4th Test  

It is a rare first Down Under for India since Lala Amarnath's side visited Australia back in 1947-48 months after independence to face Sir Don Bradman's 'Invincibles'. 'Firstly, I want to say I've never been more proud of being part of a team, than this one right here,' said Virat Kohli

On the eve of the Sydney Test, India named a 13-man squad. They dropped Ishant Sharma and brought in Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin. Rohit Sharma is missing from the shortlist as he is back in India to be with his wife and newborn daughter

England captain Joe Root lauded off-spinner Moeen Ali's match-winning effort of nine wickets

Prasanna, who took 189 Test wickets from 49 matches and was part of the famous Indian spin quartet with BS Chandrasekhar, Bishan Singh Bedi and S Venkataraghavan, praised England off-spinner Moeen Ali

India captain Virat Kohli defended his premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who failed to make much of an impact on a pitch which helped spinners in the fourth Test against England. Kohli also said England deserved to win the match. The hosts won by 60 runs after India failed to chase 245 in Southampton.

All-rounder Moeen Ali has credited his county form with Worcestershire for his five-wicket haul against India in the ongoing fourth Test at Southampton. The off-spinner took 5/63 on the second day. He had scored a double century and bagged six wickets recently for his county side.

Ali briefly gave England the initiative for the first time in the Test by taking four wickets in an inspired spell either side of the tea interval, including two in two balls to remove Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami. That plunged India from 181-4 to 195-8

'They played well too, and built a good partnership between Sam Curran and Moeen Ali. When Curran came in to bat, he was playing the waiting game. As the ball got older, it stopped swinging a lot and there was less seam movement as well,' Bumrah said

'It was a medical call. He’s (Jonny Bairstow) not looking 100% fit to keep wickets in a Test match for five days and that was the call that was made,' Root told the media