Dominic Sibley

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After winning the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, England skipper Joe Root on Monday said that his side is on an upward curve and every member of the side wants to take positive strides.

Dominic Sibley maybe facing criticism for scoring one of the slowest Test centuries but former skipper Michael Vaughan says he is just the kind of player England needed.

England opener Dominic Sibley became the first player to apply saliva on the ball while fielding against the West Indies during the fourth day of the second Test at Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday. However, Sibley was quick to bring that to the umpire's notice. Umpire Gough then unsealed a sanitised tissue and rubbed the ball on both sides to disinfect the ball.

After suffering a six-wicket loss against England in the second Test, Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur said that poor batting in the second innings cost his side, and the coach added that the Islanders need to be ruthless going forward.

While India cemented their top-order batting on the recent tour of Australia with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill settling in as opening pair and Cheteshwar Pujara already there at No. 3, England's top-order in comparison looks shaky ahead of the four-Test tour of India.

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got one apiece to peg England back to 67 for 2 at lunch on the opening day of the first Test against India, here on Friday.

England captain Joe Root opted to bat after winning the toss in the fourth and final Test against India here on Thursday.

Ben Stokes' impressive 176 took England to an imposing first-innings score of 469-9 declared in the second Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford on Friday.

India opted to bat first against England in the second Test making three changes to their playing XI with left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel making his Test debut.

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England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India at the M A Chidambaram stadium here on Friday.

India batsman Dinesh Karthik feels that the home side will beat England in the ongoing second Test in three days at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Sri Lanka's stand-in-skipper Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against England on Friday.

Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes ground out patient half-centuries as England battled to 207 for three at the close on day one of the second Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford on Thursday.

West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl in the second Test against England in Manchester which was delayed due to rain on Thursday.

Ishant Sharma became the second India fast bowler to play 100 Tests when he bowled the first over of the pink-ball Test against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday. Ishant also became the fourth Indian bowler to achieve the milestone. The fast bowler, who is now behind Kapil Dev as the only pacer to reach the feat, is also the eleventh Indian cricketer to feature in 100 Tests.

England were all out for 178 in their second innings, setting India a daunting victory target of 420 on the penultimate day of the opening Test at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday.

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The Indian team management announced on the eve of the second Test against England at the Lord's that pacer Shardul Thakur is not available for selection for the Test starting on Thursday due to injury. India skipper Virat Kohli said the bowler should be available for the third game.