India tour of England 2021 News

On this day, two years ago, India clinched a remarkable 151-run victory over England at Lord's.

Indian team finished Day 3 of the rescheduled fixture with a lead of 257 runs and bolstered their chances of securing a victory.

In the ongoing red-ball fixture against India, Crawley was dismissed for a score of 9 off 17 in the first innings by flashing his blade on the widish delivery of Bumrah and giving an easy catching opportunity at the slip cordon.

In a humorous tweet, former South Africa cricketer Robin Peterson, who was at the receiving end of Lara's wrath, seemed happy for Bumrah's assault on Broad. Notably, the left-arm spinner was hammered for 28 runs in an over of the Test match. In 2003 against the West Indies, Peterson got tonked all over the park while bowling to Lara. "Sad to lose my record today oh well, records are made to be broken I guess. Onto the next one," Peterson wrote on Twitter.

Hanuma Vihari displayed good enough resolve, but Matty Potts bowled an accurate in-swinging delivery to find him plumb LBW for 20 runs off 53 deliveries in the 23rd over. A couple of overs later, Virat Kohli (11) was a bit late in shoulder arming an outside off stump delivery and chopped it into the stumps off Potts. Then Shreyas Iyer started on a good note by hitting three boundaries but couldn't continue long as Anderson dismissed him for 15 off 11 and left the visitors reeling at 98/5.

The Indian cricket team will lock horns with Derbyshire and Northamptonshire in a couple of T20 matches during their forthcoming tour of England later this summer. India will tour England in July to complete the 5-match Test series, scheduled in 2021, before locking horns with the Eoin Morgan-led unit in three ODIs and as many T20Is. The two T20s against Derbyshire and Northamptonshire will serve as a valuable warm-up for the Rohit Sharma-led unit before the white-ball fixtures against the home side. The games will be played at the Incora County Ground in Derby and County Ground in Northampton on July 1 and July 3, respectively. The warm-up fixtures will coincide with the fifth and final Test of the Pataudi Trophy, which will take place at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham between July 1-5. For the uninitiated, the fifth Test, which was originally scheduled to take place at Old Trafford in Manchester last September, was postponed for an indefinite period on the morning of the game following a Covid outbreak in the Indian camp. India is currently leading the five-match series 2-1 thanks to remarkable victories that the Virat Kohli-led unit notched up in London- Lord's and then the Oval. However, unlike last summer's first four Tests, Kohli won't be leading the Indian team. The former skipper relinquished leadership duties following a heartbreaking Test series defeat in South Africa earlier this year. Nevertheless, it will still be an excellent opportunity for India to claim their maiden series win in England since 2007, and all they need is a draw to confirm that. As for the white-ball fixtures, the leg will start with three T20Is from July 7. Southampton, Birmingham and Nottingham will host the three games on July 7, 9 and 10. The ODI series will take place in London and Manchester between July 12-17. Prior to the England tour, Team India will also play a couple of T20Is in Ireland on June 26 and 28.