IND vs ENG, 2nd Test: ‘You have the best fast bowler in the world’ – Former India coach fumes over Jasprit Bumrah’s omission | Cricket News

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – JUNE 30: Jasprit Bumrah of India throughout a web session at Edgbaston on June 30, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Former India coach Ravi Shastri has launched a scathing assault on the present Indian workforce administration for resting Jasprit Bumrah in an important Test match, the place India is vying to degree the 5-match sequence.“You have the best fast bowler in the world, and you make him sit out after seven days of rest,” Shastri stated on Sky Cricket.“You know, it’s something very hard to believe,” he added.Without taking coach Gautam Gambhir’s title, Shastri raised considerations about India’s current shedding streak in Test cricket.“If you look at the run India has had, this becomes a very, very important Test match. You’ve lost three against New Zealand, you’ve lost three against Australia, you’ve lost the first Test match here, and you want to get back to winning ways,” he stated.Bumrah, India’s best bowler however on a three-Test quota in the five-Test sequence, was changed by Akash Deep, who will play his first Test this 12 months.Batting all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy changed bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur, who scored just one and 4 in the first-Test loss in Leeds final week.Washington Sundar, the off-spin bowling all-rounder with 25 wickets and a batting common of 42 in 9 Tests, has additionally come in to shore up the batting, which suffered late-order collapses of 41-7 and 31-6 in Leeds.

Sai Sudharsan, who scored 0 and 30 on his Test debut in Leeds, was dropped, and Karun Nair was promoted to No. 3 in the order.India was made to bat first on a batting-pleasant Edgbaston pitch after the toss was received by England, which has an unchanged lineup. India captain Shubman Gill stated he additionally would have bowled first.England’s resolution means it can chase once more in the fourth innings. It hunted down 371 in Leeds to win by 5 wickets and chased 378 towards India on the identical floor in 2022.India has by no means crushed England at Edgbaston in eight earlier Tests going again to 1967.