After suffering a loss in the series opener, Team India is all set to clash against England for the second Test match at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham from July 2 to July 6 (Pic: File Pic)
Ahead of the match, Team India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate named players such as Arshdeep Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Kuldeep Yadav at the press conference who are likely to make appearances in Birmingham (Pic: X/@ICC)
Speaking about Arshdeep, who is yet to make his debut for India in the longest format of the game, ten Doeschate said, "I think I've said yes to every single player. Again, going back to the spin combination, if we are going to go two spinners, Arshdeep provides a little bit more control. You've got a left-armer running in over the wickets, if we do want to put our eggs in that basket. But Arshdeep is definitely in the selection mix for this Test" (Pic: File Pic)
The 45-year-old also said that Nitish could also get a chance to line up for India's playing XI in Birmingham. "He's very close to getting a game. He was fantastic in Australia. Coming into the team and playing the way he did. We just felt, on balance, for the last game, we wanted to go with the bowling all-rounder. We thought Shardul Thakur was slightly ahead on the bowling front. We're exploring ways to reconfigure the puzzle. We can get a batting all-rounder in, and Nitish is our premium batting all-rounder at the moment. I would say it's a very good chance to play this test," said the assistant coach (Pic: File Pic)
Last but not the least, the former Netherlands cricketer spoke about Kuldeep's chances. "We'd love to get him into the team. Playing two all-rounders in the last game, we're desperate. It would have been nice to have a spin in the last game. Whether we can fit Kuldeep in now or save him for later in the series, if the weather stays like I said, it should turn somewhere along the line," said ten Doeschate (Pic: File Pic)
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