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Hello and welcome to live, over-by-over coverage of the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad. Look, we probably use this phrase too often, certainly for a relatively niche cultural reference that is almost 23 years old. But I promise you: this really is the real quiz.
India away is the toughest challenge in Test cricket. They haven’t even drawn a series at home since England won here 11 years ago, and in that time they’ve lost only three Tests out of 46. They’ve won 36 of them.