Yashasvi Jaiswal scores 76* as India end Day 1 of 1st Test on 119/1 after bowling out England for 246

[BouncerGuy]

Over the next six weeks, India and England are set to engage in a thrilling red-ball series, featuring a total of five Test matches. Ben Stokes-led England cricket team has arrived in India following an extensive training camp, and have already begun their practice sessions. Simultaneously, the Indian players are also putting in rigorous efforts to prepare for the upcoming IND vs ENG Test Series.

India vs England Test Series promises to be a spectacle for fans, as England aims to challenge India's formidable record in test matches on their home ground.

Team India has maintained an impressive record of not losing a Test series on their home grounds for the past 11 years. The last setback India faced on their own soil was against England in 2012 when England emerged victorious with a 2-1 win in the four-match Test series.

Date and Time: January 25, 2024, 04:00 AM GMT



England (Playing XI) for the 1st Test Match: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach

India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Srikar Bharat, Dhruv Jurel, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel
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[BouncerGuy]

England Men name XI for first Test with India

England Men have named their team to take on India in the first Test match at Hyderabad starting on Thursday.

The Three Lions have named four spinners in their side and one seamer with Lancashire's Tom Hartley set to make his Test debut.

Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed and Jack Leach all come into the side having not been involved in our last Test against Australia at The Oval last summer.

England Men's XI:

1. Zak Crawley

2. Ben Duckett

3. Ollie Pope

4. Joe Root

5. Jonny Bairstow

6. Ben Stokes (C)

7. Ben Foakes

8. Rehan Ahmed

9. Tom Hartley

10. Mark Wood

11. Jack Leach​

 

[AMSS]

With Kohli missing and the form of top order not running hot, I see Axar getting preferred over Kuldeep for batting depth's sake.

Will be surprising if the team tomorrow looks any different from below

Rohit
Yash
Gill
Iyer
KL
Bharat/Jurel
Jadeja
Ashwin
Axar
Bumrah
Siraj

 

[AMSS]

Just look at the composition of ENG's bowling attack, you can tell the OVERSIZED impact of Ash/Jaddu over the last decade. Thanks to the allround abilities of the spin duo, India can still afford to field two quicks, unlike ENG.

 

[sindhiboy]

I assume this pitch will be a raging turner going by eng's selection

 

[James]

I assume this pitch will be a raging turner going by eng's selection

Not sure. We have a long distinguished history of misreading pitches and botching selection calls on already difficult tours. Let’s see how the Test match plays out but I think it’s one spinner too many. I would have gone for Anderson instead of Hartley. 2 seamers and 2 spinners + Root as 3rd spinner seems more balanced to me.

 

[Red-Indian]

With Kohli missing and the form of top order not running hot, I see Axar getting preferred over Kuldeep for batting depth's sake.

Will be surprising if the team tomorrow looks any different from below

Rohit
Yash
Gill
Iyer
KL
Bharat/Jurel
Jadeja
Ashwin
Axar
Bumrah
Siraj

Yes pretty obvious that's the team - batting's much weaker than we've been used to for years but the bowling and that lower order allround capabilities should carry us through.

 

[AMSS]

Will be mad funny if it starts reversing in 15th over.

 

[Red-Indian]

It's a transition for the quicks as well. Can't remember how long it's been since we've bowled without one of Ishant, Umesh & Shami in the team in India. They'd become masters of the technique needed to bowl here. There was an article on Cricinfo with this gorgeous Statistic: Over the last 10 years (2013-2023)

	Wickets	Average
Indian Spinners	594	21
Indian Seamers	258	25
Visiting Spinners	347	41
Visiting Seamers	224	42

While Indian spinners have obviously been miles better than visiting spinners, Indian seamers average 17 (seven...bloody...teen!) lower than visiting seamers and some great seamers have visited India in the last 10 years.

Big shoes for Siraj and Bumrah who haven't bowled as much at home to fill.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Former England head coach Andy Flower discussed the 'Bazball' approach in detail during an interview with local Indian media, exploring its potential effectiveness in Indian conditions:

"I think, as international players, we should be prepared for all sorts of conditions. That's one of the great things about this game. The conditions and the oppositions vary so greatly. We want variety. Otherwise, it would be boring to play the game."

