“How Much Of Use…”: Ravi Shastri’s ‘Concern’ Over Star Player’s Selection For 2nd Test Against England | Cricket News

Legendary India cricketer Ravi Shastri was not satisfied with the crew administration’s choice to incorporate Mukesh Kumar within the taking part in XI as a substitute of Washington Sundar for the second Test match in opposition to England in Visakhapatnam beginning Friday. While England went with 4 spinners of their aspect, India determined to incorporate Mukesh Kumar instead of Mohammed Siraj together with Jasprit Bumrah. Shastri mentioned on commentary that he was unsure about how efficient Mukesh can be contemplating India had been batting first and puzzled if an additional spin possibility in Washington Sundar would have been extra useful. 

“My only concern is picking Mukesh Kumar over Washington Sundar. How much of use will Mukesh be, especially after India is batting first on this Vizag surface,” Ravi Shastri mentioned on commentary.

Talking about Day 1 of 2nd check, Yashasvi Jaiswal batted with supreme confidence for an unbeaten 179 off 257 balls that single-handedly drove India to 336 for six on day one of many second Test in opposition to England right here on Friday and secured his place on the high of the order for the foreseeable future.

Unlike the collection opener, Jaiswal made certain he transformed his sturdy begin into an enormous hundred however the different Indian batters did not take advantage of batting pleasant circumstances.

The 22-year-old now has two a whole bunch and as many fifties to his title in solely his tenth Test innings.

Jaiswal, whose particular effort comprised 17 boundaries and 5 sixes, had R Ashwin (5) by his aspect at stumps.

India made 111 runs within the remaining session for the lack of three wickets together with Axar Patel (27 off 51) and Okay S Bharat (17 off 23). For England, debutant Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed picked up two wickets apiece.

Debutant Rajat Patidar (32 off 72) performed one on to his stumps whereas providing a ahead defence to leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed. A complete of 93 overs had been bowled with 4 spinners in operation.

Trailing 0-1 within the five-match collection, India want to get to at the very least 500 on day two after which put stress on the England batters on a pitch the place variable bounce is anticipated to return into play from day three.

The odd ball stored low even on the opening day however circumstances remained beneficial of the batters. However, the harm to Ravindra Jadeja has resulted in an extended tail, which might want to wag for India to get wherever near 500.

(With PTI inputs)