The Indian selectors opted to drop star pacer Jasprit Bumrah for the continuing ENG vs IND 2nd Take a look at at Edgbaston. The choice got here as a shock for the reason that Shubman Gill-led facet has already misplaced the sequence opener in Leeds and must eke out a win in Birmingham to degree the sequence.
Nonetheless, Bumrah was rested citing workload administration, because it was determined earlier than even coming to England that he would function in solely three of the five-match sequence.
Nonetheless, the decision was a shocker and former Proteas pacer Dale Steyn additionally weighed in on the matter with a sarcastic publish on his official deal with on X (previously Twitter).
Steyn took a dig as he drew parallels with Bumrah’s omission to Portugal dropping the ‘greatest striker on the earth’ Ronaldo.
Verify the tweet under.
Notably, Jasprit Bumrah was India’s greatest bowler within the Headingley Take a look at and had additionally taken a fifer.
The choice raised much more eyebrows because the Indian administration additionally opted in opposition to together with the second-best attacking possibility in Kuldeep Yadav and moderately went with three all-rounders within the enjoying XI in Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
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Shubman Gill’s century propels India to 310/5 at Stumps on Day 1
Talking in regards to the match, India captain Shubman Gill registered his second century of the tour after slamming the earlier one within the first innings of the sequence opener.
Gill produced one other batting masterclass and remained unbeaten at 114*. With the three-figure rating, the trendy right-hander additionally entered the file books, becoming a member of an elite record of Indian gamers to hit three consecutive centuries in IND vs ENG Take a look at sequence. The 25-year-old is now additionally the third Indian captain with a whole bunch in consecutive Assessments in opposition to England.
Other than Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal too continued his elegant kind with a artful innings of 87 whereas Ravindra Jadeja contributed with a deft knock of 41* to assist India to 310/5 at Stumps on Day 1.
For England, Chris Woakes snared two scalps, whereas Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse and Shoaib Bashir bought one apiece.
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