Veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane said he still has a desire to play Tests for India, and added that he is still passionate about playing for the country in the longer format. In 85 Tests, Rahane has made 5077 runs at an average of 38.46, including hitting 12 centuries and 26 fifties.

“First of all, it's good to be here. I still want to play Test cricket, I am really passionate about playing Test cricket. At this moment, I'm enjoying my cricket. Just here for a few days, I carried my trainers, my training clothes, so that I can keep myself fit. Our domestic season is starting, so the preparation has just begun," said Rahane on Sky Sports’ broadcast during lunch break.

Struggling with a left index finger injury, Rishabh Pant battled his way to making 74 before Ben Stokes ran him out with a direct hit at the stroke of lunch on Day Three of the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Lord’s on Saturday. At lunch, India are at 248/4 in 65.3 overs and trail England by 139 runs.

Though KL Rahul remains unbeaten on 98, the session could have been better if the 141-run stand between him and Pant wasn’t brought to an end in a moment of hesitation for India, which in turn gave Stokes and England something to cheer after being made to toil hard on a slow pitch.

Premier New Zealand batter Kane Williamson lauded talismanic India batter Virat Kohli by calling him the greatest all-format player cricket has witnessed in the last 15 years. He also praised Kohli for overcoming challenges like the intense scrutiny on his performances by a cricket-mad nation like India.

Kohli and Williamson, along with fellow batters - Australia’s Steve Smith and England’s Joe Root, formed the ‘Fab Four’ of cricket’s modern era batting. The quartet dominated the sport with their exhilarating knocks across all formats for over a decade. While Kohli has stepped away from Test and T20Is, Smith has retired from ODIs.

Tearaway fast bowler Mayank Yadav is likely to begin his long rehab in the coming weeks at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru following a successful surgery to solve his back issues in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Schouten had previously operated on India fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna to solve their back-related issues in 2023, apart from leading similar surgeries for Australian pacers Jason Behrendorff and James Pattinson.

Last year, Schouten, along with surgeon Grahame Inglis, had operated on Australia all-rounder Cameron Green, after he suffered a stress fracture in the lower back. Injuries have troubled New Delhi-based Mayank since clocking 150 kmph speeds and picking Player of the Match awards in his first two IPL 2024 games for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

Karun Nair and KL Rahul weathered the challenge brought by England’s skillful bowlers with oodles of patience and solidity to take India to 44/1 in 14 overs and trail England by 343 runs at tea on day two of third Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Lord's on Friday.

Previously, Jasprit Bumrah picked 5-74 in 23 overs to lead the way for India to bowl out England for 387 in 112.3 overs. Bumrah, playing just his second Test match at Lord’s, picked his 13th five-wicket haul at the iconic venue and has now gone past the legendary Kapil Dev to hold the record for most five-fors picked by an Indian bowler in overseas conditions.

Jamie Smith’s rapid rise in Test cricket continued on Day 2 of the third Test between England and India at Lord’s, as the 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batter reached a significant personal milestone. Smith became the joint-fastest wicketkeeper to reach 1000 Test runs, achieving the mark in just 21 innings.

He now shares this record with South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, underlining his growing stature in the longest format of the game.

Jamie Smith hit his second fifty of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series to steer England’s recovery in the third Test at Lord’s on Friday, especially after Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc with a fiery three-wicket spell.

At lunch, England reached 353/7 in 105 overs, with Smith and Brydon Carse unbeaten on 51 and 33 respectively, with their unbroken eighth wicket stand worth 82 runs. With the pitch being quicker, Bumrah was able to move the new ball both ways to dismiss England's overnight batters – Joe Root and Ben Stokes - within the first 30 minutes of the first session, before taking out Chris Woakes.

After India women sealed their first T20I series in England with a match to go, star batter Smriti Mandhana lauded the team's all-round show in the series so far and said there was hunger in everyone's eyes, which was reflected in their performance.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said India vice-captain Rishabh Pant is undergoing treatment for a left index finger injury sustained during the third Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test match at Lord’s. With Pant under the medical team’s supervision, reserve wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel is currently on keeping duties for India.

The incident happened during the second session’s play when in the 34th over Pant copped a blow to the fingertips on his left hand while attempting to stop a Jasprit Bumrah delivery that was fired down legside against Ollie Pope.

Joe Root hit his second fifty of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series while stitching a patient unbroken 109-run stand with Ollie Pope as the duo helped England reach 153/2 in 49 overs against India at tea on day one of the third Test at the Lord’s here on Thursday.