England won the toss and put India in to bat as the titans of test cricket get their five-match series under way at Headingley on Thursday, with both teams at very different stages of their journey. Leeds was a vibrant scene ahead of the start of the series opener,

India and England kick off a Test match on June 20, marking a new era for India after the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

In their only Test of the summer so far, England beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs, with hundreds from top-three Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, and Ollie Pope leading the way at Trent Bridge. Meanwhile,