| Most Player of the Series awards in Tests 11 — Muttiah Muralitharan 9 — Jacques Kallis 8 — R ASHWIN, Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Shane Warne 2 — With the result of the match, it confirms that India and New Zealand will be playing the final | The Virat Kohli-led side comprehensively won the next three Tests ending the series on a thumping note with an innings victory |
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| Team India wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has returned with the team for the upcoming England Test series on Thursday after recovering from COVID-19 | Ollie Robinson, who was suspended following a Twitter racism row, has also been recalled to the England squad |
"We have selected Ollie Robinson after his seven-wicket Test debut against New Zealand," said England head coach Chris Silverwood, as reported by AFP.
3| He became only the second Indian after Anil Kumble with 30 five-wicket hauls or more in Tests | Indians to take 4 five-wicket hauls in a Test series Subhash Gupte v NZ in 1955 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar v ENG in 1972-73 Harbhajan Singh v AUS in 2001 R Ashwin v AUS in 2013 Axar Patel v ENG in 2021 50 — This is the 50th match where India won with Cheteshwar Pujara being part of the playing XI |
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| His previous worst home series in terms of batting average, was against South Africa in 2015, when he averaged 33 | We continue to work through changes in light of the GDPR , which went into effect May 25, 2018 |
The BCCI Medical Team had also identified Bharat Arun, bowling coach, Wriddhiman Saha and Abhimanyu Easwaran as close contacts of Dayanand Garani throwdown specialist cum masseur , who was in the team hotel when he tested positive following RT-PCR tests on July 14.
13| With the team wanting to test themselves in a practice game rather than two intra-squad games before the series gets underway, the BCCI spoke to the ECB and the same has been worked out | The entire Indian contingent including travelling family members and caretakers were administered with the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month in London |
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| The four personnel are undergoing 10-day isolation and will remain in their respective rooms in the team hotel in London | Pant was due to undergo COVID-19 and cardiac tests on Monday July 19 having completed his isolation period of 10 days as per the UK guidelines |
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