The Indian selectors chose to drop the pacemaker Jasprit Bumrah for the 2nd ENG VS IND test in Edgbaston. The decision was a surprise since the team led by Shubman Gill has already lost the first game of the series in Leeds and needs to obtain a victory in Birmingham to level the series.
However, Bumrah rested citing the management of the workload, since it was decided before coming to England that would present only in three of the five -game series.
However, the call was a surprise and the former Pacer of Proteas Dale Steyn also intervened in the matter with a sarcastic publication about its official management on X (previously Twitter).
Steyn gave an excavation while drawing parallels with the omission of Bumrah to Portugal dropping the “best striker in the world” Ronaldo.
Check the tweet below.
In particular, Jasprit Bumrah was the best bowling player in India in the Headingley test and had also taken a Fifer.
The decision raised even more eyebrows, since Indian management also opted for the inclusion of the second best attack option in Kuldeep Yadav and was rather all terrain in the XI game in Ravindra Jadaja, Washington Suandar and Nithish Kumar Reddy.
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Shubman Gill century drives India to 310/5 in Stumps on day 1
Speaking about the game, the captain of India, Shubman Gill, recorded his second century of the tour after hitting the previous one in the first entries of the opening of the series.
Gill produced another master classroom and remained undefeated at 114*. With the three -digit score, the elegant right also entered record books, joining a list of elite players of Indian players to reach three consecutive centuries in the IND VS Engine test series. The 25 -year -old player is now also the third Indian captain with hundreds in consecutive tests against England.
In addition to Gill, Yashavi Jaiswal also continued its sublime form with a cunning entrance of 87, while Ravindra Jadaja contributed a skilled 41* blow to help India 310/5 in Stumps on day 1.
For England, Chris Woakes caught two scalp, while Ben Stokes, Brydon Crse and Shoaib Bashir obtained one each.
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