The India National Cricket Team has allegedly finalized its fast-balling attack for the second Test against England at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. He is currently 0–1 in the five-match Test series against England after a five-wicket defeat in Headingley.
Despite the defeat, the Indian think tank decided to live with its plan, as Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the second trial against England as part of the charge management, according to the custom.
Jasprit Bumrah rested, Shardul Thakur fell from India XI for the second Test in Edgbaston
It is being said that Akash Deep has replaced Jasprit Bumrah in XI, India for the second Test in Edgbaston. Akash Deep joined Mohammad Sirj and Prasad Krishna as a pace trio for the second Test match at Edgbaston starting on 2 July.
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In another major change, all-rounder Shardul Thakur is set to make way for young batting all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy at the playing XI. It seems that Kuldeep Yadav will have to wait for his opportunity in the five -match Test series in England.
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Kuldeep Yadav has no word because India is ready to stick with the same batting line-up.
Kuldeep Yadav already had calls for the inclusion of Kuldeep Yadav in playing in XI for important second trial, but there is no word for Chinaman bowler from the Indian team management. Despite his poor outing in the first Test in Headingly, Ravindra Jadeja is almost certain for the Edgbaston Test.
It is being said that the batting line-up will be similar to the headingley test, which will be inaugurated by KL Rahul and Yashsvi Jaiswal, followed by Sai Sudhar, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Karun Nair. With Nitish Kumar Reddy’s entry, it remains to be seen from where the young man’s draft will be prepared, as he is also an explosive batsman. Reddy is likely to bat after pants in the second Test against England.
However, it will be interesting to see if Karun Nair and Sai Sudarshan will be retained after their pathetic outing of India’s five wickets in England in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy opener. But most batting line-ups are expected to be unchanged for the Edgbaston Test.
Meanwhile, Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir’s job is currently safe despite poor results in red-ball cricket. It is being said that even though the Indian team loses the five -match Test series in England by a huge margin, the selectors and the BCCI are not in the mood for any change.
They have already lost the test series for New Zealand and Australia, but still the selectors and BCCI want to return to the severe because the team is undergoing the infection phase and they do not care about the results, at least for a few series.
A BCCI source was quoted by Insidesport as saying: “Currently, Gambhir is doing a good job with a young team. In the infection, you do not always get intent results. Both Australia and England struggle during their transition. Therefore, he is to call Gambar. The board’s trust.”
