ENG vs IND: Moeen Ali named vice-captain in place of Jos Buttler for 4th Test
Cricket | September 01, 2021 15:01 ISTMoeen's elevation comes after Jos Buttler was given a paternity break due to the impending arrival of his second child.
Moeen's elevation comes after Jos Buttler was given a paternity break due to the impending arrival of his second child.
Prasidh Krishna was on Wednesday added to the Indian squad ahead of the fourth Test against England.
A number of former players have advocated for Ashwin's inclusion in the playing XI as he is yet to play in India's five-Test series.
With the series now levelled at 1-1 after the Leeds defeat, and with the objective to rest their fast bowlers, here are some of the selection questions for India ahead of the Oval tie
The 32-year-old India No. 4 batsman has aggregated 124 in the five innings of the first three Tests at an average of 24.8.
Trusting Ravindra Jadeja's batting ability more than Ashwin, India skipper Virat Kohli had ignored the ace offspinner for the first three Tests.
India and England will now lock horns in the fourth Test which begins on Thursday at The Oval in London.
Kohli has only 124 runs from five innings with just one half-century to his name and has now gone more than 50 innings without an international century.
England won the third Test at Headingley against India by an innings and 76 runs. The win also got the hosts to level the five-match series 1-1.
At the age of 39, Anderson has already bowled more number of overs in the first three Tests than any of the Indian seamers has bowled.
Kohli has scored 124 runs in just five innings at an average of 24.80. His highest score of the ongoing Test series was 55 in the second innings of the Headingley Test, which India lost by an innings and 76 runs.
Ishant's figures of 22-0-92-0 were worst among the Indian pacers as England scored 432 runs but more importantly, the veteran looked jaded.
Wood had hurt his right shoulder while fielding during the second Test at Lord's while Woakes has recovered from the heel injury
Vaughan feels senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's inclusion in the playing XI can solve the problem.
Jadeja, who has played all the three Test matches, apparently hurt his knee while fielding during the England innings on the second day of the match that India lost by an innings and 76 runs.
England's big win at Headingley has come in for a lot of praise from netizens on Twitter.
India lost the third Test by an innings and 76 runs but skipper Virat Kohli despite the consistent failures of the middle-order is bullish about playing five specialist bowlers.
England crushed India by an innings and 76 runs in the third Test and that gave Root his 27th win as captain in 55 games.
India were firmly placed at 215/2 on the morning of the fourth day, trailing by 139 runs. However, early dismissals of overnight batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara (91) and Virat Kohli (55) brought in Rishabh Pant to the crease.
In a combative mood while answering the questions, Kohli dismissed the idea of playing an extra batsman, something that the great Sunil Gavaskar has been constantly advocating on air.
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