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Jan 25, 2024 10:40 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England captain Ben Stokes has won the toss and chosen to bat first in Hyderabad. Openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley have come out as aggressive as ever as they smashed Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj all around the ground in ...Read More the first 10 overs. England return to India after about two and a half years and both sides have had a change of captains and coaches in the intervening period. India were led by Virat Kohli in the 2020/21 series and coached by Ravi Shastri. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were an integral part of the side. This time, both those stalwarts are out of the team while Kohli is unavailable for the first two Tests. Rohit Sharma is captain and this will be his first five-match Test series leading the side and Rahul Dravid is head coach. Apart from that, though, one can't say that their approach has changed too much in the longest format of the game.
The same can't be said about England though. Under captain Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, who took over in May 2022, England's approach to Test cricket has pretty much captured the world's imagination. Their scoring rates often tend to be high even by ODI standards and their aggressive declarations have either led to them eking out a win on docile pitches like the ones they found in Pakistan or giving away what could have been straightforward victories, like they did in the first Ashes Test last year. The big question that has always been lurking around is whether England's ‘Bazball’ can work when they tour India.
We will find the answer to that question but despite England not losing a series since Stokes and McCullum took over, they remain the underdogs in this one, with yet another series win for India being the most unsurprising result. England are the last side to have defeated India in India, in the 2012/13 series. Since then, India have never even come close to losing a series at home and have lost just three Test matches overall in that period. Their winning streak currently stands at 16, six more than the next best which was 10 managed by Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting's iterations of the all-conquering Australia in the late 1990s and the 2000s. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have been at the heart of this run of success and while they both may be approaching the twilight of their career, they remain just as potent with the ball and the bat. Add to that the fact that Axar Patel is another highly effective spin-bowling all-rounder and it becomes pretty clear that, Bazball or not, any kind of success for England in this series would be a vindication of their approach.
Here are some of the highlights of Day 1 of the first Test between India and England
- England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bat
- India have played Axar Patel as their third spinner and KS Bharat is keeping wickets
- KL Rahul will take Virat Kohli's place at No.4
- India are yet to lose a series at home since 2012/13
- England are yet to lose a series since Ben Stokes took over as Test captain and Brendon McCullum as head coach
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Jan 25, 2024 10:36 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: GONE! Now Jadeja gets one
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: EDGE AND TAKEN! The Indian spinners are in the game now.
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IND vs ENG Live Score: England 58/2 in 14.4 overs
Jan 25, 2024 10:25 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: OUT! Ashwin gets the breakthrough!
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Big appeal, umpire gives it and India celebrate. Duckett, though, reviews it quite confidently. He hasn't got bat on it but he indicates to Crawley that the bounce was too high. The ball tracking holds up umpire's appeal with the ball clipping the bails on middle and leg. Duckett is not happy with that of course but he has to go after giving England a very good start.
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IND vs ENG Live Score: England 55/1
Jan 25, 2024 10:19 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: BACK TO BACK FOURS! 50 up for England
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The fifty has come up in 10.5 overs, which is very slow by T20 standards, England must be looking to do better surely. Duckett paddles the fourth ball of the 11th from Jadeja fine to the boundary and then brings out the conventional sweep. A single off the last ball and Duckett is on 34 off 36, Crawley on 17 off 31.
IND vs ENG Live Score: India 53/0 in 11 overs
Jan 25, 2024 10:12 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Ashwin follows up Jadeja
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Spin at both ends now and one could argue that the Test match has truly started now, with all due respects to the incredible Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. Jadeja got turn off every ball there, beat Crawley off the fifth and ended up bowling a maiden. Now Ashwin comes in for the 10th.
IND vs ENG Live Score: England 41/0 in 9 overs
Jan 25, 2024 10:09 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: FOUR!
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Absolutely no one moved in the field as Duckett flays the half-volley through covers. That's nine runs off the eighth over and spin comes in for the first time. Ravindra Jadeja replaces Jasprit Bumrah for the eighth over. Let's see how the England openers approach this situation, they have been fantastic against the pacers so far. Duckett on 23 off 27, Crawley on 16 off 22.
IND vs ENG Live Score: England 41/0 in 8 overs
Jan 25, 2024 10:07 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: FOUR! More runs for Duckett
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Some width from Siraj fourth ball of the eighth, Duckett puts it away. Any kind of length or width or both, and the England batters have put them away gleefully today. Fantastic start for the visitors.
Jan 25, 2024 09:58 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: 5 overs gone
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Bazball always makes for an entertaining watch, regardless of whether Englanda are dong well or not and there has been that aspect too today already, in just the first five overs of a Test match if you can believe it. Bumrah sliced through Duckett with the fifth ball of that over with the ball hitting the seam and ducking in to beat his inside edge as the batter looked to go through mid-off. Then a single and Duckett is on 11 off 13, his strike rate has been hurt here you know. Crawley on 15 off 17.
