ICC rejects ball-tampering investigation against Kohli

After a big Indian total, England will be under the cosh, their objective switched to staying in the game and perhaps holding out for a draw.

South African captain Faf du Plessis was found guilty of ball tampering during the Hobart Test against Australia and consequently, he was fined 100 per cent of his match fee. Even for someone like Faf du Plessis, South Africa has played exceptional cricket to beat Australia 2-0 and to be told that ball tampering, it is very silly.

Yadav bagged three wickets during England’s second innings at Visakhapatnam for a match haul of four wickets. He top-scored in the first innings in the last Test here and scored 153 in the previous one but was outscored by opening partner Shikhar Dhawan who had collected 187 by the time he was first out.

In the drawn first Test, England had stolen a march over the hosts. It is abundantly clear that India rely on their skipper to get the runs to set up a Test match for them. Everyone is in good spirits (on team morale after previous loss).”.

But as the current situation goes by, India will want to have a turning track.

“You find a way to take wickets and find a way to contain as well, which sometimes is your job – to build up the pressure then the spinners pick up the poles”. Also, the hard surface in this part of the country keeps the option for reverse swing open as well.

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The tourists, who flew to Chandigarh on Tuesday and will not practise on Wednesday, appear unlikely at this stage to risk Stuart Broad’s foot injury at the weekend – with Chris Woakes fit again after resting his knee niggle.

India’s much-vaunted batting line-up has looked brittle with Ajinkya Rahane failing to continue with the form he displayed against the Kiwis.

Turns out that any Level 1 or Level 2 offence under the ICC Code of Conduct’s purview ought to be brought to the match referee’s notice within a period of five days of the incident having taken place. “It is a bit of a grey area at the moment”, England captain Alastair Cook said on Friday. Buttler, who holds the record for England’s three fastest ever one-day worldwide hundreds, however with an average of just 30 in test cricket, coach Bayliss has challenged the Lancashire man to transfer such statistics into the five-day format of the game.

“We felt we had to have as many wickets in hand as possible (the next morning)”. “You’d have to fine/ban a player every match”, Prior went on to tweet. He, along with Cheteshwar Pujara, has been outstanding in the first two Tests.

“Within that 60-ball challenge is where Jos can try to put himself into the mindset of playing in a Test match”. But few changes might come in.

One man who looks certain to play in Mohali is Woakes. Fellow spinner Gareth Batty is therefore likely to come back into the side if Ansari is ruled out.