Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara were both dropped from India’s Test squad after the team’s loss to South Africa earlier this year. While Pujara finds himself in the mix for the England Test alone, Rahane has found himself out due to his poor match form. IPL Where he scored 133 runs in seven matches for Kolkata Knight Riders. Also, looks like Rahane won’t play Test matches for this India With the return of Shreyas Iyer, and former Australia spinner Brad Hogg lauded the selectors for preferring the youngster over his senior Mumbai teammate. He also supported the ouster of fast bowler Ishant Sharma, saying that the time has come for the youth to get a chance.
“I think it is great that the selectors dropped Rahane and Ishant Sharma from the Test team. They are old and have not been performing of late. You need to bring the youth in and rotate them so that they can experience with people who are already experienced,” Hogg said on his YouTube channel.
Coming back to Iyer, the Mumbaikar scored a century on debut against New Zealand in November last year and would look to capitalize on the most challenging conditions in England. Hogg said Iyer would benefit from batting with such batsmen Virat Kohli between. He also cited the inclusion of the iconic Krishna, who has shown good form in the IPL. The lanky pacer can be useful in buying bounce and seam movement in England.
“Iyer is going to spend many years with Kohli to be able to bat, learn the game for long form and develop a game plan where he is going to be successful. And then you have Krishna, who is going to come along with Bumrah and Shami. So it’s a good policy to rotate players,” Hogg elaborated.
He said, ‘Bowling will be their strength with the Indian team going to England. They will have Bumrah and Shami in their XI, but I would also like to see Krishna with his extra height and Siraj with his pace and a bit of pace. I have only one reason for Jadeja’s batting depth.
India will take on England in the only Test match that was abandoned after COVID-19 cases surfaced in the Indian camp.
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