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Ravi Shastri has dropped his playing XI for a fist game of the Indo-England Test series (image through X/@BCCI & RCBTweets)

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has revealed his favorite XI for India’s upcoming first Test match against England in Handingley starting on June 20. After the first assignment of the new captain Shubman Gill in the series, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma faced the world’s second-ranking team under challenging circumstances during the new World Testing Championship.For initial combination, Shastri advocated Yashsvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul to take the crease. He emphasized Rahul’s experience and previous success in England. Shastri said, “This will be Jaiswal, and KL Rahul will be accompanied by KL Rahul, because I think it is a big tour for him. He is the most experienced of the batsmen.” “He opened last time when India visited England, got a hundred, and made a good tour. So I will expect to open an innings for him. ,Shastri recommended the young Sai Sudarshan for the position of number three, citing his impressive performances. “Three, I will go with the young man, Sai Sudarshan. Whatever I have seen is very impressive. It will be a good performance for him, this tour,” he explained.The newly appointed Test Captain Shubman Gill, who has played 32 matches in his red-ball international career, will bat at number four in Shastri’s lineup.

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For important middle-order posts, former India coach supported Karun Nair at number five and Rishabh Pant six. He particularly praised Nair’s recent performances and determination to return to the national team. The 63 -year -old said, “In all possibilities, what is in the present form, it will be Karun Nair. He is a bats at the age of five, it is a long time when he has played for India. There will be six pant,” 63 -year -old said.He said more on Nair’s selection, “I think he has really worked hard. They have just worked back on their behalf. The runs he has received in the first-final cricket is incredible. And I met him during an IPL game. I said, ‘Don’t just explode the door. Just kick it down and do your way in and walk to that side. ‘And I think he has done this. Just the runs they have got, they have seen the selectors in that direction and have given them a place.,

For bowling combination, Shastri said that Ravindra Jadeja should come at number seven as primary spinner, followed by three fast bowlers and one all-rounder. The former coach has to face a difficult choice between two fast -bouling all -guards -Shardul Thakur and Nitish Reddy for a place in the team. “I will go with three fast bowlers, Plus Shardul Thakur. I know it will be a difficult between Shardul and Nitish Reddy, but you have to see who bowls how much bowling. If Reddy is going to give you 12, 14 overs, he could get the node due to his batting,” Shastri said.

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For speed attack, Shastri proposed to Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah as certainty, either with Prasad Krishna or Arshdeep Singh as the third option, based on the conditions. “And there will be three fast bowlers, I will go with Prasad Krishna, I will go with Mohammad Sirj and Surely Jaspreet Bumrah. In the leads, if it is a hurry and it is a cloud, then there may be a temptation to go with leftist Ashdeep Singh. So it will be Prasad, Prasad Krishna/Ashdeep but the other two will be Siraj and Bumrah, “he concluded.

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