The second match of India and England Testriaries has begun at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham from Wednesday. England won the toss and invited India to bat first. India has made three changes in its playing XI for the Birmingham Test. Dhakad fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is not playing in the second Test, due to which captain Shubman Gill said. Actually, it has been decided to relax Bumrah for managing the workload. Pesar Akashdeep has got a chance in his place. Bumrah will play only three matches in the five -Test series. England lead 1-0 in the series. India lost by five wickets in Leeds.
Apart from Akashdeep, all -round Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar have entered the playing eleva. Sai Sudarshan and Shardul Thakur have been dropped. After losing the toss, captain Shubman said, we also wanted to bowl first. If there is something of the wicket, then it will be on the first day. There have been three changes in the team. Reddy, Washington and Akashdeep have come. Bumrah is not playing. This decision has been taken to manage their workload and we got a good break and this is an important match for us. Due to the third test in Lord’s, we feel that there will be more more in that pitch, so we will use them there. We wanted to feed Kuldeep Yadav but it was decided to bring depth in batting.
At the same time, hosts England did not make any changes in their team. After winning the toss, England captain Ben Stokes said that we will bowl first. Are going to do Clouds are overshadowed. We considered everything. The team’s performance was very good last week, we are confident. By moving forward in Tests, you are able to understand the circumstances better. Please tell that India’s Birmingham record is very bad. India has played eight Tests here so far, in which seven times saw the defeat and a match was drawn. When India last played a Test in Edgbaston in 2022, he lost by seven wickets.