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Along with the absence of top batsman Virat Kohli, injuries to all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul for the second Test compounded India’s worries after the first match.

In the 5th-8th place classification match of the FIH Hockey5s men’s World Cup on Tuesday, Uttam Singh scored a hat-trick to help the Indian men’s hockey team defeat Kenya 9–4.

Bopanna, who turned 43 this year, is the oldest player to ever rank as the World No. 1 and the third Indian to do so (after two-time champion Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes).

England captain Ben Stokes’ powerful shot to eliminate him not only turned the tide of the opening Test, but it may also determine the outcome of the series.

Ollie Pope and Ben Foakes put on a heroic show on Saturday with their backs to the wall, batting with determination and utilizing every trick in the book to rattle the bowlers.

With the help of the brilliant 86 (123 balls) from the elegant batsman and the reliable unbeaten 81 from all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, India reached 421/7 at stumps after scoring 302 runs during the day.

According to Cummins, he left the event well before his teammate supposedly passed out and needed to be rushed to the hospital via ambulance.

Farokh Engineer, a former Indian batsman and wicketkeeper, was also given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the recently held function in Hyderabad.

“He (Shastri) has been chosen for the honour while Gill will be awarded the cricketer of the year,” added a BCCI official toldas quoted by news agency PTI.

Indian batter Sunil Gavaskar, a legend, acknowledged that England has done well with their strategy and that it might also be effective in India.