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By: Shree1news, 10 FEB 2021
India vs England, 2nd Test: Indian captain Virat Kohli did not hide his disappointment when it came to Nadeem’s performance throughout the post-match presentation where he stated that he and Washington Sundar could not keep up the pressure that was created by Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin.
India could go for one change to their playing XI within the second Test towards England starting Saturday with Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem making way for fit-again all-rounder Axar Patel after his poor show within the series-opener in Chennai.
Whereas Nadeem’s replacement will be decided by Friday, one can expect Patel to replace him after his debut was put on hold by an injury. India had been outplayed within the first Test that ended on Tuesday
“Axar had a minor knee niggle and has already started batting at the nets. He is expected to start bowling during the next couple of days,” a senior BCCI source told PTI on Wednesday.
“He was always the first choice to play the opening Test but it will depend on skipper Virat Kohli, head coach Ravi Shastri and bowling coach Bharath Arun,” he added.
Indian captain Virat Kohli didn’t hide his disappointment when it came to Nadeem’s efficiency throughout the post-match presentation the place he stated that he and Washington Sundar couldn’t keep up the pressure that was created by Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin.
Nadeem had 4 wickets in all however gave away 233 runs in 59 overs throughout two innings with an economy rate of close to 4 runs per over.
And if that wasn’t sufficient, as a slow bowler, a total of 9 no balls on the Test match level might be considered criminal.
Nadeem himself admitted that he has had some issues with the timing of his jump on the crease and he needs to sort that out within the nets.
Washington bowled 26 overs for 98 runs within the first innings and got a solitary over within the second innings.
However, Washington, who was impressive with the bat in the first innings, is likely to retain his place in the playing XI.
Source:A-N
