The England squad has revealed their starting lineup for the February 2nd Test matchup with India in Visakhapatnam. In Visakhapatnam, Shoaib Bashir is scheduled to make his Test debut, taking Jack Leach’s place due to injury.
Leach hurt his knee fielding in the first Test matchup with Hyderabad. After bowling only a few overs in the first innings, the spinner bowled ten overs in the second. The 32-year-old did not show up for Wednesday’s training session either.
Another change has been made by England, who have replaced Mark Wood with James Anderson. The latter was Hyderabad’s lone seamer as well in the recently concluded Test match. He finished the match with stats of 25-2-62-0, going wicketless in both innings.
Concerns over his Pakistani heritage, off-spinner Bashir’s visa was delayed; nonetheless, he was able to reunite with the team during the first game in Hyderabad. Given that they are also concerned about a few injuries, it would be intriguing to watch how India lineups for the upcoming Visakhapatnam Test.
The first time I saw him was on Twitter: Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes, the captain of England and an all-round player, disclosed that they were pleased by some of Bashir’s early videos, which made the 20-year-old a desirable potential. In a news conference, he spoke about Bashir and his potential to start the Test. He said, “To be perfectly honest, Abu Dhabi was the first real live look I got at Bash. The first time I saw him was on Twitter. I think the County Championship [account] put a little clip together of him bowling against Sir Alastair.”
Ben Stokes added, “I’m in a WhatsApp group with Keysy and Baz. I actually did forward the clip on and said, ‘Have a look at this, this could be something we could work with on our India tour,’ and it just progressed from there.”
Fans react as England make two changes for second Test against Team India:
England 11 for the second Test vs India:
Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Foakes, Rehan, Hartley, Bashir, Anderson pic.twitter.com/cqPksJT6Yn
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 1, 2024
The main Spinner of England is out though.
— ANKIT (@IAnkitSRK) February 1, 2024
Virat Kohli won the Player of the match when India played a Test at Vizag against England last time.
– The King. ? pic.twitter.com/KRPJLIb8Vx
— Mayurrrr (@themayurchouhan) February 1, 2024
Anderson enter in Squad pic.twitter.com/SMDA5EsTJ3
— Simple man (@ArbazAh87590755) February 1, 2024
Anderson is back pic.twitter.com/uck80bFGBa
— IPL Scoop (@Ipl_scoop) February 1, 2024
When will india announce their playing xi? @CricCrazyJohns
— NK_.CR7 (@NK__CR7) February 1, 2024
Vizag Wicket Looks a Bit Better For Seam, Reckons England Opener Zak Crawley pic.twitter.com/pFP6E6PGf9
— Lavanya (@lavanya3000) February 1, 2024
Where is squad of Indian team of rest matches?
— Ayush Singh (@imabhinashS) February 1, 2024
When they will be announcing squad for India
For remaining test matches— Secular Chad (@SachabhartiyaRW) February 1, 2024
Rohit will own Anderson
— ? (@ItsHitmanERA) February 1, 2024
seniors with youngsterz
mixed 11— Messi Fan (@George_leo453) February 1, 2024
Confidence level of England is at top
But Rohit’s team will beat them
— Statistics of Cricket (@onlycricstats) February 1, 2024
