Shardul Thakur’s hamstring strain has ruled him out of the second Test against England at Lord’s, starting on Thursday. But Ravichandran Ashwin might have to wait, for India look keen to retain a four-pronged pace attack. In the first Test at Trent Bridge, the pace quartet of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Thakur accounted for all 20 England wickets. Ravindra Jadeja was the lone spin-allrounder and his half-century was a reason why India took a sizeable first innings lead. Seven years ago, his career-best, 7/74, here had secured a Test win for MS Dhoni’s India before the team surrendered to England’s fightback.

Source: Indian Express August 11, 2021 14:42 UTC