Spinner Ravindra Jadeja claimed four wickets as India thrashed West Indies by an innings and 140 runs inside three days of the first Test in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Red-hot Mohammed Siraj returned figures of 4-40 as India dismissed the West Indies for 162 and then turned the screw with the bat on day one of the first Test on Thursday.

Former India coach Greg Chappell hailed India’s young squad under Shubman Gill for proving their mettle during a transitional phase, saying they have shown they are more than capable of stepping into the shoes of their decorated predecessors.

He finished the five-match series in England with a chart-topping 23 wickets, the highest for any bowler.

That’s what this game does. It restores belief even when stretched thin. It makes cynics dreamers.

Chris Woakes is prepared to bat through a shoulder injury if England need him to seal a series win over India, according to former captain Joe Root.

England had moved to within 35 runs of securing a famous victory over India when bad light and torrential rain ended an extraordinary fourth day of the final test at The Oval on Sunday.

Mohammed Siraj struck again for India before England's Harry Brook counter-attacked in style as a dramatic fifth and deciding Test at the Oval remained in the balance on Sunday.

Yashasvi Jaiswal has backed India to ruin England's quest for a record run-chase at the Oval as the tourists eye the win that would spare them a series defeat.

Yashasvi Jaiswal made a sparkling hundred and Washington Sundar a blistering fifty before Mohammed Siraj struck with the last ball of Saturday's play to bolster India's hopes of a series-levelling win in the fifth and deciding Test against England at the Oval.

India's Mohammed Siraj expects fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah to feature in the vital fourth Test against England at Old Trafford this week.

There are games that thrill, and then there are Test matches that sear themselves into memory.

Heated exchanges between England and India players made the Lord's test more exciting and challenging, India captain Shubman Gill said after England took a 2-1 lead in the series with a dramatic 22-run win on Monday.

India pacer Mohammed Siraj has been fined 15 percent of his match fee and handed one demerit point due to his aggressive reaction after taking Ben Duckett's wicket on day four of the third Test at Lord's, the sport's governing body said on Monday.

On Sunday, in a performance that silenced all doubters, Siraj tormented his hometown team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, with a fiery spell of 4 for 17.

On Friday, on a visit to the First Lancer Ground in Hyderabad’s Syed Nagar area, the hub for cricket in the locality, this correspondent came across Jayed Khan, a young fast bowler with dreams of making it big as a cricketer.

Ben Duckett hit 153 and skipper Ben Stokes made 41 in his 100th Test but England lost wickets at regular intervals

India kept their best reserved, or, Sri Lanka their worst, for Sunday’s one-sided final of the Asia Cup, a tournament played as a prelude to the World Cup in India next month.

Pace bowler Mohammed Siraj claimed six wickets including four in one over, as India skittled out Sri Lanka for a paltry 50 in the Asia Cup final on Sunday.

A day packed with action at Queen's Park Oval in between short, sharp showers saw Mohammed Siraj scything through the lower half of the home side's first innings in the morning to earn his team a 183-run lead