Urooj Niazi 
india vs england bumrah rested for second test at edgbaston
The strategic choice to exclude premier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah in the second Test, to play at the Edgbaston, has angered England Cricket lovers considering the Indian squad will aim to draw even in the series. Captain Shubman Gill validated the move after winning the tussle to bowl following England victory favored by the tossing challenge, which exposes team’s calculated strategy to tailoring its workload to play the prestigious Lord challenge to come.
Not picking Jasprit Bumrah in the playing eleven of India vs England is a huge tactical move that the management took. Having bowled 43.4 overs during the first Test match loss at Leeds, the bowling star has been rested to face what Shubman Gill terms as possibly more demanding conditions at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
The exclusion of Bumrah is one of the rotational policies, which restricts the participation of the fast bowler to three matches in the five-Test series. That is how modern cricket is all about and especially since Bumrah has had some injuries and has proved very valuable to the Indian bowling lineup.
Playing XI and Squad Details
England Playing XI:
- Zak Crawley
- Ben Duckett
- Ollie Pope
- Joe Root
- Harry Brook
- Ben Stokes (captain)
- Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper)
- Chris Woakes
- Brydon Carse
- Josh Tongue
- Shoaib Bashir
India Playing XI:
- KL Rahul
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Karun Nair
- Shubman Gill (captain)
- Rishabh Pant
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Washington Sundar
- Akash Deep
- Mohammed Siraj
- Prasidh Krishna
