Since the injury on day one, it was made clear that Pant will not be in a position to keep but will bat if the team requires.

With India needing nothing less than a miracle to make comeback in the series, fans criticised Gautam Gambhir for the team's recent decline in Test cricket.

Shardul Thakur remained an under-bowled pacer on Day 2 of the Manchester Test. When asked about the reason, he said it was entirely Shubman Gill's call.

India's tour will begin with a T20I on July 1 in Durham, followed by matches in Manchester (July 4), Nottingham (July 7), Bristol (July 9) and Southampton (July 11).

Chasing 134, Pakistan's top six batters were out for single digits before Faheem Ashraf waged a lone battle.

Harmanpreet Kaur's knock gave India their second highest ODI score against England, but at no stage their highest score of 333/5 against this opponent, recorded in September 2022 in Canterbury, was under threat.

Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri was asked to name his list of the five greatest Indian cricketers, from which he left out some big names.

Despite his monumental effort, Ravindra Jadeja was criticised by some experts for going too defensive in the 193-run chase.

Genie Bouchard reached No. 5 in the WTA rankings and in 2014 won her lone singles title.

India's heartbreaking loss to England in the Lord's Test last week has led to some harsh criticism of the team.