India has been hit with two big blows for the second Test. Test will be held at Vizag and India needs to find middle-order batter and an all-rounder as well. The senior players and the in-form KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja will be missing out from the second Test. KL Rahul has complained about pain in quadriceps and Ravindra Jadeja suffered hamstring injury during Hyderabad Test.
England has come back from behind when no one anticipated and won the match. India needs strong spinner and middle-order batter to replace both of them. BCCI has selected Sarfaraz Khan, Saurabh Kumar and Washington Sundar as replacements for both of them, in the squad. Sarfaraz Khan has been waiting fo his opportunity and finally, he found one. He has been one of the highest scorers in Ranji Trophy for long time.
Saurabh Kumar has taken 290 wickets in first class cricket till now. Washington Sundar has been part of Test teams before and he might be directly chosen at Vizag for the final XI. Will Sarfaraz Khan get his chance to play in the final XI or not, we cannot say yet. Already, India missed Virat Kohli in the first Test and now, losing KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja will hit the team even bad.
India’s squad for second Test against England:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Saurabh Kumar.
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