“From a pitch preparation point of view, and almost from an ICC perspective, what we want to see is a good challenge between bat and ball. You don't want to see a pitch so flat that it's difficult to take wickets, and you don't want a pitch that's so bad that you can't score runs, and then it turns into a two-day match. The curator needs to find a balance where bowlers take the wickets, and the batters also have a chance to score Test hundreds. I don't know much about pitch preparations to offer advice on that front, but that should be the goal. Seam or spin that should be the goal."

"It is going to be a fascinating contest to watch. I've enjoyed watching the cricket that England have played; it has been very exciting. I love attacking cricket like that. Will it work in India? I think, on the tracks in India, the first thing I'd say is that don't dismiss the Indian seamers and their attacking prowess. Because they are genuinely outstanding, it's not all about the spin contest."

"At a default position, you want to be aggressive as a batter. You are out there to score runs and put the ball away. But there are elements to building an innings in India, where it is quite important to show the opposition that you are comfortable in defence. As soon as you become really predictable about how you want to attack them, they can come back. Showing a solid defence, method and comfort in defending… is quite a powerful message to send to the opposition batters. Whether the England batters will go about that way remains to be seen. But that would certainly be a part of how I would coach a youngster for a game in India."

"The advantage to that is you can choose when to attack. If you have a poor defence, you are forced to attack all the time. It's like a sweep. It's a good tool to have in the box, but if the rest of your game isn't good enough and you have to use the sweep all the time, it's a problem. You have to develop your game and be unpredictable."

 

[Croma]

Bazzball is the perfect approach to demoralize the Indian bowlers. If it comes off and they dont lose any wickets to the seamers, it will be Game On. Need to win toss and bat first.

 

[MANU ROY]

looks like it's will be a sharp turning pitch. This Indian side not good as they used to be they need good balanced pitch. if it's a rank turner India will struggle England out score india

 

[Devadwal]

England Men name XI for first Test with India

England Men have named their team to take on India in the first Test match at Hyderabad starting on Thursday.

The Three Lions have named four spinners in their side and one seamer with Lancashire's Tom Hartley set to make his Test debut.

Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed and Jack Leach all come into the side having not been involved in our last Test against Australia at The Oval last summer.

England Men's XI:

1. Zak Crawley

2. Ben Duckett

3. Ollie Pope

4. Joe Root

5. Jonny Bairstow

6. Ben Stokes (C)

7. Ben Foakes

8. Rehan Ahmed

9. Tom Hartley

10. Mark Wood

11. Jack Leach​

So my report are true . England going with four spinners including Root and Wood alone pacer .
This is very good playing eleven can give india taught time .

 

[MANU ROY]

Bazzball is the perfect approach to demoralize the Indian bowlers. If it comes off and they dont lose any wickets to the seamers, it will be Game On. Need to win toss and bat first.

It is india don't have a aggressive batsman pant save India last time England tour India

 

[Croma]

It is india don't have a aggressive batsman pant save India last time England tour India

Rohit is aggressive, but yeah not in tests. Prithvi Shaw is agressive but not in the scheme of things unfortunately.

 

[Red-Indian]

It is india don't have a aggressive batsman pant save India last time England tour India

I'd say the problem is the opposite. All of the batters in the Top 5 are naturally aggressive strokeplayers who I worry wouldn't adapt as well to build innings on a slow turner. We've always had the likes of Pujara, Rahane and to be honest even Kohli to counterbalance that which is lacking in this line-up.

 

[MANU ROY]

Rohit is aggressive, but yeah not in tests. Prithvi Shaw is agressive but not in the scheme of things unfortunately.

Shaw is hack don't think Rohit can bat long innings

 

[Human786]

Just look at the composition of ENG's bowling attack, you can tell the OVERSIZED impact of Ash/Jaddu over the last decade. Thanks to the allround abilities of the spin duo, India can still afford to field two quicks, unlike ENG.

absolutely . Always held all good Test sides must have a decent 5th bowling option . If Axar plays , then at 9 you have some batting too .

 

[Devadwal]

Big series for jaiswal and gill to perform and cement their place permanently .Patidar is waiting to replace any of them so pressure is more on gill who is still searching for runs .

