Team India’s tension has increased before the Manchester Test against England starting on 23 July (Wednesday). 4 players of the Indian team are injured. Left -arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and all -rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy have been out of the selection race in the fourth Test match due to Injury. Arshdeep was cut in his left hand, while Nitish has suffered a knee injury. Apart from Manchester, Nitish has also been out of the Oval Test.
Right -handed fast bowler Akash Deep Grin has become injury and he too is very difficult to play in the Manchester Test. While the injury to the vice-captain and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has not been completely cured. Rishabh Pant was injured during the Lord’s Test match trying to make the index finger of his left hand in an attempt to collect Jasprit Bumrah’s ball.
Now, for the Manchester Test match, two changes are set to happen in the playing-11 of the Indian team. Dhruv Jurlel can be included in the playing-11 in place of Nitish Kumar Reddy. If Jurael plays, then he will handle the responsibility of wicketkeeping there. While ‘Inzard’ Rishabh Pant will play as specialist batter. Jurael did keeping after Pant was injured in the Lord’s Test.
Who will replace Akash Deep?
On the other hand, fast bowler Anshul Kamboj can be included in the playing-11 instead of the injured Akash Deep. 24 -year -old Anshul Kamboj has been included in the squad due to the injury of fast bowlers. Anshul Kamboj has not played a single match for India so far, but he was a part of the recent England tour of India-A team.
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Right -handed fast bowler famous Krishna is also an option, but he hardly get a chance. Krishna played the first two Test matches, where he proved to be quite expensive. India also has an option to feed an additional spinner as Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, but Shubman Brigade will hardly do so.
The Indian team’s Test record is not special at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester. Here the Indian team is waiting for the first Test victory for 89 years. India played the first Test match on this ground in the year 1936, since then it has not won. Team India lost 4 Tests out of the 9 Tests (against all England) in Old Trafford. While 5 Tests were left on draw.
What are the results in the series so far?
The Indian team lags behind 1-2 in the five-match Test series against England. The first match of the Test series was played at Leeds’s Handingley Cricket Ground, in which the Indian team had to face defeat by 5 wickets. Then Team India won the match played at Edgbaston, Birmingham by 336 runs. While in the Lord’s Test match, hosts England won by 22 runs.
Team India’s possible playing-11 in Manchester Test: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Anshul Kamboj, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
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