IPL-winner head coach, Tom Moody, after playing Xi selection disaster, has given some coaching lessons to India National Cricket Team head coach Gautam Gambhir.
Tom Moody said that packing XI playing with all-rounders is a step that will never work in Test cricket, as expert players will always offer more.
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Select a shocking XI for Gautam Gambhir’s India 2 Test
The second Test of the five -match series between the India National Cricket Team and the England National Cricket Team was going on in Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday, July 2.
India is eyeing their first test win in Edgbaston, and to achieve this, Gautam Gambhir -led team Management made some shocking decisions while selecting the playing XI.
The hosts made three changes in the Playi XI after a 5 -wicket loss in Headingley in Leeds. India demolished Sai Reformson, who made his Test debut in the previous game, all -rounder Shardul Thakur, and resting Pace Spierhead Jasprit Bumrah to manage his charge.
Akash Deep was brought as a replacement of Jasprit Bumrah, who was beating Arshdeep Singh, while all -rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy and Spinner Washington Sundar replaced Thakur and good luck.
India’s selection for this test is shocking – Tom Moody
India’s XI for EDGBASTON test includes five expert batsmen, three appropriate all-rounders and three pacers. Gautam Gambhir loves the depth of batting in the team, and the move has brought the team success in white-ball cricket, but it cannot be said about Test cricket.
Former Australia all -rounder Tom Moody has labeled as India’s playing XI selection and said Gautam Gambhir’s ‘determination’ is a wrong step for all -rounders.
“India’s selection for this test is shocking. There is no Bumrah one thing, but only 5 experts are a gambling for batsmen. Fixation on all-rounders that are there to offer depth with bat and ball, they have never worked. Experts are always going to test more on a test,” Tom Moody has written on X.
India’s selection for this test is shocking. There is no Bumrah one thing, but only 5 specialist batsmen are gambling.
Fixation on all -rounders offering depth with bat and ball never worked. Experts are always going to offer more on a test. #ENGVIND– Tom Moody (@tommoodycrick) July 2, 2025
It does not seem right to demolish a young man on confidence – Subramaniam Badrinath
Sai Reformson was the most talk about the names known in the Test series due to his red-hot form, and the young man was given a significant number 3 spot in the XI playing test in the leads, where he had recorded a score of 0 and 30.
However, after a match, his ax and Karun Nair have not gone down well with former cricketer subminium Badrinath after promoting number 3.
“Sai scored a significant 30 and was involved in an important partnership in the second innings. It does not seem right to demolish a young man over confidence,” Badrinath wrote on X.
SAI scored a significant 30 and was involved in an important partnership in the second innings. It does not seem right to drop a young man on confidence #ENGVIND
– S.Badrinath (@S_Badrinath) July 2, 2025
Dodda Ganesh, a player of India’s former national cricket team, was also surprised to see India playing XI and questioned the bowlers’ ability to bag 20 wickets.
The former India player said, “How are you going to choose 20 wickets with this bowling on Earth? #ENGVIND,” said the former India player.
How are you going to take 20 wickets with this bowling on Earth? #ENGVIND
– Doda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ದೊಡ್ಡ (@doddaganesha) July 2, 2025