A little over an hour to go before the series officially returns to action after a gap of nine months!
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— BCCI (@BCCI)
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 1 of the fifth and final Test between England and India at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The series returns to action after a gap of nine months, having been put on hold due to a COVID-19 breach in the Indian camp. India, led by Jasprit Bumrah with regular skipper Rohit Sharma out due to COVID, are currently 2-1 up in the series and will eye their first Test series win on English soil in 15 years, and their fourth overall.