knee pains late last year even though he has been steadily stepping up his bowling in practice.

PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: Thousands of England supporters who participated in this 'bucket-list' Test were ideally encouraged to enjoy the stunning views of the snow-capped Himalayan mountains. For the alternative, it was safer to watch a complete horror film. This was the most frustrating day of a tour so far, but England had promised a lot but not delivered maddeningly little. Worse than when they lost to a historic loss in Rajkot and even worse than when they threw it all away in Ranchi.

NASSER HUSSAIN: ENGLAND suffered their first series defeat of the Bazball era on Monday, despite battling a late rally against India in Ranchi on Sunday. On Monday, Shoaib Bashir gave England a glimmer of hope by taking two wickets in two balls right after lunch. However, Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel will keep things for the hosts afloat, giving them an unbeaten 3-1 advantage in the series. Following the five-wicket loss, Ben Stokes said he was 'proud' of his side, with the tourists set to play their final match of the season in Dharamsala next week.

PAUL MAN IN RANCHI: On Monday, England engaged in a contest in Dharamshala, seeking their second miracle to build up a fairy-tale decider, but they could not win by a single wicket or inflict the first series loss of the Bazball era. When Shoaib Bashir took two wickets in consecutive runs to pull India down to 120 for five, only 72 runs behind their target of 192, it seemed that England would pull off daylight robbery in Ranchi, as the team's heist was following their heist in Hyderabad in the first Test. However, wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, who was only introduced to this India team for the third Test, helped their side win by a landslide, giving their team a 3-2 lead.

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.

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.

THE NOTEBOOK: India has tied up the five-Test series with England after securing a healthy winning margin of 106 runs in Visakhapatnam. In the third innings of the match this week, Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal appeared for the hosts with bat and ball, while Shubman Gill added a century. England had pulled off a surprise in Hyderabad to stage the first match, but there were no such heroics this round, with Zak Crawley the only tourist to reach 50 runs, doing so in both his innings.

RICHARD GIBSON: After England's humiliating loss in Hyderabad, England lost by 106 runs in Visakhapatnam to see India square the five-Test series. In the first innings, Jasprit Bumrah broke through the England batting order, taking six for 45, while Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a stunning 209 runs, with Shubman Gill adding another wicket in the second innings. Zak Crawley's in-form opener was undeniably the most impressive of the tourists with his 76 and 73 leading the way in both innings, while captain Ben Stokes was his only teammate to reach 40 in the entire match.

In the second Test in Visakhapatnam, England had a spectacular chase of 399 to defeat India, but Ben Duckett was lost by the end of the third day. With Zak Crawley, Duckett scored 28 in a stand of 50, but the tourists lost to Ravichandran Ashwin, who needed 332 more runs for a thrilling victory. After a century from Shubman Gill, India seemed to have advanced to the modern age, but the visiting team was still struggling for 255. However, England will also need to shatter records to move 2-0 up in the series, as injury concerns persist over Joe Root's finger. The PAUL NEWMAN and RICHARD GIBSON round up the talking points...

NASSER HUSSAIN: England under Ben Stokes is a hallmark of the team, but you also need the level of discipline Jimmy Anderson brought on an even-stevens first day. The reason I would have played him in the first Test match was because of his ability to turn in displays of one for 30 out of 17 overs. Sea bowlers are unlikely to pick up five-wicket hauls on these roads, but seam bowling in Asia over the years has taught us the skills and discipline needed to keep a track of the run rate.

HYDERABAD: Ben Duckett, the country's first day, hailed his 'world-class' captain Ben Stokes, and argued that his classy 70 might be a match-winning innings. Stokes stayed England in the first Test, though no other batsman could provide him with the required assistance as he led his team to a disappointing total of 246 on a quick spinning pitch. But India put England's efforts into perspective when they raced along to 119 for a single 23 overs before the close, with 22-year-old opener Yashasvi Jaswal smashing his way to an unbeaten 76 off 70 balls.

As hosts India takes on Australia in the Cricket World Cup final, follow Mail Sport's live blog for the most up-to-date, team news, and over-by-over updates. Rohit Sharma has got India off to a good start in the first five overs. Australia responded with Mitchell Starc dismissing Shubman Gill before Travis Head captured Sharma's wicket with a spectacular diving catch.

India will enter the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in the ODI rankings, as they look to win on home soil. The side needed at least two victories to advance to the top of the standings before the tournament began. Following their first ODI showdown with Australia, the Men in Blue achieved the ODI rankings summit. They now rank in Tests and T20Is.

Australia's form slump in the lead up to the World Cup has continued with a five-wicket loss to India in the first one-day international at Mohali

Michael Vaughan (pictured left) has outlined how England plans to combat in-form Aussie quick Scott Boland's consistent line and length bowling. In the World Test Championship (pictured right), the 34-year-old snared five wickets against India, where he twice claimed Shubman Gill's scalp as well as Virat Kohli at The Oval in London.

In the World Test Championship final on Saturday, Indian and Australian greats are due to clash in the cricketing world over Cameron Green's controversial catch (inset). Shubman Gill, the Indian opener who had just sped to 18 off just 19 balls, was forced to walk away with another blinder at gully. However, legends of both countries were unable to decide whether or not the catch was legal or not, as Gill poured fuel on the already-hot fire.

In the World Test Championship final at the Oval, Gill and Rohit Sharma got off to a rapid start in the second innings. India was aiming for a mammoth target of 444 runs set by Australia.

ATT THE OVAL: Steve Smith warned England's batsmen about the dangers of Bazball after Australia took over the World Test Championship final against India. With Scott Boland leading the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston next week, India closed the second day on a tense 151 for five in reaction to Australia's punishing 469. Smith, a former 121, suggested that England's ardent defense against Australia's high-class attack might have come unstuck in under similar testing conditions.

Host Mayanti Langer and three other female presenters took part in a Tinder-style segment in which a series of pictures of IPL stars were displayed and asked whether they would swipe right or left. Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and Andre Russell were among the cricketers featured in the controversial segment that aired during Star Sports' coverage of the IPL.

As Australia levelled the ODI series after thrashing India by ten wickets in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, Steve Smith took a stunning catch. The Aussies ripped into India's batting line-up, with the hosts bundled out for 117, their fourth-lowest ODI total at home, as Mitchell Starc took five wickets and Sean Abbott chipped in with three wickets. As Smith, who is still standing in as skipper in place of Pat Cummins, began to his right to exclude Pandya for 1.