has been picked ahead of Mohammed Shami and Harshit Rana for India's first Test series of the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. After Arshdeep's inclusion, Team India has formed a quartet with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, and Mohammed Siraj
Arshdeep Singh (Pic: File Pic)
Team India's pacer Arshdeep Singh gave some valuable insights about the side's training session ahead of the five-match Test series against England.
"There was a lot of competitiveness with the batters. We enjoyed it. As bowlers, we had to grind and make proper plans to get the batter out. Sai, who has joined the team for the first time, looked compact. The skipper looked in good touch. I will try the banter keeps on going, and I dismiss them a lot of times," Arshdeep said in a video posted by ICC.
The 26-year-old pacer has been picked ahead of Mohammed Shami and Harshit Rana for India's first Test series of the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. After Arshdeep's inclusion, Team India has formed a quartet with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, and Mohammed Siraj.
He also stated that the main motive was to make your body adapt to Test cricket's requirements. Further, the pacer said the session's motive was also to analyse the red ball's movement.
"The main motive was to bring the body to rhythm. To get a feel of how the red ball was coming out of the hand, because a lot of players were playing white-ball cricket for a long time. As we go ahead, the intensity will increase, and we will try to make it hard for batters to face the ball," he added.
A sense of familiarity surrounds Arshdeep, considering his past exploits in the County Championship. After a 17-wicket campaign in the IPL 2023, he signed for Kent and scalped 13 wickets from five matches at 41.76.
Arshdeep heaped praise on Team India's premier bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, by saying that no player can be compared to him.
"Whenever I pick up the ball, I feel I am the best. But when a player like Jasprit Bumrah plays in an attack, there is no room for comparison. The main focus is improving each other's skill set and helping the team," he concluded.
India's Test squad for England series: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
(With ANI Inputs)
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