India skipper Rohit Sharma and star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja propelled the hosts to 185/3 against England in the second session on day one of the third Test match in Rajkot.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Monday congratulated Team India for sealing a 106-run win over England in the second Test match in Visakhapatnam
Notably, the highest successful run-chase in Test history belongs to West Indies, when they chased down 418 against Australia at home in 2023. England's highest successful run-chase was 378 runs during the fifth and rescheduled Test of the 2021 home series against India at Edgbaston in 2022.
After witnessing scintillating performances from youngsters Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla is hopeful that India will win the second Test against England.
England opener Zak Crawley unleashed a solid counterattack but an impressive spell from Jasprit Bumrah pulled back India into the game as the visitors were 155/4 at Tea after India were bowled out for 396 in the first innings of the second Test here
After losing three early wickets India toiled hard at the end of the first session on day one in the first test match against South Africa at SuperSport Park on Tuesday.
The all-format tour of South Africa will kickstart from December 10 onwards with a three-match T20I series which will go on till December 14. From December 17, the ODI leg of the white-ball series will start which will conclude on September 21.
Rohit and Virat have not been part of India's T20I team since the last year's 10-wicket loss to England in ICC T20 World Cup 2022 semifinals in Australia in November. Youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad among many are being tried out in their absence
Rohit and Dhawan since 2011 have opened in 117 innings for India, scoring 5,193 runs together at an average of 45.15, with 18-century stands and 15 half-century stands.
India sealed off a comfortable 9-wicket victory for the visitors to level the five-match T20I series against West Indies on 2-2 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground on Saturday.