 

[MANU ROY]

Big series for jaiswal and gill to perform and cement their place permanently .Patidar is waiting to replace any of them so pressure is more on gill who is still searching for runs .

Its gill when the last time he get a 50

 

[James]

Anderson has a decent record in India doesn’t he? Mistake to leave him out imo

 

[MANU ROY]

Anderson has a decent record in India doesn’t he? Mistake to leave him out imo

34 wickets in 13 tests

 

[Human786]

Anderson has a decent record in India doesn’t he? Mistake to leave him out imo

Do not like the idea of Root being the 5th bowling option . Should be interesting to see Bazball in operation on what is likely to be a slow turner on day 1 & 2 !

 

[James]

Bazzball is the perfect approach to demoralize the Indian bowlers. If it comes off and they dont lose any wickets to the seamers, it will be Game On. Need to win toss and bat first.

I think it will all click for England in one of the Tests and they’ll enjoy a win. I can’t see it blunting India across a whole series though. This is an Indian team that hardly ever loses a Test at home, let alone a series.

I think England was the last team to beat India in a Test series in India, 11 years ago and that took something very special with several long serving England players eg Cook, KP, Swann, Panesar all having possibly their career best performances. That’s what it would take again for England, to even get close.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Rohit Sharma discusses selection headache ahead of Hyderabad Test

Rohit Sharma spoke on India's quandary in picking the playing XI for the first Test against England starting on Thursday, 25 January.

Rohit Sharma was forthright about India's selection headache for the first Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between India and England that begins in Hyderabad from Thursday.

With Virat Kohli absent due to personal reasons and KL Rahul ruled out as a wicketkeeping option by head coach Rahul Dravid, India have a few selection calls to make.

There's also the question on whether India would play a third spinner, and if so who that would be.

Speaking on the choice of third spinner, Rohit Sharma highlighted the skills that Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav bring to the table, but did not reveal who India had pencilled in on to complement Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.

“It was a bit of a headache to decide who it would be," Rohit said.

"I am not going to say who it is, and it was a challenge for us to decide as to who it is. Kuldeep gives you a certain X factor with his bowling especially if the wicket gives bounce or not he still becomes a factor because he has got superb variations and he is a very mature bowler now.

"He has not played much cricket in India because of Ashwin and Jadeja and that’s what has even happened in the past also."

“Lot of us got our chances late but that’s how it is and that’s the reality it is, and you can’t hide away from it. Kuldeep is a much better bowler, and it’s a very tempting option. Axar with his all-round ability, gives us the batting depth and the consistency he has shown. We have quality around our spin bowling department and it’s a good headache,” he added.

The other question is about who keeps wickets with both KS Bharat and Dhruv Jurel in the squad. India could have gone for Rahul, who kept wickets in South Africa, and played an extra batter, possibly Rajat Patidar, who was a late addition as Kohli's replacement.

But Dravid struck off this possibility stating that the load would be too much for Rahul in these conditions.

“We will see and assess their [Jurel and Bharat] performances," Rohit said without revealing who would slot into the Xi for the Hyderabad Test.

"We are looking at the bigger picture, and we will give as many games as possible to the individual. Whatever is right for the team, we will do that.”

Speaking of Patidar, Rohit said that India had initially thought about adding a senior player, but went with a younger uncapped player instead to give them time to get accustomed to international cricket with a home series, rather than an away one.

"We did actually think about it [picking a senior player] but all these younger players, when are they going to get their opportunity?," Rohit commented, adding that it wasn't easy to leave out an experienced player.

"You need to bring certain players into your set-up and give them favourable conditions. You don’t want to expose them on foreign tours where they have not played before. That’s the thought behind all of that."

ICC

 

[AMSS]

Man, Pant cannot come back soon enough. I was hoping he might be ready for this test series but now even the AUS tour the coming winter looks bleak.

 

[Red-Indian]

Don't even see how Axar Vs. Kuldeep is a debate. Axar's test and first class averages are better as a bowler and that's without taking into account his batting in which he averages over 35 basically adding a near extra batter. He's got 18 First Class fifties.

The guy averages 17 as a bowler...17. He should probably be getting selected over Jadeja at this point.

 

[Ab Fan]

With Kohli missing and the form of top order not running hot, I see Axar getting preferred over Kuldeep for batting depth's sake.

