England cricketers Sam Curran and Phil Salt are all set to link up with the Desert Vipers for the business end of this season's International League T20 (ILT20).
England Test head coach Brendon McCullum declared that his side will "drop the shoulder and go hard" against India in the third Test when they return from a six-day break in Abu Dhabi.
As the England squad touched base in India for a five-match Test series, hoping to reverse their record of not winning a red-ball series against the Asian giants in 12 years, few would have thought that their spinners would not only out-bowl the likes of Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar
India levelled the five-match series 1-1 following a 106 run win over England in the second Test and Jaiswal's 209 in the first innings and Bumrah's nine wickets in the match, including a six-wicket haul in the first innings were the highlights of the game.
Though England tried to go all guns blazing against India with their 'Bazball' school of cricket, playing a more positive, attacking and result-oriented cricket, it had to bow down to the greatness of pacer Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
England managed to score a consolation win when they beat India by 22 runs in the fifth and final T20 match of the Mukul Madhav Foundation Physical Disability Trophy at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the biggest cricket ground in the world, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. India, though, finished the se
India levelled the five-match series 1-1, beating England by 106 runs in the second Test. One of the three key players aside from batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill who tormented England was Bumrah, who took a total of nine wickets, including a six-wicket haul in the match.
Former England skipper Nasser Hussain Hussain believes that India's win in the second Test over England has set up the rest of the series perfectly and expects the hosts to come back "even harder."
England skipper Ben Stokes questioned the Decision Review System (DRS) over Zak Crawley's dismissal against India in the second Test match on Monday and said that "technology has gone wrong on this occasion".
"A West Indies quick that burst onto the international cricket scene in style, an unsung hero of England's strong top-order and a consistent pacer from Australia have made the shortlist for the ICC Men's Player of the Month Award for January 2024," the ICC said in an official statement.