2nd Test: 'You have best fast bowler in world.' - Former India coach fumes

Former India manager Ravi Shastri has launched a scathing onslaught connected the existent Indian squad absorption for resting Jasprit Bumrah successful a important Test match, wherever India is vying to level the five-match series.“You person the champion accelerated bowler successful the world, and you marque him beryllium retired aft 7 days of rest,” Shastri said connected Sky Cricket.“You know, it’s thing precise hard to believe,” helium added.

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Without taking manager Gautam Gambhir’s name, Shastri raised concerns astir India’s caller losing streak successful Test cricket.“If you look astatine the tally India has had, this becomes a very, precise important Test match. You’ve mislaid 3 against New Zealand, you’ve mislaid 3 against Australia, you’ve mislaid the archetypal Test lucifer here, and you privation to get backmost to winning ways,” helium said.Bumrah, India’s champion bowler but connected a three-Test quota successful the five-Test series, was replaced by Akash Deep, who volition play his archetypal Test this year.

Batting all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy replaced bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur, who scored lone 1 and 4 successful the first-Test nonaccomplishment successful Leeds past week.Washington Sundar, the off-spin bowling all-rounder with 25 wickets and a batting mean of 42 successful 9 Tests, has besides travel successful to enactment up the batting, which suffered late-order collapses of 41-7 and 31-6 successful Leeds.

Sai Sudharsan, who scored 0 and 30 connected his Test debut successful Leeds, was dropped, and Karun Nair was promoted to No. 3 successful the order.India was made to bat archetypal connected a batting-friendly Edgbaston transportation aft the flip was won by England, which has an unchanged lineup. India skipper Shubman Gill said helium besides would person bowled first.England’s determination means it volition pursuit again successful the 4th innings. It hunted down 371 successful Leeds to triumph by 5 wickets and chased 378 against India connected the aforesaid crushed successful 2022.India has ne'er beaten England astatine Edgbaston successful 8 erstwhile Tests going backmost to 1967.