IND vs ENG Live Score: England 26/0 in 5 overs
Jan 25, 2024 09:52 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Slip taken off
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: There is the first reaction from Rohit to this England scoring rate, he has taken a slip off and placed him at covers. Bumrah continues for his third over and Jadeja gives a little glimpse of his superman fielding abilities off the second ball. Duckett struck the second delivery hard and Jadeja dived to his weak side to save what would have been a certain boundary. It instead became a dot ball.
Jan 25, 2024 09:47 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: FOUR! Shot from Crawley!
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Well Rohit is sticking to his aggressive Test match field and one can't blame him. This is a Test match after all. But say that to England. This one is not quite pitched up by Siraj, Crawley drives it on the up to the offside.
Jan 25, 2024 09:44 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: BACK TO BACK FOURS AGAIN!
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Duckett ends the third over with a couple of wonderful shots and that's 10 off it. England make their intentions clear right there. Bumrah with a hint of width fifth ball and Duckett flays it to the right of backward point. Then Bumrah overpitches, Duckett leans into the off-drive. Duckett is on 10 off seven, Crawley on nine off 11.
IND vs ENG Live Score: England 19/0
Jan 25, 2024 09:39 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England 9/0 after 2 overs
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: That was a blockbuster over. Siraj beat Crawley with an outswinger fourth ball as well and then the same off the last. Crawley is on nine off 11, Duckett on nought off one.
Jan 25, 2024 09:37 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: BACK TO BACK FOURS! Crawley with early success vs Siraj
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Siraj starts off with a loosener, a gentle half volley on the pads that Crawley puts away with ease. He follows that up with a lovely on drive. Siraj then returns with a wonderful third ball, a full outswinging delivery that beats Crawley.
Jan 25, 2024 09:35 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: A run off the first over
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Well unlike what KP and most people who know how England play expected, no boundaries off the first over, let alone the first ball. Crawley choosing to be respectful towards Bumrah and leaving the deliveries outside off, the fourth ball darted into Crawley and tucked it away for a Single. Duckett then went after the only a ball he face, a length delivery, and was beaten. Now here comes home boy Siraj from the other end.
Jan 25, 2024 09:30 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The players take their spots!
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: All right then, enough chatter, time for some Test cricket. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett open the innings for England. Crawley is facing Jasprit Bumrah.
Jan 25, 2024 09:25 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Time for the national anthems
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Allright then, Richie Richardson leads out the umpires and the players to the middle. They are all standing adjacent to each other. A lot of England fans today, as it usually tends to be the case wherever they play. England's national anthem comes first and then India's
Jan 25, 2024 09:20 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: An update from the BCCI
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The board says that Avesh Khan has been released from the squad to "play for his Ranji trophy team, Madhya Pradesh for their next Ranji Trophy fixture." It further states that Rajat Patidar has "joined the team as Virat Kohli's replacement for the first two Tests against England."
Jan 25, 2024 09:18 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rohit Sharma's thoughts
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rohit says that the pitch looks dry. He would've batted first but says that India have the skills to deal with batting or bowling first. "A good series, I am playing for the first time - five Test matches. The guys are excited. It'll be challenging but we are up for it. We have played in these conditions before. We know what to expect and what we need to do, it's all about executing your skills, backing yourself and being brave enough to take the opportunity. We've got three spinners and two seamers - Bumrah, Siraj, Axar, Ashwin and Jadeja. It was a tough one (to leave out Kuldeep Yadav), we thought a lot about it. Axar, whenever he had played, he has done well and bats really well in these conditions. He got some really good score the last time we played against Australia. Probably the reason we went with Axar," he said.
Jan 25, 2024 09:14 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: What Ben Stokes said
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Stokes says that the conditions are typical to what he expects in India, which is that you are not quite sure of what you are going to get. "The preparation has been really good. We know the challenge that India presents, not only to us but every team that comes here. They are an incredibly successful side," he said. Stokes says that Leach is a great player to lead this young England spin trio. "I have got full confidence in everyone. We picked a XI that we thought is going to give us the best chance of winning. Woody is that X-factor bowler," he said.
Jan 25, 2024 09:14 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England XI - a reminder
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach
Jan 25, 2024 09:09 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: India XI
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Jan 25, 2024 09:01 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: TOSS ALERT!
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Ben Stokes wins the toss and England will bat first. Rohit Sharma says he would've done the same.
Jan 25, 2024 09:00 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Time for the toss
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Ravi Shastri conducting the toss, Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes are out there and West Indies great Richie Richardson is the match referee.
