Bumrah’s first Test will be one of the most important Test matches for India at the moment. In danger? India’s fourth series win on England soil.
After all the news, rumors and speculations Jasprit Bumrah Will eventually lead India in the fifth Test vs England at Edgbaston. Bumrah’s first Test will be one of the most important Test matches for India in no time. In danger? India’s fourth series win on England soil.
India were leading 2-1 in the five-match series when the final game which was a part of the World Test Championship was postponed due to multiple COVID-19 cases in their camp.
Nine months have passed and much water has flown down the Thames with the then captain Virat Kohli Relinquishing Test captaincy. his successor, Rohit SharmaMissing this game after testing positive for COVID-19
Even worse, Rohit’s designated deputy KL Rahul Sports is out even after getting hernia surgery.
Against this backdrop of the musical chair of Indian captaincy, Bumrah is regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers in the history of Indian cricket and is now the 36th man to lead the national Test team.
What about England?
New Zealand’s 3-0 demolition completed three difficult chases in style, showing that England, under new coach Brendon McCullum, have de-ed their style sheets as far as Test matches are concerned. has been constructed.
Their batsmen are looting the opposition attacks, while the pacers are outnumbered according to the New Zealand series figures. It was Jack Leach who twice took five wickets and neither James Anderson nor Stuart Broad got their names on the various ‘honours’ boards.
The pitches have become a bit flatter, which is helping the batsmen and thus Bumrah as well. Mohammed Shami And Mohammad Siraj will have an uphill task of tackling the batting line-up with confidence.
Joe RootHaving given up the captaincy, has found the touch that left him and Jonny Bairstowwith the belief of IPLHas scored nearly 400 runs at a strike rate of over 120, which has never been heard of in Test matches.
“England have done well because they have won some Test matches from places where they could potentially lose matches,” Indian coach Rahul Dravid told media persons on Wednesday.
“We would like to focus on our strength rather than thinking about the strength of the opposition,” said the head coach, adding that India are still third in the World Test Championship table after Australia and South Africa.
With all said and done, the fifth Test between India and England promises to be one for ages. Both teams are in the form of their lives in Test cricket, and it would be fair to say that Edgbaston will witness fire vs fire on July 1.
teams
India squad
Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar PujaraHanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra JadejaMohammed Shami, Mohd Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prashant Krishna, Kona Srikar India (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Umesh Yadav
England XI
Alex Lees, Jack Crowley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Sam Billings (wk), Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson.
(Inputs PTI)