Instead of selecting all -rounder Washington Sundar as a second spin option with Ravindra Jadeja, India opted to leave Spinner Kuldeep Yadav, a specialist from XI who played in the second Test against England in Edgbaston. Captain Shubman Gill said that when he was wooed to play Kuldeep, the team gave priority to the depth of batting.Live: India vs England 2 Test Day 1The Indian team made several changes in their lineup, with two important amendments in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and the absence of non-selection of Kuldeep Yadav.
Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!When Kuldeep’s limited trial performance was questioned by former England captain Michael Attarton, the longest format of 2017 was started in the longest format, playing only 13 tests against New Zealand with his last appearance, Gill gave clarity on the decision.
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“We used to woo him a lot to play, but, you know, looking at the previous match, we wanted to add a little depth in batting, and we have done this,” Gill explained.The decision to exclude Kuldeep was impressed by several factors, including all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy in the squad and a lower-order batting performance in Headingley.In the team management strategy, except for expert batsman Sai Reformson in favor of an all -rounder, the strength of additional batting in the lineup was required.The exclusion of Bumrah was mainly due to the ideas of the working management, as explained in the toss by Gill.“Just to manage this charge, you know, I think we took a good break, but it was important to us (to give more time to Bumrah),” Gill said.The captain also indicated that the upcoming third test at Lord impressed his decision on the selection of Bumrah.“I think this is an important match for us, but I think a lot of the third match of the series is being given, there may be a chance that there may be a little more than this one in the wicket, so we thought we would bring him better now,” Gill expanded.England won the toss under the leadership of Ben Stokes and chose the same team to bowl first, which won the first Test.