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Joe Root has advocated for consistency to counter India in the upcoming five-Test series, saying «there's no hiding place» when it comes to facing such an indomitable opponent. India will commence their their 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle in England with the opening match scheduled at Headingley from June 20. Root, who surpassed Alastair Cook as England's all-time highest Test run-getter last year, is gearing up for the challenge following an impressive showing in the Champions Trophy recently. «We are good in our own conditions but with India coming over for a five-match series there's no hiding place. It's a long old slog, you've got to be consistent. You've got to put in those match-winning performances time and time again,» the former England skipper told Sky Sports. Root, 34, led the England Test team from 2017 to 2022, recording 27 victories in 64 matches — the most by any captain from the country. However, a difficult period in 2021, where the team won just one of 17 matches and suffered an Ashes debacle Down Under, led to his decision to step down from the role.

England: Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark WoodAfghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq FarooqiStay updated with all the action from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Check the Champions Trophy 2025 Schedule, track the latest Champions Trophy Points Table. Check list for most runs and most wickets. The last time Afghanistan faced England, they defeated the Englishmen in 2023 ODI World Cup.

Stay updated with all the action from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Check the Champions Trophy 2025 Schedule, track the latest Champions Trophy Points Table, and follow the top performers with the most runs leaderboard and most wickets tally.Australia: Travis Head, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steve Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (WK), Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Adam ZampaEngland: Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (WK), ⁠Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, ⁠Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, ⁠Adil Rashid, ⁠Mark WoodPhil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (capt), Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.Steve Smith (capt), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul/Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar/Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep SinghEngland: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (WK), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (C), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overston, Brydon Carse,Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.With 14 wickets in the T20I series, Varun Chakaravarthy has been added to the Indian ODI squad, keeping in mind the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. A good show might see the Tamil Nadu spinner become a late entry in India's already announced CT 2025 squad.

Mint.Champions Trophy News LIVE: Full schedule for the five-T20Is and three ODIs that England will be playing in India22 January – 1st T20I at Eden Gardens, Kolkata25 January – 2nd T20I at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai28 January – 3rd T20I at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot31 January – 4th T20I at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune2 February – 5th T20I at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai6 February – 1st ODI at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur9 February – 2nd ODI at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack12 February – 3rd ODI at Narendra Modi Stadium, AhmedabadChampions Trophy News LIVE: India’s schedule in the upcoming ICC CT 2025.20 February 2025: India vs Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai (2.30 pm)23 February 2025: India vs Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai (2.30 pm)2 March 2025: India vs New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai (2.30 pm)4 March 2025: Semi-final 1 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai (2.30 pm)5 March 2025: Semi-final 2 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (2.30 pm)9 March 2025: The Final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (Final will be played in Dubai if India qualify, 2.30 pm)10 March 2025: Reserve Day for finalChampions Trophy News LIVE: Earlier, England have already announced their squads ODI squad for India tour and Champions Trophy 2025.

Steve Smith registered his 33rd Test century in the third Test against India at GABBA, Brisbane on Sunday. It was his 10th Test ton against India in just 41 innings, the joint most with Joe Root. This was the 35-year-old's first three figure score since June 2023, between which he had played 23 innings, the most number of innings he had gone without a hundred.

Jasprit Bumrah was at his best with the second new ball in the third Test against Australia at GABBA, Brisbane on Sunday. The pacer got his 12th five-wicket haul as he dismissed the Australian top order. At the start of the day, Bumrah got rid of opener Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney in quick time to reduce Australia to 38/2. However, a partnership of 241 between Travis Head and Steve Smith meant that India were staring at a massive total. Bumrah, on the other hand, had other plans and picked up three wickets in four overs with the second new ball to reduce Australia for 327/6.

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Sarfaraz was fielding at forward short leg and Kuldeep Yadav was in the attack for India. Kuldeep bowled a brilliant delivery that almost took Bashir's wicket had the batsman not put his bat down in time.

India vs England 5th Test: Ahead of Day 1 of the 5th Test in Dharamshala, spinner Kuldeep Yadav was not sure if he would get a chance to play as Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid were looking to include a third seamer in the playing XI to capitalize on the cold conditions of Dharamshala. But, something stopped them from experimenting and it proved to be a great decision as Kuldeep Yadav dismissed all doubts with his 5-wicket haul on Day 1. With a fifer on Dharamshala cricket ground, Kuldeep Yadav became the world's quickest spinner to clinch 50 wickets.