Jan 25, 2024 08:52 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Milestone awaiting for Ashwin
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 490 wickets so far in Test cricket. He is 10 away from becoming the second Indian after Anil Kumble, fifth spinner and ninth bowler overall, to reach 500 Test wickets.
Jan 25, 2024 08:41 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: No Kohli, Rahane, Pujara
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: This is the first time in 11 years that India will be playing a Test match home with all three of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane missing from the squad. The last Test to not feature any of them was a match against the West Indies at the Eden Gardens. Rahane was yet to make his Test debut at the time while Pujara and Kohli had played just three by then.
Jan 25, 2024 08:36 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rohit Sharma in India
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rohit Sharma is an incredibly dangerous batter in any conditions but especially so in a Test match in India. The Indian captain has an average of 66.73 in 24 matches, scoring 2002 runs with eight centuries and six half-centuries.
Jan 25, 2024 08:28 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The Shoaib Bashir situation
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: McCullum had said about a day before England announced their squad that spinner Shoaib Basheer had to stay back in the UAE to sort out his visa issues. While McCullum sounded pretty confident of it being sorted out in time for Bashir to be available for the first Test, it turned out that the 20-year-old needed to fly back to the UK to sort it out. It has led to a bit of a furor online with many pointing out difficulties for players of Pakistani origin to obtain visas in India, a case in point being the difficulties faced by Australia's Usman Khawaja last year. The British government in fact called on India to "treat British citizens fairly at all times in its visa process". Ben Stokes was understandably livid as captain for the player to have had to go through this ordeal and missing out on potentially making his Test debut in Hyderabad. Bashir has obtained his visa though and you might see him today in the England dressing room at some point in this Test but he can play on in Visakhapatnam, having had no time to prepare after arriving here. India captain Rohit Sharma also expressed his sympathies. "I feel for him honestly. This is probably the first time he's coming for the fisrst time with the England set up. It's not easy for anyone. It could be one of our guys who wanted to come to England and has been denied and is not available to get the visa. Undfortunately I dont sit in the visa office to give you more details on that. I hope he can make it here quickly and enjoy our country and play some cricket as well," said Rohit.
Jan 25, 2024 08:18 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England's spinners
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Jack Leach is pretty much the only name who would be somewhat familiar to Indian fans. England have named two other spinners apart from him. Tom Hartley is making his international debut while Rehan Ahmed has played just one Test before, in Pakistan, and is playing in India for the first time. Hartley has 40 wickets at 36.57 from just 20 first-class appearances for Lancashire. Ahmed, meanwhile took 5 for 48 in the second innings of the third Test in Karachi.
Jan 25, 2024 07:56 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Shubman Gill's form
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: It is quite clear now that Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal have taken up the positions left empty by Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. While Jaiswal is opening instead of coming in at Rahane's No.5, Gill is now being seen as a direct replacement for Pujara at No.3 but his recent form in Test cricket hasn't been encouraging. Gill made an incredible start to his Test career in Australia but seems to have tapered off since in general. He has scored 1040 runs in 20 matches and is averaging just 30.58. That said, one of his two Test centuries have come in India, with the other being in similar conditions in Bangladesh, and so this series is a chance for him to get some confidence back and establish himself in home conditions at least.
Jan 25, 2024 07:48 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Will it spin on Day 1?
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Kevin Pietersen had said that he would be surprised if it doesn't spin on the first day in Hyderabad. But initial pictures and history indicates a dry pitch which means that a lot of runs could be on the offer as well. There could be some moisture content due to the colder temperatures in the morning which, in fact, could be of some help to the seamers.
Jan 25, 2024 07:40 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: India's wicketkeeper
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rahul Dravid said that KL Rahul will not be keeping wickets in this series. While it is tempting to think that KS Bharat will invariably take the gloves, one might just never know with this Indian team. There is the incredibly talented Dhruv Jurel in the wings as well. The most likely candidate seems to be Bharat, though, whose wicketkeeping at home has earned rave reviews and considering England's reputation to score quick, an assured pair of hands behind the wickets could end up being the difference between a win and any other result.
Jan 25, 2024 07:32 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: No Virat Kohli for India
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The BCCI said that the former India captain will not be available for selection in the first two Tests due to personal matters. This means that KL Rahul will most likely be walking in at No.4 as a like for like replacement.
Jan 25, 2024 07:25 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The series schedule
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The first Test is scheduled to be held till January 29 after which the tour moves to Visakhapatnam for the second Test which is scheduled to be held from February 2 to 6. There is a break after that before the third Test will be played from February 15 to 19 in Rajkot. The fourth Test will then be played from February 23 to 28 in Ranchi and the series ends in picturesque Dharamsala where the fifth Test will be played from March 7 to 11.
