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Watch: England Cricket Shares Old Video Of James Anderson Dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli

The rescheduled fifth Test between India and England will start on Friday at Edgbaston, Birmingham and it would be interesting to see whether Team India manages to win their first Test series in England for the first time since 2007. Currently, India have a 2-1 lead in the series after having the won the Tests at Lord's and Oval last year. Ahead of the game, England Cricket's Twitter handle shared a video from the Trent Bridge Test last year where James Anderson dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli.

Government approves TT team training tour of Portugal, Sharath Kamal to lead contingent

The team consists of five men and as many women paddlers, and will be accompanied by two coaches in Raman Subramanian and Anindita Chakraborty. Besides Sharath, the other members of the men's team are Sanil Shetty, Gunnasekaran Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai and Manush Shah. Sreeja Akula, Reeth Tennison, Manika Batra, Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh form the women's side.

Updated World Test Championship Points Table After Australia's 10-Wicket Win Over Sri Lanka In 1st Test

The Pat Cummins-led Australia brushed aside the challenge of Sri Lanka within three days in the 1st Test as they cruised home to a 10-wicket win on Day 3. Nathan Lyon and Travis Head took four wickets each to bundle out Sri Lanka for just 113 in the second innings and as a result, Australia needed just five runs for victory. Thanks to the win, Australia have consolidated their spot at the top of the World Test Championship (WTC) standings.

India vs England Edgbaston Test Day 1 LIVE: Focus On Virat Kohli As India Look To Seal Series

India vs England, 5th Test, Day 1 Live Score Updates: Focus would be on Virat Kohli as the Jasprit Bumrah-led side takes the field against England in the rescheduled fifth Test on Friday. Kohli had last scored a century in 2019 and since then, the three figure mark has eluded him. Kohli can take confidence from the fact that he had scored a century in Edgbaston in 2018. Jasprit Bumrah would lead India after Rohit Sharma tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday once again. England are in red hot form after they defeated New Zealand 3-0 by playing an attacking brand of cricket under Ben Stokes. It would be interesting to see how both teams approach the contest. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Women's Hockey World Cup 2022: India matches, fixtures, timings, where to watch

The 16-team tournament will see the participating nations divided into four pools of four teams each, with the top team from each pool securing a place in the quarterfinals. The second and third-ranked teams from each pool will play the crossover matches to decide the remaining four quarterfinalists.

IND vs ENG: Ex-India Cricketer On Why Cheteshwar Pujara Opening In Fifth Test vs England "Makes More Sense"

All eyes will be on what combination Team India opt to go in with for the rescheduled fifth Test against England, beginning Friday at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Rohit Sharma is ruled out of the Test after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning once again, as per the BCCI. Jasprit Bumrah would lead the side, but it would be interesting to see who opens the batting alongside Shubman Gill. Former India batter Wasim Jaffer has said that Cheteshwar Pujara opening the batting make more sense to sense to him.

Neeraj Chopra confident of breaching 90-metre mark this year but not thinking about it going into World Championships

The 24-year-old is within touching distance of the the coveted 90m mark, considered the gold standard in the world of javelin throw. In his three outings this season, Chopra has improved his personal best twice -- he recorded a 89.30m throw last month at the Paavo Nurmi Games before sending his spear to 89.94m, just 6 cm shy of 90m, at the Diamond League Meet here on Thursday. "Today, I feel good and after the first throw, I thought I could throw even over 90m today. But it is OK as I have more competitions coming this year," Chopra said after his second place finish. Chopra's opening throw of 89.94m bagged him his first podium finish at the Diamond League.

Watch What Jasprit Bumrah Said After Being Named Captain For Edgbaston Test Against England

Jasprit Bumrah became India's 36th Test captain after being named skipper for the fifth rescheduled Test against England, starting on Friday. Bumrah is the fast bowler since Kapil Dev in 1987 to be named captain of the Indian cricket Test team. Regular captain Rohit Sharma failed to recover in time from COVID-19 and was on Thursday ruled out of the Edgbaston Test after his RAT returned positive again. Bumrah has not captained in any First-class, List A or Indian Premier League match before, and it will be fascinating to see how he goes about things in the all-important fifth Test.

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Watch: England Cricket Shares Old Video Of James Anderson Dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli

Government approves TT team training tour of Portugal, Sharath Kamal to lead contingent

Updated World Test Championship Points Table After Australia's 10-Wicket Win Over Sri Lanka In 1st Test

India vs England Edgbaston Test Day 1 LIVE: Focus On Virat Kohli As India Look To Seal Series

Women's Hockey World Cup 2022: India matches, fixtures, timings, where to watch

IND vs ENG: Ex-India Cricketer On Why Cheteshwar Pujara Opening In Fifth Test vs England "Makes More Sense"

Neeraj Chopra confident of breaching 90-metre mark this year but not thinking about it going into World Championships

Watch What Jasprit Bumrah Said After Being Named Captain For Edgbaston Test Against England