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Team India slammed for lack of discipline in Headingley Test: 'Improving your fielding is in your hands'

The Shubman Gill-led Indian team was guilty of putting down multiple chances, with Yashasvi Jaiswal alone accounting for three dropped catches, that allowed England to nearly cancel out India's first innings total of 471. read more The Indian team was guilty of wasting multiple opportunities during England's first innings in the first Test at Headingley. Reuters Former batter Aakash Chopra slammed the Shubman Gill-led Indian team for their poor fielding in the first Test against England in Headingley , allowing the home team to nearly cancel out their first innings total. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was guilty of dropping three catches while the likes of wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and senior spinner Ravindra Jadeja – a gun fielder – fluffed chances, allowing England to post 465 on the board. This was after India suffered a batting collapse, losing their last seven wickets for 41 runs to get bowled out for 471. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Harry Brook was a key beneficiary of the dropped chances; he was batting on nought when he was caught by Mohammed Siraj at midwicket off a no-ball by Jasprit Bumrah. He would go on to get two more reprieves before finally getting caught at deep backward square on 99 off Prasidh Krishna's bowling. 'Indian team has let themselves down massively' 'It sounds cliche - catches win matches - but it's true. There are disciplinary things among which some things are in your hands. Holding catches is in your hands. Improving your fielding is in your hands,' ex-India opener Chopra said on his YouTube channel. 'Fielding and overstepping, these are the things where you have to look within, and that is where I think the Indian team has let themselves down massively. They would be hurting because they dropped catches and bowled no-balls,' he added. Despite the dropped chances, India managed to collect a slender six-run lead, thanks primarily to Jasprit Bumrah (5/83) collecting collecting his 14th Test five-for . Bumrah had accounted for all three English wickets that fell on the second day, and could have had more had the chances been taken. Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj were also among the wickets even though they conceded more than a hundred runs, the latter going at over six-an-over for his 3/128.

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Danny Boyle used 20 iPhones to film 28 Years Later action scenes

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India vs England, 1st Test at Headingley: Will rain interrupt play on Day 4 in Leeds? Here's the forecast for Monday

The northern English city of Leeds, where the first Test between England and India is taking place at the Headingley Cricket Ground, has experienced the full range as far as the English summer is concerned – from bright sunshine on Day 1 to cloudy skies and rain in the next two days. read more Rain has made sporadic appearances so far in the first Test between India and England in Headingley, Leeds. Reuters The first Test between England and India at Headingley enters its last two days, and the game is still anybody's for the taking. The Shubman Gill-led visitors were off to a promising start in their second innings, reaching 90/2 after 23.5 overs before rain forced the umpires to call stumps earlier than expected . This was after Ollie Pope (106) and Harry Brook (99) helped the Ben Stokes-led hosts finish within touching distance of India's first innings total of 471, with Jasprit Bumrah's (5/83) 14th Test five-for helping India secure a slender six-run lead. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The fate of the first of five Tests for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy not only depends on the performance of the two teams on the ground, it also rests partly with the weather gods. Leeds, after all, has experienced it all as far as the English summer is concerned – from bright sunshine on the opening day to overcast conditions and rain in the next two. So what's on store on Monday, the fourth day of the first Test, as far as Leeds' weather is concerned? What the weather in Leeds is expected to be like on Day 4 According to Accuweather, the weather in the northern English city is expected to remain somewhat overcast for the better part of the day with intermittent showers. 'A brief morning shower or two; otherwise, breezy with intervals of clouds and sunshine,' reads the forecast on the website. The website also predicts a cloud cover ranging from 70-80 per cent until noon with a gradual decrease towards the evening, meaning the Yorkshire County Cricket Club might not have to switch on the lights at Headingley like they did on Sunday. And while the sun might peek through a few times throughout the day, the teams are unlikely to experience the long spell of bright sunshine like they did on the opening day, which created ideal batting conditions that Gill and Co capitalised on to finish on a dominant 359/3 at stumps.