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With 11,500 athletes and around 79,000 administrators, support staff and media personnel reaching Japan in the next few days, the Tokyo Olympic Games will also see a massive operation to ensure everyone involved is healthy. ....
Stand-in wicketkeeper KL Rahul's century (101 off 150 balls) and all-rounder Ravindra Jadejass half-century (75 off 146 balls) were the highlights of the first day of Indian Test team's warm-up against County Select XI as the visiting side, captained by Rohit Sharma in the absence of injured Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, went to stumps at 306 for nine. ....
Indian Test opener Shubman Gill has returned home to Chandigarh from England, ending days of speculation over his availability for the Test series against England starting next month. ....
Indian opener Prithvi Shaw middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav and off-spinner Jayant Yadav are likely to fly to England as replacements for the injured Indian players. The Indian team management requested for two openers and one off-spinner as replacements for the three injured players. The five-match Test series against England begins on the 4th of August in Nottingham. ....
Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have been named as injury replacements for India's Test matches in England beginning next month and will travel to the country at the end of the ongoing T20I series in Sri Lanka. ....
Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav's departure from Sri Lanka to join the Indian Test squad in England may be delayed after they were sent into isolation for being in close contact with Krunal Pandya, who has tested positive for Covid-19 in the island nation. ....
As Virat Kohli's men gear up to take on England in a five-Test away series in England with a battery of fast bowlers putting them on equal footing with the home side, exactly 50 years ago an unfancied India, led by Ajit Wadekar, made history by winning the first-ever Test series in England with a spin-heavy attack. ....
India were in a good position to have a crack at the target in the first Test here before rain played spoilsport, said skipper Virat Kohli.....
India skipper Virat Kohli has hinted that the team management won't shore up batting by bringing in Ravichandran Ashwin as replacement for injured pacer Shardul Thakur and will instead stick to the combination of four specialist pace bowlers and a spinner for the second Test that begins on Thursday. ....
England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second Test against India at the Lord's on Thursday. ....