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Sixth-wicket bounty, and Ashwin equals Marshall

The sixth-wicket pairs have been on a roll in 2016, with England's Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow leading the way

19-Nov-2016•S Rajesh

Closed for close catchers

India didn't have too many close-in fielders, despite putting up a massive total. But what if that was the plan?

18-Nov-2016•Alagappan Muthu in Visakhapatnam

Duckett struggle sharpens England's pain

England were facing an uphill task after losing five first-innings wickets and may face a decision on whether to persist with Ben Duckett

18-Nov-2016•George Dobell in Visakhapatnam

Moeen Ali versus India, Ashwin's first-innings exploits, and DRS scores

18-Nov-2016•Gaurav Sundararaman

Shami finds the chink in Cook's armour

Virat Kohli's footwork, Wriddhiman Saha's misjudgement and a peach of a ball to Alastair Cook feature in Aakash Chopra's technical breakdown

18-Nov-2016•Aakash Chopra

Pujara, Kohli swap roles to dominate England

In a commanding stand of 226 runs, Virat Kohli appeared careful and solid like Cheteshwar Pujara, who was free-flowing and entertaining like Kohli

17-Nov-2016•Alagappan Muthu in Visakhapatnam

Missed chance a harbinger of doom

England managed early wickets and James Anderson made an impressive return - but the left-off for Virat Kohli may have condemned their chances

17-Nov-2016•George Dobell in Visakhapatnam

Kohli's big hundreds and Pujara's 3000

Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara featured in most of the stats highlights from the first day in Visakhapatnam

17-Nov-2016•Gaurav Sundararaman

Pujara's changes to succeed against short balls

From Cheteshwar Pujara's tactics against the short balls, to the England seamers' line against M Vijay, Aakash Chopra examines the technical talking points from the first day in Visakhapatnam

17-Nov-2016•Aakash Chopra

Left-arm's the charm

If you're an England selector looking to pick a spinner to take to India, history shows you're probably better off with a leftie

17-Nov-2016•Crispin Andrews

Why the Rajkot draw was a win for numbers

And why the Australians may soon turn into a side feared by every other team in the world

17-Nov-2016•Andy Zaltzman

Momentum, 'schmomentum' in Visakhapatnam

England were the better team in the drawn Rajkot Test, but the series is still 0-0 and India are still playing at home, on a Visakhapatnam pitch that looks likely to favour their strengths

16-Nov-2016•Alagappan Muthu in Visakhapatnam

Stokes revelling in role as England's go-to man

Ben Stokes has permission to 'swap' fielding positions at will so that he can stay in the game at all times. It is further proof of his importance to England

15-Nov-2016•George Dobell in Visakhapatnam

'Saqlain acts as our cheerleader' - Ansari

Zafar Ansari believes that Saqlain Mushtaq's calm influence as England's spin consultant has helped England's slow bowlers find their feet on the tour of India

15-Nov-2016•George Dobell in Visakhapatnam

Anderson's sacrificial spirit is a credit to the competitor

James Anderson's determination to battle back from injury and return to a country where he played a defining role in the 2012-13 triumph is both admirable, and typical

14-Nov-2016•George Dobell in Delhi

How effective are India's bowlers on batting pitches?

14-Nov-2016•Alagappan Muthu

India learn the value of the dead bat

Given the choice, India prefer to be aggressive and take their chances with a fourth-innings target. In Rajkot, however, led by Virat Kohli's excellent balance, they acquainted themselves with the art of batting for time

14-Nov-2016•Alagappan Muthu in Rajkot

England lay down a marker for competitive series

They may have fallen just short of victory, but England can leave Rajkot hugely encouraged by their performance

13-Nov-2016•George Dobell in Rajkot

Haseeb takes the backward and forward approach

From Haseeb's spin tactics to Cook's captaincy, Aakash Chopra examines the technical talking points from day five in Rajkot

13-Nov-2016•Aakash Chopra

How England's spinners outbowled India's

The stats and milestones from the final day's play in the first Test between India and England at Rajkot

13-Nov-2016•Bharath Seervi

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