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IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 1 highlights: IND 24-1 at stumps, trail by 181 runs

Gill could not even open his account, losing his wicket to James Anderson in the third ball of the innings. Check India vs England highlights and scorecards here

India vs England: Bess certainly up for selection, says Root

Joe Root has hinted that spinner Dom Bess might feature in the playing XI for the fourth and final Test against India which gets underway on Thursday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

Pitch for the 4th Test will be similar to last two Tests: Ajinkya Rahane

India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said there is no need to take criticism of the spin-friendly pitches in the country 'seriously' as not a word is spoken about the 'damp' tracks elsewhere

IND vs ENG: Zak Crawley expects pitch for 4th Test to behave like the 3rd

Young England opener Zak Crawley echoed Rahane's sentiments on the Motera strip which he believes will be 'similar' in nature but red ball will make it 'slightly easier' for the batsmen

Not many can bowl straight balls on spinners' track like Axar: Parsana

Dhiraj Parsana, former India left-arm spinner and the long-time curator at the Motera stadium, remembers a young Axar Patel as someone who had a beautiful high-arm action

England cricket board appoints Marcus Trescothick as batting coach

England ropes in Jon Lewis and New Zealand's Jeetan Patel as bowling and spin bowling coaches on a permanent basis

For teams like us, ICC World Test Championship is just a distraction: Kohli

Ahead of the 4th Test against England, India skipper Virat Kohli said the World Test Championship (WTC) is a distraction for them as the team is already motivated enough to play Test cricket

IND vs ENG 4th Test: Kohli bats for rotation policy in age of bio-bubbles

India skipper Kohli feels rotation policy is the way forward in the age of bio-bubbles as mental fatigue caused by restrictive quarantines will make it extremely difficult for players to stay hungry

Ravindra Jadeja now wondering what happened to his thumb: Sunil Gavaskar

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja may not be able to just walk into the Indian Test squad considering how his replacement Axar Patel has performed in his first two games, says former captain Sunil Gavaskar

Jack Leach eager to learn subtleties of spin bowling from Ashwin, Axar

By his own admission, England's Jack Leach is in awe of the exploits of Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel during the pink-ball Test

England's Tom Banton among two foreigners in PSL to test positive for Covid

England batsman Tom Banton is one of the two foreign players who tested positive for COVID-19 in the ongoing Pakistan Super League and he has been put under isolation, the cricketer confirmed. Pakistan Cricket Board's Director of Media Sami Burney had announced on Tuesday that two foreign players and one member of the support staff had tested positive for the virus. This was after Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed tested positive on Monday. Burney had not named the two players and the support staff member. "Unfortunately I received a positive COVID-19 test yesterday and I am now isolating and following the PSL protocols. Fortunately I am feeling OK so far," Banton tweeted. "I have been well looked after by the PCB and Quetta Gladiators," added the 22-year-old who has played six ODIs and nine T20 International matches for England. The PCB official had said that out of the fresh three positive cases, one cricketer belonged to the Islamabad United franchise, whose player Ahmed had .

WTC: Hopefully England can do the job for us, says Australia's coach

Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald has said that his side would be watching India vs England 4th test with keen interest

IND vs ENG Tests: Not here to offer explanation, we play to win, says Kohli

India skipper Virat Kohli said that he would not be giving any explanations on all the outside noise regarding the conditions on offer as he and his team play to win

India vs England: Too much noise about spin-friendly tracks, says Kohli

Stop the noise, tighten up that defence and get on with the game -- a combative Indian skipper Virat Kohli said ahead of the fourth and final Test against England

Pitch for 4th Test would be similar to second and third Test, says Rahane

India's Test deputy Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday said that the pitch for the fourth Test against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium would be similar to the second and third Test.India had managed to defeat England by ten wickets within two days in the third Test at the same venue. The match saw both India and England batsmen failing to shine and getting out to balls that did not turn and skidded through from the spinners.But critics have looked to blame the pitch for the failure of the batsmen. India batsman Rohit Sharma clarified that he did not think the pitch had any demons. Even skipper Virat Kohli was vocal about the dreadful batting display from the two teams."The wicket would be similar to the third Test and also the second Test what we played in Chennai. The wicket would be similar, yes the pink ball made the difference, it was coming much quicker off the wicket as compared to the red ball. That was an adjustment we had to make but as I said the wicket would be a lot similar to

Never play for turn on turning pitches, rotate strike: Anshuman Gaekwad

Former India batsman Anshuman Gaekwad was considered a 'wall' during his playing days for his ability to bat with patience and determination

Ind vs Eng: Team India shift focus to fielding ahead of fourth Test

A day after training in the nets, the Indian cricket team on Tuesday shifted focus to fielding to ensure utmost sharpness in the upcoming fourth and final Test against England

We expected Motera wicket to hold up little longer than it did: Silverwood

England head coach Chris Silverwood on Friday rejected talks of lodging any formal complaint to the ICC regarding the Motera pitch but said he had expected the surface to hold up a little longer

England looked like startled rabbits in the second innings: Nasser Hussain

England has lost its batting rhythm after playing on two difficult surfaces and looked like 'startled rabbits' in the 2nd innings of the third Test against India, says Nasser Hussain

IND vs ENG: Records that were laid to rest in 3rd Test at Motera Stadium

Virat Kohli's team won the third Test by 10 wickets inside two days at the Narendra Modi Stadium, populary known as Motera Stadium