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Intent to score was needed on Motera track, it was a normal wicket: Rohit

Intent to score and not just survive was the key to flourish on the Motera pitch, asserted India opener Rohit Sharma who batted effortlessly on the 'interesting but normal' pitch

Kohli eclipses Dhoni to record maximum Test wins as captain on home soil

Virat Kohli surpassed MS Dhoni's record of winning maximum number of Test matches as captain on home soil after leading the side to a 10-wicket victory over England in the day-night third Test

IND vs ENG: Kohli laments poor batting by both teams on good batting wicket

Virat Kohli lamented the quality of batting from India and England in the third Test that saw teams getting bowled out for low scores in the first three completed innings

IND vs ENG: Motera pitch was good, quality of batting was not, says Kohli

Virat Kohli said poor batting and not the pitch was responsible for the day-night third Test vs England winding up inside two days and described the performance of batsmen on both sides as 'bizarre'

IND vs ENG: It's all about confidence, says Axar on phenomenal Test outings

It was a long wait for Axar Patel and it didn't help that everyone around him had just one question for the past three years -- "Why aren't you in the Indian team?"

India vs England Test series: Ian Bell slams England's rotation policy

England guilty of thinking too far ahead, have gone wrong with rotation policy, says former England batsman Ian Bell

IND vs ENG: Bizzare that 21 of 30 wkts fell to straight balls, says Kohli

India skipper Virat Kohli brought forward a relevant point that the quality of batting was to be blamed as most of the batsmen got out to balls that didn't turn

England out of WTC final contention; India move up to top spot in standings

India knocked England out of contention from the ICC World Test Championship final, scheduled to take place in June, with its 10-wicket triumph in the day-night third Test at Narendra Modi Stadium

IND vs ENG 3rd Test highlights: India knocks England out of ICC WTC final

The last time India won inside two days in a Test was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru. Check India vs England highlights and IND vs ENG scorecard here

Ashwin becomes 4th highest wicket-taker for India with 599 wickets

Ashwin on Wednesday went past Zaheer Khan's tally of 597 international wickets to climb to the fourth spot on the list of Indian bowlers with the most wickets in international cricket

Ind vs Eng: Umpire sanitises ball after Stokes accidentally applies saliva

England all-rounder Ben Stokes mistakenly applied saliva on the ball after the completion of the 12th over of the India innings in the third session of the pink-ball Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium

Ind vs Eng, 3rd Test: Axar, Ashwin spin web to bundle out visitors for 112

Hometown boy Axar Patel and seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had a field day as India bundled out England for a paltry 112 in the first innings on the opening day of the pink-ball Test

3rd Test: Axar Patel takes 6 wkts as India bowl out England for 112

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel took six wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged three as India blew away England for 112 runs in their first innings on the opening day of the third Test

IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 highlights: IND 99-3 at stumps, trail by 13 runs

Leach scalps the wicket of Virat Kohli (27) in the last over before stumps. India bundled out England for 112 on Day 1 as Axar scalps 6 wickets. Check India vs England highlights and scorecard here

Motera pitch bucks a trend: Not seamers, Indian spinners hold sway

The newly-built stadium in Motera, built with Australian expertise in design and costing Rs.800 crore in all, gave a new twist to pink ball Test cricket with spinners bucking the trend

India vs England: Check Motera stadium capacity, facts, tickets price here

Ahead of India vs England 3rd Test match, World's largest cricket Stadium, Motera, was renamed to Narendra Modi Stadium. Check key facts about Motera Stadium here

India, England will start on equal terms in 3rd Test: Gautam Gambhir

India and England will start on equal footing when they clash in the pink ball third day-night Test match on an untested pitch at Motera said former India captain Gautam Gambhir

IND vs ENG: Ashwin a world-class bowler, fine performer at home, says Root

R Ashwin has proved to be England's nemesis in the first two Tests and, well aware of his abilities now, Root described the India off-spinner as a 'world-class performer' in all conditions

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Stokes has a full bowling session with a pink ball

He may not have bowled much in the first two Tests vs India, but going into the all-important pink-ball game at the Motera Stadium, England all-rounder Ben Stokes had a full-throttle bowling session

Ishant playing 100 Tests is equally a happy moment for me: Virat Kohli

Ishant Sharma will be playing his 100th Test when India takes on England in the third Test at the Motera Stadium