Jan 25, 2024 07:16 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England XI
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: As is the case for most Test matches, England announced their playing XI a couple of days before the start of play. Here is how they are lining up for this match.
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach.
Jan 25, 2024 07:08 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England in India over the years
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England first toured India for a three-match Test series back in 1933/34. The visitors won that series and their next visit came only in 1951/52. That five-match Test series ended in a 1-1 draw, with India winning the fifth Test by an innings and eight runs and thus recording their first ever international victory. Vinoo Mankad took eight wickets in England's first innings and four in the second while Ghulam Ahmed took four in the second as well. Pankaj Roy and Polly Umrigar scored centuries for India.
India won the next series they hosted in 1961/62 2-0 and both sides played draws in all five Tests of the series after that in the country in 1963/64. India won the next series in 1972/73 2-1 and then England recorded a win at last in 1976/77, taking that series 3-1. The two sides then played a one-off Golden Jubilee Test that England won by 10 wickets thanks to Ian Botham taking six wickets in the first Indian innings, scoring 114 for England and then taking seven in the second, leaving England to chase a target of 96. England then toured India for a six-match Test series in 1981/82 and India won that 1-0. England won the next time they came to the country though, beating India 2-1 in 1984/85. India won the next two series on home soil in 1992/93 and 2001/02 before England manage to draw the 2005/06 series. India then won the 2008/09 series before England pulled off the shocker of all shockers by beating India in 2012/13 2-1. They haven't really come close to repeating that feat since then, though, losing 4-0 on their next tour in 2016/17 and 3-1 in 2020/21.
Jan 25, 2024 07:00 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Rohit on Kuldeep vs Axar
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: This is what the Indian captain had to say on the debate. "It was a bit of a headache for us to decide who it was going to be. I'm not going to say who it is but it was a challenge for us to make that decision. We know we've got quality around our spin-bowling department, which is a good sign. When you've got quality around your team, when there's a headache to make your playing XI, that's a good sign," he said.
Jan 25, 2024 06:57 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Kuldeep vs Axar
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are locked in, as would be Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in the pace department and that leaves out either Axar Patel or Kuldeep Yadav to play as India's third spinner. Axar provides the obvious batting depth but any wicket with bounce can make Kuldeep's effect with the ball so outsized that his lack of contributions with the bat won't matter. Rohit had said that it was a selection headache but India do know who to go with.
Jan 25, 2024 06:46 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: The weather
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: As stated earlier, chances of rain is practically non-existent for today and the rest of this Test. The temperature is expected to be kind as well, expected to peak out at 32 degrees celsius.
Jan 25, 2024 06:33 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Session timings
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: There is no rain anywhere in the horizon and so that means the timings for today will be the same as the standard timings for Test cricket for years and years. But India haven't played a lot of Test matches in the recent past and so if you have forgotten, here is a reminder.
1st session - 9.30am to 11.30am.
2nd session - 12.10pm to 2.10pm.
3rd session - 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Jan 25, 2024 06:23 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: England full squad
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, James Anderson, Daniel Lawrence, Gus Atkinson, Tom Hartley, Rehan Ahmed
Jan 25, 2024 06:14 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: India full squad
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Srikar Bharat, Dhruv Jurel, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel
Jan 25, 2024 06:05 AM IST
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Hello and welcome!
India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: India got a taste of Bazball during their postponed fifth Test in England in 2022. They were ahead for much of that match but then got an idea of what can happen when you let this England side dictate terms for even the shortest periods of a game. Before anyone knew what was happening, England's target of 378 started looking much smaller than what it really was, which was their highest successful run chase in over a century of playing Test cricket. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow bludgeoned an unbeaten 269-run stand in just 316 balls, with the former scoring 142 in 173 and the latter making 114 in 145.
But this time, England will be asked to play that way in India, where their opponents have lost just three Tests in over a decade. India have made a joke out of a number of world class Test teams at home since England beat them here in 2012/13. The Ashwin-Jadeja duo have entered a bracket occupied by the likes of Wasim-Waqar, Ambrose-Walsh, Muralitharan-Vaas and Warne-McGrath in terms of bowling numbers of almost every kind. Moroever, the duo also have something the other legendary names in this list did not. They are both genuinely capable batters and very adept at countering the Indian conditions that they exploit with the ball in hand. In recent years, Axar Patel has joined this attack and lower order batting power and add to this the fact that India have Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj ready to pounce at anything they have got - it becomes pretty clear that Bazball or not, there remains very few greater challenges in cricket than winning a Test here. But, turning around a dwindling England was seen as an insurmountable challenge and Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum seem to have done all right in that department. Can they spring a surprise on the Indians here? As Sunil Gavaskar recently said, the first day here in Hyderabad could give us a big part of the answer to that question. Come along for the ride then, lets find these answers together.
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