The cricket world has mostly been after Stokes who tried to impose his own moral code of 'why play when only one result is possible.' It was, as per the spirit of cricket, in line with the game that the Indian batters, after doing all the hard work, get to complete their respective hundreds.

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Like how he did not keep wickets at Lord’s and just batted across both innings, he did the same in Manchester, although he did not get to bat in India’s second innings following a confirmed fracture.

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Trailing behind by 311 runs, India scored 425 for four in their second innings, winning all sessions since losing Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan off successive deliveries on the stroke of tea the previous day.

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Jadeja was Team India’s highest wicket-taker in the first innings, returning with four to his name. He followed it up with a magnificent half-century in the second innings. 

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On Day 4 (Jul 26) of the Manchester Test against England, the 24-year-old went past former Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s tally of 655 runs from the 2016-17 home series against England. At the stroke of tea, Gill reached 668 runs and remained unbeaten

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A worn-out Bumrah failed to replicate his past performances (in this series) at Old Trafford, with English batters further tiring him out with cautious play against him.

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Former Indian opener-turned-broadcaster Navjot Singh Sidhu has slammed Gambhir’s defensive strategy and team selection for the side’s shallow show this time.

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The latest reports suggest that the team doctors have advised him to rest for six to eight weeks, potentially ruling him out of this Test and the remainder of the series.

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Rishabh Pant will be keeping wickets in 4th Test vs England as confirmed by skipper Shubman Gill and Jasprit Bumrah will be a part of playing XI as well. Uncapped pacer Anshul Kamboj is likely to make his debut.

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Most recently, Anshul Kamboj was part of India A squad which played two Tests against England A before the senior tour and took five wickets across four innings.

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Despite a lacklustre show from its top order in the past two matches, England backed the under-fire pair of Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley, with Ollie Pope retaining his number three spot.

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As the tension mounted in England's 22-run win, Brydon Carse and India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were involved in a mid-pitch collision. But Brook is adamant Ben Stokes' side did not go too far with their spikey approach in pursuit of victory.

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As India trails (1-2) in this five-match series, they need to win the next game or ensure a draw to take it to the fifth Test at the Kia Oval.

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Bumrah's selection, however, also came on the back of the visiting camp running out of options in first-team quicks due to injuries to several pacers, including Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep.

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 Before the do-or-die clash, Indian players met and interacted with some of the stars of the Manchester United Football Club. In a series of photos shared by Adidas on Instagram, cricket stars like Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant were spotted playing football with Manchester United players.

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Now that he has played two out of the three matches he was supposed to play in, Bumrah must play only one of the remaining two to ensure his body doesn’t break like it did on the tour Down Under; however, there, India made him play all five matches.

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Talks of all-rounder Nitish Reddy to be dropped from the team have surfaced since the conclusion of the third Test. Kuldeep Yadav could be in line for a return. However, a question arises: should India choose Arshdeep Singh instead of Kuldeep?

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India are trailing 1-2 in the five-match series with fourth Test set to begin at Old Trafford from July 23 and the final Test set to be played at the Oval from July 31. 

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Bumrah has taken a five-for in each of the Tests he played - showing why he's extremely important for India. The pacer although is available only for one more Test out of remaining two due to workload management.

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Pant suffered an injury to his index finger while keeping during England’s first innings, sitting out for the rest of the game while fielding as India roped in Dhruv Jurel as his replacement.

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