Will be surprising if the team tomorrow looks any different from below

Rohit
Yash
Gill
Iyer
KL
Bharat/Jurel
Jadeja
Ashwin
Axar
Bumrah
Siraj

Jaddu will bat at 6 and Axar will do a lot more bowling alongside Ashwin with Jaddu basically taking the third spinner role.

 

[Champ_Pal]

God forbid KS Bharat is the keeper

I would have taken Samson or Kishan any day over Bharat.

Hopefully Jurel gets a chance. Bharat is a mediocre keeper and a terrible batsman.

 

[Kianig89]

So everything revolves around India and Eng before IPL lets play proposed 25 days of Test cricket won't be surprised if it finishes in 20 days,

 

[Justcrazy]

It will be rank turner , England need to win the toss and bat , and bat well to have any chance.

 

[Human786]

It will be rank turner , England need to win the toss and bat , and bat well to have any chance.

pictures of pitch suggest a dry pitch but nothing alarming atm .

 

[shortbread]

From the SA series one thing is evident India has a looong tail, the last 4-5 wickets can fold for less than 50. So England should remember they're always in the game.

 

[Devadwal]

From the SA series one thing is evident India has a looong tail, the last 4-5 wickets can fold for less than 50. So England should remember they're always in the game.

Actually In subcontinent conditions Indian lower order has more impact than top order batting.
Ashwin ,jadeja and Axar combination is very devastating for any team in Indian conditions.

 

[Ab Fan]

From the SA series one thing is evident India has a looong tail, the last 4-5 wickets can fold for less than 50. So England should remember they're always in the game.

Don't read into series. The tail was different and conditions are also different. On good batting decks at home, Indian spinners are very good with bat too.

 

[Human786]

Don't read into series. The tail was different and conditions are also different. On good batting decks at home, Indian spinners are very good with bat too.

This . conditions in SAF were threatening tbh , more so when you see day 1 Test 1 when we batted on a damp pitch [ that IND conceded 400 bowling was CRIMINAL on that deck as even Rohit said post match conference ] . Jadeja + Ashwin + Axar can contribute 80-100 with bat and that can be vital after first 5 main batters on turners where 330 batting 1st is par !

 

[Croma]

Shoaib Bashir's visa has been granted.

There is nobody that can save India from Series defeat now.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

get ready England to play on the dusty spinning tracks

 

[Devadwal]

Its india home series so we can prepare any track as we want to do . Same for every home team. This pitch talk is getting boring now.

get ready England to play on the dusty spinning tracks

 

[Ab Fan]

Shoaib Bashir's visa has been granted.

There is nobody that can save India from Series defeat now.

India 175 all out, Shoaib bhai 7-21
England 140 all out
India 250 all out, Shoaib bhai 6-43
England 85 all out

India win.
Player of match - Shoaib Bhai

 

[Energy]

My prediction if England bat first:

120 all out before tea.
India take lead by end of day.

 

[Devadwal]

My prediction if England bat first:

120 all out before tea.
India take lead by end of day.

Now way .this England team can beat India if their spinners can get india out cheaply.

 

[Croma]

England win toss - bat - 450 all out
IND 345
ENG 220
IND 260
feels impossible, but England needs to win first test to spice up the series.

 

[gazza619]

Test cricket needs a close encounter between these two giants.

Gosh I am so jealous that India will now play 5 tests at home against England.

 

[Devadwal]

Test cricket needs a close encounter between these two giants.

Gosh I am so jealous that India will now play 5 tests at home against England.

Not first time both team are playing 5 test match series .
England already played 5 match test series in india or at home

 

[Rajdeep]

Want to see a good series and not those farce test matches which gets over in 2 days. Considering England are underdogs, I want them to do well. Having said that, India is just too strong at home and no one can beat us. If Eng can win 1 test, they would feel lucky.

 

[greatest]

As it is a 5 match series, I think the opening two Tests would be played on good sporting wickets. The last two will be spinning minefields.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Please Dravid, save Indian fans from KS Bharat.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

England is a horrible side when it comes to play spin.. so i can easily say that India is going to clean sweep this series.

 

[BouncerGuy]

TOSS UPDATE:

England won the toss and elected to bat first.

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach

 

[Red-Indian]

Well this is England's best chance. They've won the toss and India have played safe with the wicketkeeper giving themselves a real weakness in the batting department.