Kuldeep Yadav, who grabbed five wickets, and 100th Test man Ravichandran Ashwin helped India bundle out England for a woeful 218 in their first innings on Day 1 of the fifth Test here on Thursday. Kuldeep (5/72) and Ashwin (4/51) ran through the England batting line-up as the visitors lost eight wickets for 118 runs across post-lunch and post-tea sessions. Opener Zak Crawley (79, 108 balls) offered lone resistance for England. There were two partnerships in the middle-order — 37 between Crawley and Joe Root for third wicket and 38 between Root and 100-Test-man Jonny Bairstow for the fourth wicket — but they were not sufficient for the visitors.

Ravichandran Ashwin is set to complete 100 Tests in the fifth and final match of England’s tour starting Thursday in Dharamsala. Here is what he said about the landmark: ON 100TH TEST

India's latest batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal advanced towards a top-10 spot in the ICC rankings for Test batters by climbing three spots to 12th while his compatriot Dhruv Jurel leapfrogged 31 places to 69th on Wednesday. Jaiswal, who started the series in 69th position, continues his ascent to the top after scores of 73 and 37 in the fourth match of India's ICC World Test Championship series against England in Ranchi. Player of the Match Jurel's scores of 90 and 39 has jumped a whopping 31 places while former England captain Joe Root is back in the top three. Root, a formerly top-ranked batter, struck an unbeaten 122 in the first innings in Ranchi to move up two places to third position. He also moved up three spots to fourth among all-rounders.

India to a fine five wicket victory over England in the fourth Test at Ranchi. With this, India clinched the series 3-1, their seventeenth straight Test series win at home and also put a hold on the 'Bazball' storm. India raced to 84 for no loss before the English spinners rose to destroy the Rohit Sharma-led top order at 120-5.

Dhruv Jurel played out of his skin to 90 and whittled England’s first-innings lead down to only 46 and the spin ruled the roost. The sheer class of R Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav was too much to resist and England had their worst batting day of this series, collapsing from 110 for 3 to 145 all out, leaving India with a target of 192 on a tricky pitch. When the day began, India were well behind the game, at 219 for 7 and staring at the real possibility of allowing England to take a sizeable lead.

India vs England Live Score Updates, 4th Test Day 3: England scored 353 in their first turn to bat. Joe Root made 122 runs without getting out. Robinson was next, with 58 runs.

India vs England 4th Test: After a dominating run on Day 2 at Ranchi, England's star batter Joe Root expressed confidence in his team and is hoping to wrap up India's innings quickly on Day 3. Joe Root, who slammed his 31st Test century praised the wonderful spell of spinner Shoaib Bashir and said it's encouraging for England's cricket.

India vs England 4th Test: After securing its largest-ever Test victory in Rajkot, Team India landed in Ranchi on Thursday and is all set for the fourth Test match against England. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian squad is already leading the series by 2-1 and will look to clinch the five-match series with another victory at Ranchi, the home ground of legendary Indian cricketer MS Dhoni.

ALSO READ: DRS at fault? England skipper Ben Stokes says, ‘If the ball's hitting the stumps…’ "We've got to keep on giving him confidence and block out a lot of the external noise and keep him present and focused on what he's trying to achieve, and I'm sure Jonny will come good," he added. Root, who has scored 11,493 runs in 138 Tests with 30 centuries, is also under the scanner. "It's Joe Root, crikey," said McCullum as he batted away criticism of the former captain's lean spell.

India vs England Live Score Updates, 3rd Test Day 3: While chasing India's first innings target of 445, England scored 207/2 in 35 overs on DAY 2. Ben Duckett hit his third Test century. He is playing at 133 off 118 balls.

ALSO READ: India vs England 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: Eng 207/2 at Stumps; Duckett hits century; Ashwin picks up 500th wicket After scoring 326/5 on Day 1 in the ongoing third test at Rajkot against England, India managed to put 445 runs on the scoreboard in their first innings on DAY 2 on Friday. India added 116 runs on Day 2 and lost all the wickets in the 130.5 overs, with both skipper Rohit Sharma (131) and Ravindra Jadeja (112) scoring individual centuries, with debutant Sarfaraz Khan contributing 62 important runs.