Overview:
India don’t have a specialist spinner in their line-up, with the management deciding to go with two all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Sundar.
England are in a commanding position in the fourth Test in Manchester. The hosts posted 544/7, with a lead of 186 runs against India. They are within touching distance of winning the five-match Test series. Joe Root scored a magnificent 150, a knock that made him the second-highest run-getter in the history of Test cricket.
Indian bowlers were ordinary, and Shubman Gill’s decision not to make full use of Washington Sundar’s availability has surprised many.
Despite Sundar taking four wickets in the Lord’s Test, he was not given a ball across three sessions as Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Root, and Ben Stokes accumulated runs. India don’t have a specialist spinner in their line-up, with the management deciding to go with two all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Sundar.
Former player Sanjay Manjrekar didn’t like Gill’s decision to keep Sundar away from the attack.
“Is Shubman Gill taking decisions alone? You would expect him to take some inputs or maybe he has done so well as a batter, others are not saying anything thinking he is into the zone,” Manjrekar said on JioHotstar.
“I don’t think Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul will agree with this move or Gautam Gambhir thinking Washi shouldn’t be used,” he added.
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