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Editor's brief

This match hub is editor-led on the cricket desk. We open the fixture page once India team news clears sourcing and the verified squad list is locked. As soon as the match window opens we populate the live incident log from the press-conference round-up, the verified tour or tour-equivalent feed and the verified broadcaster feed; the desk will not publish incidents off rumours or single-source social posts.

Fixtures in this series

• India vs England · India tour of England · 3rd Test

What to watch

• Selection picture: The BCCI medical team updated the squad on Wednesday. The decision is whether KL Rahul (quad) is fit enough to keep the opening slot or whether Abhimanyu Easwaran returns.
• Squad rotation: the rotation pattern across the last five fixtures is the data point we cross-reference against the press-conference notes. Three seamers plus Kuldeep Yadav on a dry Lord's surface; the Jadeja-Ashwin combination is the balance the management have stuck with for the last two Tests.
• Injury report: KL Rahul is the fitness doubt the desk is tracking. The return-to-play read and the verified medical update will be added to the live log as soon as the club statement is published.

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