England thrashed Team India in the third Test at Headingley by an innings and 76 runs and since then several questions have been raised regarding (but not limited to) the batsmen’s technique, the playing XI, the frequent collapses among many others.
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Team India lost eight wickets for just 63 runs on Day 4 of the match at Leeds as after doing the repair job on the third day, the visitors just capitulated on Saturday morning going from 237/3 to 278 all out in a matter of 54 minutes.
While skipper Virat Kohli hinted at changes in the playing XI for the fourth Test at the Oval mainly in regards to managing the pacers’ workload, the fans, experts and former cricketers have suggested many more changes from the middle-order to bringing in the off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
While former cricketers Vinod Kambli and Dilip Vengsarkar have pushed for batsman Suryakumar Yadav’s case in place of the vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, the fans have suggested that Hanuma Vihari should come in his place.
#INDvENG Its time to rest Ajinkya and get @surya_14kumar.instead of playing four fast bowlers get in ashwin and if i was the captain I will talk to every individual players regarding the middle order batsmen and boost their confidence
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) August 28, 2021
Not just Rahane, the fans also questioned wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant’s place too, who is averaging 17.4 in this series scoring just 87 runs in five innings. The fans suggested that the backup wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha should come in his place.
