England vs India, 1st Test, India tour of England, 2025 - CommentaryENG vs IND, 1st Test, India tour of England, 2025 - Commentary

England won by 5 wkts

India

471

&364

England

465

&373/5

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Highlights: England vs India, 1st Test, Day 5, 3rd Session

Joe Root's 53* (84) v IND

Highlights: England vs India, 1st Test, Day 5, 2nd Session

England vs India, 1st Test Review ft. Harsha Bhogle & Dinesh Karthik

Cricbuzz Chatter: England v India, 1st Test Review ft. Murali Kartik

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Jadeja to Duckett, FOUR, a century for Ben Duckett! His sixth in Test cricket and isn't he delighted! Tossed up full and just outside off, Duckett leans in and brings out the reverse-sweep again, puts it into the gap at backward point and it screams to the ropes. Duckett leaps in the air pumps his fist in joy, takes his helmet off and raises his bat, pretty measured celebration after the initial release of emotions. He was looking good in the first innings and missed out but not this time. HIs next goal will be to stick around and see England through this chase

Siraj shouldn't just rely on his wobble seam: Dinesh Karthik

Narsima Chilkuri: Test cricket at its absolute best - poised on a knife’s edge. Bumrah with the ball, Jadeja with the rough, England with belief, and rain with mischief. 90 overs, 350 runs, 10 wickets - all four results alive. Can’t script it better.

Answered: How can India halt England's Bazball on Day 5?

England vs India, 1st Test, Day 4 Review ft. Harsha Bhogle & Dinesh Karthik

Rahul's composure & Pant's chaos defined India's Day 4: Murali Kartik

Bumrah's achievements on par with McGrath, Marshall: Dinesh Karthik

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Bashir to Pant, 1 run, he'll get there with a single but that's a special moment! Twin-centuries in the game for India's entertainer-supreme! Length delivery wide outside off, Pant reaches out and cuts it away towards deep point. He scurries across and this time the celebrations are a lot more measured. He takes his helmet off and soaks in the applause before getting a big hug from his partner. Everybody rises in applause, Sunil Gavaskar gestures him to celebrate with another somersault but Pant says next time. A look of great satisfaction on Pant's face after that

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Bashir to Rahul, 2 runs, 100 for Rahul. Big smiles from Gill, Sai Sudharsan and the others in the Indian dressing room. Rahul kisses the crest on his India helmet and then hugs Pant. A smile and a chat follows. He raises the bat and then has a look at the heavens. It's full outside off, he gets forward and drives wide of sweeper cover, comes back for the 2nd. Fine innings and one of his best in this format. Has looked so so good from the time he came to the crease, has hardly put a foot wrong

Satwik: I see it differently. At this stage, India should focus on playing sensibly. Depending on how the score shapes up, we can shift to an aggressive approach in the third session. Pushing too hard now could risk a collapse, which would hand the momentum to England.

Dhrumil: India should look to accelerate the pace and have a good score on board by the end of the second session. Rishab Pant should unleash

Pant is India's greatest wicket-keeper batter in Tests: Dinesh Karthik

Rahul's batting always brings a sense of calmness: Harsha Bhogle

Bumrah, unbothered

Dropped chances, injury breaks, outside noise - none of it shakes India's fast-bowling spearhead, who speaks about trusting himself and shutting out expectations

England vs India, 1st Test, Day 3, Review ft. Harsha Bhogle & Dinesh Karthik

No support for Bumrah let England slip away on Day 3: Murali Kartik

Bumrah's spell was like watching thrill-a-minute: Harsha Bhogle

Nikhil: Just lob the ball to Lord Thakur - the man turns half-chances into full-blown miracles like he's got a cheat code from the cricket gods!

Koteswararao: Krishna needs to get a tad fuller to make the batter a little uncomfortable, with his natural length the batters are comfortable playing on the back foot

A tale of three hundreds

Stats highlights from India's first innings of the Leeds Test against England

England vs India 1st Test Day 2 ft. Harsha Bhogle & Dinesh Karthik

Pant's unpredictability leaves bowlers rattled: Murali Kartik

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Bumrah to Pope, 1 run, ohh inside edge onto to the on-side and that will give his 9th Test hundred. Back-to-back tons for Ollie Pope. He is ecstatic. Completes the run, jumps and fist pumps. Removes the helmet and raises the bat to the crowd. This was a fullish delivery, Pope looks to drive through the off-side, but the ball rolls to mid-wicket

Gill determined to walk in Kohli's footsteps at No. 4: Harsha Bhogle

Impressions, entrances and a bright beginning

On a sunny day in Leeds, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave India's new era the kind of beginning that felt anything but tentative

England vs India 1st Test Day 1 ft. Harsha Bhogle & Dinesh Karthik

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Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, 1 run, there it is and boy doesn't he love it! Good length delivery on off-stump, Jaiswal hangs back and eases it towards point before setting off, he raises his arm and takes the helmet off before leaping in joy as he makes it through to the other end, lets out a big roar and punches the air in delight. There's a real sense of satisfaction on his face, he wanted this badly and you could see it in the celebration. He's sure making a happy habit of scoring centuries in the opening Test of a series. Remember, he got a big one in the first Test of the BGT last year. He's a fighter, a warrior in who's ethos 'giving up' does not exist! No pain nor pressure can faze him, he's here to conquer!

Gill's time to shine: Can he stand the Test of time?

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Brydon Carse to Rahul, out Caught by Root!! This time he couldn't resist and edges it to first slip. This is why they keep bowling full and wide in England. You've got to the risk the drive and bowl full, said Stuart Broad in his pitch report. That's exactly what Brydon Carse has done. Followed up a short ball with a wide and full outswinger. KL let it go. The next ball is again fuller and slightly closer. The outswing takes a thick edge and Root catches it nicely, around chest high and reverse-cup style moving to his right at first slip. All that classy batting, all that concentration goes to dust in a millisecond. That's Test cricket for you. KL walks off disappointed after a very good innings. Rahul c Root b Brydon Carse 42(78) [4s-8]

Jaiswal's biggest test yet: Can he master English conditions?

India's reorder begins in Leeds, where order rarely holds

A new captain, new ideas and even the new Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, it's all to play for, for India, at the start of the new WTC cycle

Keshav: I think the score line will be 3-1 in favor of England, pertaining inexperience batting lineup of India. As seen in the case of SENA countries, bowlers will take 20 wickets but batting should come to shore in order to win the series.

Sunit Sihag: India will win the first match at Headingley, scoreline at the end of this series will be 3-1 in favor of India. And if that happens, Gill will establish himself as new generation star and silence all his critics.

Satya Prakash sethi: English batters have struggled against quality spin, subcontinent-style pitches or dry tracks that offer turn. India having two world-class spinners who are not only capable of maintaining control but also consistently taking wickets in the middle overs. It will be interesting to see the match.

Swastik: I think India will win this series because their pace attack looks better than that of England.