| The two teams will face off in four Tests One pink ball match , five T20Is and three T20Is, with the series commencing with the first Test in Chennai on 5 February | Pandya has, for the most part, avoided bowling since he sustained a back injury in 2019, although he did bowl four overs and pick up a wicket in the second ODI against Australia |
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| Their vigil took England into the final ten overs of the 60 they had been asked to bat | During his brief stay alongside Buttler, it seemed to stir him on |
In the post-mortem, they'll identify their bowling to India's tail - particularly Bumrah - as the phase where everything went awry.
19| It is understood that a number of Indian players were concerned about the spread of the virus and were unwilling to take the field, meaning the tourists could not put up a team | It was a big gamble they had taken on the first day to play four fast bowlers, bringing a pure bowler in Ishant Sharma to replace the injured Shardul Thakur while they had allrounders R Ashwin and Axar Patel on the bench |
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| Ollie Robinson had to take most of it - staring, encircling, unrelenting pressure between balls from the moment he came in | Whilst that is unclear, what is clear was the disappointment of fans |
With just the bowlers to come in, India's chirp turned into raucous chatter.
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