India vs England Live Cricket Score, ENG vs IND 2nd Test Day 1 Updates: In only a week since their first Test defeat in the new era under captain Shubman Gill, India are looking at a possible move back to their days of overseas cricket with a slew of changes proposed to the Playing 11 against England in Edgbaston Wednesday.
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Two years on since their stunning defeat at the Birmingham venue, when England gunned down their record 378-run chase, India are looking to fill up the XI with three all-rounders to cover the base for lower-order frailties, and hope that they turn up to assist a pace attack minus Jasprit Bumrah to claim all 20 English wickets. The mindset, defensive at best, wears a worrying look where, within a week, Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir have shifted from the necessary idea of having a strong bowling attack to claim 20 wickets and win Test matches abroad.
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With Bumrah set to take a break for workload management, the onus will be on Mohammed Siraj to helm a wavering seam attack from not tripping over against the Bazballers. With a strike bowler in Kuldeep Yadav set to warm the benches again, India are hoping the punt to play Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja together will at least save India from embarrassing batting collapses on relatively flat English pitches.
England XI vs India: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
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Match Yet To Begin ( Day – 2nd Test )
Match begins at 15:30 IST (10:00 GMT)
England Squad: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Jofra Archer, Sam James Cook, Jamie Overton.
India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the second Test. Irrespective of what happens, the chatter for the next few hours on social media will be flooded by the playing XI discourse that Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir will adopt for a crucial fixture in Edgbaston. Can India afford to drop both of their prime wicket-takers in Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav, and bid to make a fight for a win against the Bazballers? Stay tuned to find out as the drama unfolds in Birmingham.
Days before the second Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal, after an impressive session against pacers, struggled against Kuldeep Yadav in the nets. Kuldeep deceived him with a dipping delivery, which Jaiswal drove straight to where a silly mid-off would have been positioned, leading to a frustrated reaction from the batsman. Kuldeep, however, showed no celebration, appearing resigned to the likelihood of being excluded from the playing XI, despite his good performance. This was further hinted at by India’s coach, Ryan ten Doeschate, confirming Kuldeep’s probable absence for the Edgbaston Test, similar to his situation at Headingley.
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