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BBC News
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- BBC News
India vs England: Young squad shines after dramatic England Test series
The enthralling 2-2 draw for the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy between England and India provided a dramatic start to the new World Test Championship was an epic contest, each of the five Tests going into the final day, four in fact into the final session, providing some of the best individual and collective performances the five-day format has seen in recent score-line scoffed at projections made by former cricketers and pundits before the series, a majority of whom had predicted an easy win - if not a clean sweep - for aside England's home advantage, experts argued India's pre-series struggles made them easy targets - and with good 0-3 at home by New Zealand, followed by a 3-1 drubbing by Australia Down Under in two preceding series, India looked vulnerable and wobbly.A spate of sudden retirements and fitness issues left India without four key players - R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Mohammed Shami. Their absence was expected to place immense pressure on young Shubman Gill, leading the side in his first series as captain. India's squad had undeniable talent, but its inexperience - especially in batting under challenging conditions - was a Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, and Rishabh Pant were seasoned campaigners in England, but Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Karun Nair, Washington Sundar, and Abhimanyu Easwaran had never played at this level there modest overseas batting record fuelled doubts about his suitability for captaincy. Added worries over pace ace Jasprit Bumrah's fitness further dimmed India's the first Test at Headingley from a winning position, as England chased 373 in the fourth innings, confirmed pundits' India recovered from this setback in style to win the next Test at Edgbaston by a whopping 336 runs. The swift turnaround came not from luck but skill and relentless determination - qualities that defined India's performance for the rest of the three Tests that followed were bitterly fought, both teams raising the intensity and skill levels, matching each other sparked frequent heated clashes but also unforgettable acts of heroism, with players from both sides battling fatigue and injury to keep their teams in the aspects of what kept India in the fight right through the neck-and-neck contest comes through in the batsmen - Gill, Rahul and Jadeja - topped 500 runs in the series. England had one, Joe Root. There were 12 centuries made by India, England had nine. Mohammed Siraj with 23 was the highest wicket-taker from either side. The only bowler to take 10 wickets in a match was Akash were scant, heroes were plenty, but the pillars of India's extraordinary show in the series were Gill and in Bradmanesque form, made 754 runs, 430 of them coming in one Test. He failed by a mere 20 runs to break Sunil Gavaskar's record series aggregate, and was also second to Don Bradman (810) for highest runs made in a series by a be mentioned alongside Bradman and Gavaskar testifies to Gill's achievement and potential. His prolific scoring earned his team's full respect, and after a hesitant start, he quickly grew in confidence, showing fine temperament and smart tactics in tough situations. Siraj, who since his 2021 debut had lived in the shadows of Bumrah and Shami, emerged so spectacularly that he instantly entered cricket and indefatigable, he bowled with a lion's heart - steaming in at full tilt, sparing his body no mercy, embracing the spearhead's role in Bumrah's absence, and inspiring the other pacers to bowl out of their skins - earning universal awe and 23 wickets came at an average of 32.43, with an economy rate of 4.02 and a strike rate of 48.43 - hardly earth-shattering India's two victories, he was the decisive force. At Edgbaston, his six wickets in the first innings (seven overall) swung the match firmly in India's favour. At the Oval, he took nine wickets - four in the first innings and five in the second - turning the match on its India held their nerve for 25 days under immense pressure - driven by willpower, ambition, and skill - culminating in a thrilling final 56-minute comeback at the Oval to win and level the series, is one of Test cricket's most riveting also marked this Indian young team's transition from apprehension and misgivings one of rich promise fuelled by ambition and future looks BBC News India on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Fans spot Liam Delap's telling reaction and say the same thing after Chelsea striker watched Joao Pedro's goal in win over Bayer Leverkusen
Footage of Liam Delap reacting to Joao Pedro's goal in Chelsea 's friendly victory over Bayer Leverkusen has caused quite the stir on social media. Enzo Maresca 's side cruised to a dominant 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Friday after wonderkid Estevao scored on his electric debut and Pedro added the second. All eyes were on Estevao after he tapped home when Cole Palmer 's effort cracked against the woodwork, but attention shifted to fellow new boy Pedro late in the second half, the substitute having doubled the Blues' lead on 90 minutes. Pedro was introduced in place of Delap, who was unable to find the back of the net. The frontman, signed from Ipswich this summer, was given his first home start and recorded two efforts on target. Just his second touch of the game saw him test goalkeeper Mark Flekken, who later spread himself to deny Delap in style. Pedro then showed the £30million man how it was done, composing himself inside the penalty area before coolly picking out the bottom left corner. Look at Delap's reaction😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 — CherkiSharingan (@pureballersonly) August 8, 2025 Chelsea fans spotted Liam Delap's reaction to Joao Pedro's goal against Bayer Leverkusen Delap was given his first start at Stamford Bridge but couldn't convert his two big chances Delap's subsequent reaction on the bench was caught on camera, and social media users were quick to have their say, insisting he was already regretting the move. 'Yeah, he's like, "Damn, it will take a little while,' said one user. Another added: 'He's starting to regret his decision already.' A third said: 'Guy knows he's second choice already.' However, other supporters believe Delap was right to remain stony-faced. 'Rather that than him cheesing,' added another. 'Knows he needs to step it up.' A fifth user agreed, saying: 'This is what we want, healthy competition in positions.' Delap elected to move to Stamford Bridge despite interest from both Manchester United and Newcastle, and signed a lucrative six-year contract. After scoring 12 goals in his 37 top-flight appearances last season, he was recruited to provide competition for Nicolas Jackson. However, it has since emerged that Jackson will look to leave this summer. As exclusively reported by Daily Mail Sport, Jackson was left out of the squad at Stamford Bridge and the club are now helping him secure a move away. We can also reveal Jackson trained solo at Cobham on Friday while everyone else's focus was on their 7pm clash with Bundesliga giants Leverkusen. It comes with the Senegal international having officially told the club's hierarchy that he is keen to explore a transfer elsewhere this month. Chelsea are currently in talks with clubs from the Premier League and in Europe and will sanction a sale if they deem it to be in the club's best interests.
