India played the role of XI from Net’s: Karun Nair likely to play England vs. in Leeds; Expect big calls on all -rounders Cricket news

Timesofindia.com in Leeds:

Team India had an alternative net session on the eve of the first Test against England at the Handlingley Cricket Ground. For the beginning, it was not a complete house as Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurael, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Sirj, Shardul Thakur, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, not come with the rest of the team for the afternoon session. On the expected lines, it was warm and drought when the rest was trained under the unwanted sun.At a distance of a few hours with the coin, there was all the attention to what India’s lineup could be. Unlike the hosts, visitors have not yet announced their combination for series opener and Captain Shubman Gill, also, the card is placed close to their chest. When asked about the combination, Gill said that he has one or two options ready and will take the final call after seeing the pitch.Both Gill and Coach Gautam Gambhir took a look at the surface of the game and did not exceed 60 seconds conversations before starting their respective business. As far as the nets were concerned, KL Rahul and Yashsvi Jaiswal had a long hit, Gill had another marathon session, Karun Nair played on all practice surfaces, Ravindra Jadeja spent a lot of time on his batting before interacting with coach Gambhir.It is very likely that Nair will return to India to play XI in the position of number 3 and need to take a big call about the bowling combination and the choice of all -rounders. Jaiswal, Rahul, Nair, Gill, Pant and Jadeja should be top-six for the Indian cricket team and the seam bowling will have the facility of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Sirj. With eight slots, the call should now be taken with the remaining three.

The possibility of both Sharadul Thakur and Nitish Reddy cannot be dismissed as both will borrow deeply for batting, and additional bowling options when needed. For the third seamor spot, Prasad Krishna could cut because Arshdeep Singh had made a very long magic in the trap – something that is not normal for a bowler, which is expected to play the next morning.Now where does he leave Kuldeep Yadav? Chinaman will be tempted to play, especially in these dry conditions, but it will come at the cost of batting. The left-handed batsman bowled a lot and batted for a long time, but it remains to be seen whether an all-rounder has been designed to include a specialist spinner.

It would not be surprising if Kuldeep comes in the shee at the cost of a seam-bouling all-rounder, but everything depends on what the management is thinking-the depth of the blessing or wicket.India’s potential xi: KL Rahul, Yashsvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Jaspat Bumrah, Famous Krishna and Mohammad Sirj.