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On the opening day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, Rishabh Pant suffered a serious foot injury that forced him to withdraw injured and get scans, leaving India hoping for a miracle. Rishabh Pant inside-edged an attempted reverse sweep off Chris Woakes onto his right (front) foot, causing his foot to swell and giving him a pained appearance. His immediate swelling and incapacity to bear any weight on the foot were concerning signs for India, but he survived the LBW shout and the review that followed. India's vice-captain and wicketkeeper, Pant, needs a golf-style cart to help him leave the field after receiving on-field medical care. Captain Shubman Gill visited him at the ground medical center after he was transferred there, and he later had scans at a hospital. Although England spinner Liam Dawson expressed his best wishes for Pant, he "can't see him playing much more part in this game." The pain his partner was in was explained by B. Sai Sudharsan, who was...

Shubman Gill said that when England captain Ben Stokes took his fourth consecutive win and put India in to bat, the combination of a good batting pitch and poor overhead conditions made it a "good toss to lose" in Manchester. No team has ever won a Test match after choosing to bowl at Old Trafford, but Stokes believes his team can break that record. "There are pretty decent overhead conditions for bowling," he stated at the toss. A typical Manchester pitch has some grass cover and is quite firm. He hopes they can use it well this morning. India made three changes, two of them were forced, and gave Anshul Kamboj, a seamer for the Chennai Super Kings and Haryana, his Test debut. After failing to score 40 in the first three tests, Karun Nair is replaced at No. 3 by Sai Sudharsan, while Shardul Thakur and Kamboj take the place of Akash Deep and Nitish Kumar Reddy, who are injured. As India lost their 14th straight toss in all men's internationals, Gill sai...

India's team selection after their injury issue is starting to take shape, as it has been confirmed that Jasprit Bumrah will play in the fourth Test match against England at Old Trafford. When asked about India's pace attack, which appeared likely to be disrupted by the injuries to Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj stated in Manchester on Monday, "As of right now, we only know that Jassi [Bumrah] bhai will play." In addition to Bumrah's availability, India had other positive news two days prior to the Test: Rishabh Pant, who had sustained a finger injury at Lord's, recovered from a two-hour training session. Akash Deep's groin ache is still bothering India, and they will give him some time to heal. Specialist batsman Sai Sudharsan is expected to make a comeback to the starting lineup as all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who played the second and third Test matches and made an impression at Lord's as the fourth seamer, is now sidelined f...

Nitish Kumar Reddy, an all-rounder for India, is expected to miss the rest of the England trip due to a knee injury. According to ESPNcricinfo, Reddy sustained the injury on Sunday while working out in the gym, and scans showed ligament damage. Fast bowlers Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh are also dealing with injuries that may prevent them from playing in the match, which is further setback to India's preparations for the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Manchester, which begins on July 23. India's team now includes Anshul Kamboj as a seam-bowling replacement. All of this is on top of Jasprit Bumrah only playing in three of the series' five Test matches due to workload management issues. With the players receiving an eight-day break between the third and fourth Tests, India has stated that they are "leaning towards" including Bumrah at Old Trafford, where he played in the first and third Tests. The second and third Test matches were played by...

A white-ball series between the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is being discussed for October. According to Cricbuzz, the three-ODI and numerous T20I series is expected to begin in Dubai in the first half of October because both teams have international commitments in the second half of the month. Afghanistan will tour Zimbabwe at the same time, while Bangladesh will host the West Indies on their home ground for a full-fledged series. In July 2024, Afghanistan was initially slated to host Bangladesh for two Test matches, three ODIs, and three T20Is. However, the BCB requested that the tour be postponed, citing workload management. A white-ball series consisting of three ODIs and three T20Is was then suggested by the ACB for July and August in Greater Noida, but it was also cancelled because the BCB believed the weather there wouldn't be suitable for an international series. "We're talking to ACB about the white-ball series th...

All-rounder Glenn Phillips of New Zealand has suffered a groin injury that will keep him out of the upcoming two-Test series against Zimbabwe and the current T20I tri-series in Zimbabwe, which also involves South Africa. Phillips sustained the injury on July 13 while playing the Washington Freedom in the Major League Cricket (MLC) championship game. According to a NZC statement, he received medical treatment when he arrived in Zimbabwe and it turned out that he would need "a number of weeks" to recover. Tim Robinson will stay with the team for the remainder of the tri-series after being added late to the T20I squad as a stand-in for players who participated in the MLC knockouts. The name of Phillips' replacement in the Test team will be announced soon. Rob Walter, the head coach of New Zealand, stated, "It's obviously disappointing to lose someone of Glenn's calibre," "Like Finn [Allen], we feel a great deal of sympathy for Glenn and his loss ...