India vs England 2021 News

The match, which was due to take place last month at Old Trafford, was called off when India were unable to field a team due to fears of a further increase in the number of COVID-19 cases inside the camp.

England pacer James Anderson has said his battle against India skipper Virat Kohli in this year's Test series was his favourite and he also said that both fierce opponents have mutual respect for each other.

David Gower believes that if the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is linked to the cancellation, then it would be very disappointing for the fans.

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that you can't blame the Indian cricketers for refusing to take the field in Manchester.

Ravi Shastri himself was the first to test positive for the virus, followed by bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar too testing positive.

It is learnt that led by skipper Virat Kohli, who had the biggest apprehension of playing the game, the players, late on Thursday, got into a huddle and couldn't be convinced by the BCCI brass to play the game.

The fifth and final Test between India and England in Manchester was cancelled after assistant physion Yogesh Parmar tested COVID-19 positive on Thursday.

The start of fifth Test between India and England in Manchester is set to be pushed back from Friday (September) after assistant physion Yogesh Parmar tested COVID-19 positive on Thursday.

India are leading 2-1 right now. However, just like the last four Tests, the visitors' line-up for the game is set to evoke curiosity.

Ravichandran Ashwin could finally get his first game of the series as Ravindra Jadeja is suffering from a leg strain.

The medical team is still assessing both the senior players Rohit Sharma (knee injury) and Cheteshwar Pujara (ankle) but it couldn't be ascertained whether they have partially or completely recovered.

After the first Test ended in a draw, India won the second at Lord’s to script a memorable. In the next match, however, England thrashed India by an innings and 76 runs to draw level. Several fingers were pointed at Virat Kohli and his men but they kept away from the noise and fought back to shut all their critics.

Cricket runs in Sam Curran’s blood, whose grandfather was a first-class cricketer for Rhodesia and his father Kevin was a national Cricketer for Zimbabwe. 

Over the past few days, in the lead-up to the fourth Test at The Oval, Ravi Shastri had attended functions, including the one in which his book was launched. Virat Kohli was also present at the book launch.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video of Team India’s celebrations inside the dressing room at the Oval after their first win at the venue after 50 years.

Team India defeated England by 157 runs to win the fourth Test at the Oval in London on Monday (September 6). It was India's first win over England at the Oval in a Test match in 50 years and skipper Virat Kohli became the first Indian captain after Kapil Dev to win two Tests in a series in England. In these collection of pictures, we take a look at some of the top statistics from India's historic win at the Oval. 

The England captain Joe Root lamented that his team erred by not building a big enough first-innings lead on a very batting-friendly pitch.

Hosts were still in the game until just after lunch on Day 5 when Jasprit Bumrah produced a glorious spell to give India a real shot at victory.

With the conditions good enough for batting, England openers got the hosts off to a decent start, with both scoring fifties, however, Shardul Thakur came into the attack and got rid of Burns in his first over of Day 5.

Jasprit Bumrah said the team completely shut the outside noise and was not overtly worried when they were down at 127 for 7 in the first innings.