An average coaching team and a naive captain can be a recipe for disaster, and this is exactly what has happened, as India are going down tamely at Old Trafford to concede the five-match Test series to England.

By Peter Hall MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley scored at a rapid rate to steer England to 77-0 at tea on day two of the fourth test at Old Trafford, the hosts trailing India by 281 runs on Thursday.

England travel to Australia for The Ashes having deployed a more pragmatic approach in their summer series against India

Virat Kohli's brother Vikas appeared to take a dig at the Indian cricket team as they look destined for a series defeat against England. Vikas's post on social media went viral during the ongoing Manchester Test match.

Only Don Bradman (19 v England) and Sunil Gavaskar (13 v West Indies) have scored more Test centuries against a single opponent than Root’s 12 against India, a testament to his particular ability against spin bowling and the unique demands of the sub-continent.

R Ashwin was not happy with the team management's decision to not include Kuldeep Yadav for the fourth Test match against England at Old Trafford.

Injury-prone pace bowler Jofra Archer will play his first cricket test for England in 4 1/2 years after being selected for the third match of the series against India starting Thursday at Lord’s.

India were 0 for 2 after England piled on 669, but Rahul and Gill batted out two sessions to give India hope for survival