Plus there's been no real sun for ages in Hyd so it'll have been impossible to prepare the dry sun baked dusty pitch that India likes.

 

[Red-Indian]

Change of guard moment for India here. Probably the first home test in 10 years without

One or two of Pujara, Rahane & Kohli in the batting line-up
One or two of Ishant, Shami & Umesh in the bowling line-up

Hopefully the continuity we have with Ashwin, Jadeja & Rohit carries us through.

 

[MANU ROY]

Rahul and bharat in same 11 two mental midget. Hope this won't end up badly

 

[MANU ROY]

Please Dravid, save Indian fans from KS Bharat.

He love mental midget players so bharat

 

[jnaveen1980]

KS Bharat giant waste of space. From Pant to Bharat. It is like going from Ferrari to Ford fiesta.

 

[MANU ROY]

I still don't get it how the hell bharat picked again

 

[jnaveen1980]

Change of guard moment for India here. Probably the first home test in 10 years without

One or two of Pujara, Rahane & Kohli in the batting line-up
One or two of Ishant, Shami & Umesh in the bowling line-up

Hopefully the continuity we have with Ashwin, Jadeja & Rohit carries us through.

Shami and Umesh are the greatest SG ball bowlers in the last decade or so. Definitely a new chapter.

 

[Champ_Pal]

He love mental midget players so bharat

Seriously man. I would’ve preferred Samson over Bharat.
Bharat cannot bat. He is a tailender. His keeping is also not that great. Shame on Dravid and Rohit to select that bum.

 

[Devadwal]

Bazball has started in india.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Siraj serving hot biryani in his first over.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bazball has started in india.

Not surprising the bowler is Siraj. He typically bowls loads of half vollies in search of swing upfront. You can cash in if you don't make mistake.

 

[MANU ROY]

KS Bharat giant waste of space. From Pant to Bharat. It is like going from Ferrari to Ford fiesta.

dhruv jurel is best option. I am pretty sure if pant play under dravid he will say to pant play like me

 

[MANU ROY]

Seriously man. I would’ve preferred Samson over Bharat.
Bharat cannot bat. He is a tailender. His keeping is also not that great. Shame on Dravid and Rohit to select that bum.

We know that those don't know

 

[Champ_Pal]

India went in with only 5 batsmen. So they are banking on Ash, Jaddu and Axar to bail them out.

There is a good chance Indian top 4 can collapse with only 50 on board.

 

[MANU ROY]

Seriously man. I would’ve preferred Samson over Bharat.
Bharat cannot bat. He is a tailender. His keeping is also not that great. Shame on Dravid and Rohit to select that bum.

After this match most likely bharat get dropped

 

[jnaveen1980]

England is not wasting any loose balls.

 

[MANU ROY]

India went in with only 5 batsmen. So they are banking on Ash, Jaddu and Axar to bail them out.

There is a good chance Indian top 4 can collapse with only 50 on board.

Pant bail India out last time England played in India axar did that in Australia series

 

[Champ_Pal]

After this match most likely bharat get dropped

Hopefully. Even Jitesh Sharma would’ve been a very good option.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Crawley control 73%
Duckett control 86%

 

[Champ_Pal]

Nothing for pacers. Bring in the spinners already.

 

[MANU ROY]

You can't just bowl like normal first 10 over against bazball

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shami and Umesh killer bowlers in Indian conditions for the last decade or so. Big void for Bumrah and SIraj to fill.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Ok so Englishmen are not wastin anytime and they re doing Bazball now.

 

[MANU ROY]

Rohit already looks sad

 

[jnaveen1980]

England'sbazball tactic is working. Going after anything that is hittable.

 

[BouncerGuy]

5 boundries in 21 balls till now. Bazball yes.

 

[Human786]

good carry & pacy start as usual . 300 on

 

[MANU ROY]

Shami and Umesh killer bowlers in Indian conditions for the last decade or so. Big void for Bumrah and SIraj to fill.

Will Miss them

 

[MANU ROY]

Bowl a surprise short ball

 

[jnaveen1980]

Everyone is batting like Sehwag finally This is exactly what Sehwag did 2 decades back. Putting away all the over pitched and half tracker deliveries.