“The word on COVID was not a 100 per cent certain coming from anywhere. Anyone could have gotten it, if someone would have got it in the middle of a Test match, then that would have been even worse. As opposed to now, where that fear factor of getting COVID and being isolated is not the same,” former India head coach Ravi Shastri told Sky Sports on Friday, while explaining why India pulled out of the England tour in 2021. Read more here.
Rishabh Pant dictates play at his own pace
The foundations of Pant’s game are so strong that it allows him to combine his brute power along with a series of deft touches., writes Gaurav Joshi.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 2 of the fifth and final Test between England and India at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, with the visitors set to resume from their overnight score of 338/7.