The Guardian
2 hours ago
- The Guardian
Downbeat Howe ‘doesn't know what future holds' for Isak at Newcastle
Alexander Isak's old poster boy image has been removed from the plateglass windows of Newcastle's club store and, judging by Eddie Howe's demeanour on Friday night, the Sweden striker could soon be erased from the attacking roll call. Isak, currently engaged in a standoff with the club as he tries to force a move to Liverpool, was nowhere to be seen as Newcastle drew 2-2 with Espanyol in a St James' Park friendly. Not that his absence prevented the night's subtext being all about the man who was not there. Afterwards Howe admitted he 'does not know what the future holds' for Isak after revealing he will continue to train in isolation next week. 'We've had discussions and it's clear we can't involve him in the group at the moment,' said Newcastle's manager. 'I don't know how long that will last. He is training later than the rest of the squad. 'From our perspective we'd like to see him back with the team but the situation has to be right for the team. He's contracted to us so, of course, there's a chance he could play for Newcastle again. But I don't know what the future holds.' Given Newcastle's ongoing struggles to sign a replacement, Howe was asked if he could simply insist that a player who swerved the club's pre-season tour of Singapore and South Korea should honour his deal but the manager, who said he did not think the board had yet disciplined the 25-year-old, demurred. 'It's not that straightforward,' he said. 'We'd have done that if we could but we're not currently in a position to do that. 'The team has, of course, been disrupted by this. But that doesn't mean we can't overcome this and come back even stronger.' The sight of more than 20,000 empty seats on Friday night at a customarily full arena will alarm Newcastle's Saudi Arabian ownership but the sparse crowd was arguably more about Howe saving most of his first XI for Saturday afternoon's second La Liga friendly against Atlético Madrid than an outright mutiny at an admittedly dismal transfer window ahead of a Champions League campaign. In Isak's absence, and with his fellow striker Callum Wilson having moved to West Ham, the endearingly enthusiastic but hugely inexperienced Will Osula led the attacking line as Newcastle, with the outstanding Lewis Miley looking like an England central midfielder in the making, were left without a victory in this troubled pre-season. With a decent striker on the pitch they would arguably have won. The only problem is that the entire No 9 species seem to have developed an allergy to Tyneside. Bryan Mbeumo, João Pedro, Liam Delap and Benjamin Sesko rank among those forwards who have turned Newcastle down and the St James' Park board will not countenance selling Isak to Anfield for a sum well in excess of £110m until two new attacking faces are secured. With the transfer window's closure fast approaching it is all turning into a race against the clock, not to mention a game of who blinks first. Despite excluding Isak from a training ground barbecue last week in the wake of the striker's unsanctioned trip to train alone at his old club Real Sociedad, Howe still does not know where the striker who scored 27 goals for him last season will be playing when Liverpool visit at the end of the month. Sign up to Football Daily Kick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football after newsletter promotion Despite, albeit weakening, protestations to the contrary, Howe's demeanour suggested that he feels he, and his dressing room, would be infinitely better off without a player who has evidently checked out, mentally at least, from Tyneside. It would surely be much better to reinvest Liverpool's fee on some decent new players – the Coventry midfielder Jack Rudoni anyone? – and create a new hero or two. Although last night's good humoured, family dominated, crowd of just over 30,000 was not exactly typical of the more vehemently partisan Premier League crew, there is a sense that many Newcastle fans have already loosened the emotional ties that until very recently bound them tightly to Isak. Granted they feel more than a little let down but there is a mood of almost shrugging acceptance that Liverpool have turned his head and they will never sing their former anthem, 'Gimme, gimme a striker from Sweden' Abba style again. Should Yoane Wissa, Ollie Watkins, Nicolas Jackson – (not that Newcastle fans seem overly keen on him) – Jørgen Strand Larsen, Samu Aghehowa, Gonçalo Ramos or any other potential attacking recruits start scoring regularly it will surely be a case of 'the king is dead, long live the king'. In any case Howe already has a Targett on his side. Matt, a veteran full-back, operating on the left of a midfield three, discovered his latent Isak streak as he met Miley's cross to head Newcastle level after Edu Expósito has expertly half-volleyed Espanyol into the lead. After that Newcastle's impressive debutant in goal, Southampton loanee Aaron Ramsdale, saved Javi Puado's penalty before Murphy's goal preceded Kike García's deserved leveller. There is evidently much work to be done on Tyneside before next weekend's Premier League opener at Aston Villa. 'The balance of our squad isn't quite right,' said Howe. 'But I'm hopeful we can adjust that in the next couple of weeks.'
