IND vs ENG: Former cricketer warns Gill, says 'don't go down the wrong path'

As India cogwheel up to look England successful the archetypal Test of the five-match bid starting June 20 astatine Headingley, erstwhile cricketer Aakash Chopra has cautioned against compromising bowling potency for batting depth. Speaking connected his YouTube channel, Chopra urged the squad management, led by caller Test skipper Shubman Gill, to debar repeating enactment mistakes made successful the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“We got a learning from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that if you get a small obsessed astir the batting and play batters who tin vessel and take bowlers who tin bat, past you are conscionable going down the incorrect path,” Chopra said, underlining the request for a much incisive bowling attack.

India's 18-member squad includes 5 specializer pacers, 2 seam-bowling all-rounders, 1 frontline spinner, and 2 spin-bowling all-rounders. Chopra believes a minimum of 3 specializer accelerated bowlers should diagnostic successful the XI.“So I americium reasoning you should person a minimum of 3 due accelerated bowlers. The 4th accelerated bowler could beryllium Shardul Thakur for sure, if you wish, and past you tin person Nitish Kumar Reddy arsenic the 5th bowler and Ravindra Jadeja arsenic the sixth bowler.

So you person plentifulness of bowling options, but the batting is not compromised,” helium explained.

Alternatively, Chopra projected including Karun Nair arsenic a specializer batter astatine No. 6, moving Jadeja to No. 7 and opting for a four-pronged gait onslaught — excluding Shardul.Chopra besides stressed that the archetypal Test volition uncover Gill’s enactment philosophy. “It volition beryllium worthy watching however this epoch proceeds successful Shubman Gill's captaincy… The Headingley lucifer volition determine what our thought process volition be,” helium said, noting the temptation to play an other batter owed to India's somewhat inexperienced batting lineup.