Sachin Tendulkar portrait unveiled at the Lord's Long room to honour Sachin's legacy. ❤️

TOSS UPDATE:

England won the toss and opted to bat first.

Only 1 change in India’s playing XI:

IN: Jasprit Bumrah

OUT: Prasidh Krishna

Sachin Tendulkar ringing the bell at Lord’s 🐐

The Iconic Lord’s fully packed 🤯❤️

MOHAMMAD SIRAJ TO JOE ROOT: 🗣️

“Baz, Baz, Bazball. Now Play Bazball. I want to see.”

Most runs during IND vs ENG Tests
(Average):

3000 - Joe Root (57.71)*
2535 - Sachin (51.73)
2483 - Gavaskar (38.20)
2431 - Cook (47.66)
1991 - Kohli (42.36)
1950 - Dravid (60.93)

MOST FIFTIES IN TEST HISTORY:

- Sachin Tendulkar - 68 (329 Innings)

- Joe Root - 67* (287 Innings)

One of the greats from England 🙌

AND SIR JADEJA STRIKES JUST AFTER TEA! 💥

OLLIE POPE DEPARTS!

BCCI STATEMENT ON RISHABH PANT:

"Pant got hit on his left index finger. He is receiving treatment at the moment and under the supervision of the medical team".

England end Day 1 at 251/4

Joe Root unbeaten on 99, Ben Stokes at 39.

Nitish Kumar Reddy took two wickets, Bumrah and Jadeja took one wicket each.

MOST WICKETS BY AN INDIAN IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET:

Anil Kumble - 956
Ravichandran Ashwin - 765
Harbhajan Singh - 711
Kapil Dev - 687
Ravindra Jadeja - 611*

Take a bow, sir Jadeja 🙇

Yuvraj Singh with his son! 🥹❤️

Martin Guptill’s instagram story!

News:

BCCI says Rishabh Pant is still recovering from the injury so Dhruv Jurel will continue with wicket-keeping today.

37TH TEST HUNDRED FOR JOE ROOT!

A BRILLIANT KNOCK 🌟