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Red-ball cricket and the quality of pitches will be the major talking points when India takes on England in a five-test series starting Thursday. This is India’s only long format international engagement at home in the 2023-24 season, after it previously hosted the 50-over Cricket World Cup last year in October and November. Over the past few seasons, test cricket in India has come under scrutiny due to the nature of the spin-friendly pitches.

England are in India for a Test cricket series that will test Bazball to breaking point, but Bashir situation the latest obstacle.

Red-ball cricket and the quality of pitches will be the major talking points when India takes on England in a five-test series starting Thursday. This is India’s only long format international engagement at home in the 2023-24 season, after it previously hosted the 50-over Cricket World Cup last year in October and November. Over the…

From isolation and illness to a lack of warm-up matches, the reasons are many – but England’s decision to pick a team radically different to a home XI for first Test in India does bode well

India have not lost a test series at home in more than a decade but that formidable record will be under threat when they take on England in a five-match series.