Manchester: On Saturday, Anshul Kamboj was asked to travel to Manchester as a cover for pacers Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep. The way the Indian team was settling in a good rhythm with a systematic combination in the series, they were hamstrants from some injuries leading to the fourth Test starting on Wednesday. The list is the latest Nitish Kumar Reddy, who is suspected of facing a knee injury.It has been raining here for the last two days. The practice session on Sunday was limited to indoor facilities at Old Trafford. Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, and Reddy skipped practice. The sky deep is being closely monitored on the waist and back, while Arshadeep’s bowling is likely to take some more time to fix the Badhi on the hand. Toi understands that Reddy can be excluded from the tour well. A BCCI source told TOI, “Reddy has injured his knee. The BCCI medical team is assessing it, but it can be a ligament tear.” If Reddy is unfit, the team management may have to go with Shardul Thakur.India focused on Nitish Kumar Reddy and utility all -rounders in Washington to balance the XI of playing with the second Test. With the remaining two tests, they were expected to play a larger role than just supporting the support wheels. It is not just Reddy and Washington; Dhruv Jurael may also have to be ready, as the recovery of Pant from the index finger of the pants is also being monitored daily. Assistant coach Ryan Ten Dochet claimed on Thursday that Jurall is being prepared, when the pants are not sufficient to take wickets here.“It is paying the same attention and care on those who are playing as they are playing. Ensuring that they get quality practice between tests. Talking to them why we are going with the combinations with which we are not going and hoping that they are in the right frame of the brain and clearly ready to play physically and technically test cricket when they have a chance, ”Ten Dochet said on Thursday.
Gautam Gambhir’s tenure as the team’s head coach has been mostly about being more player with many skills regardless of the format of the game. Due to this, Washington Sundar had to play ahead of R Ashwin to start the Test series in Australia last November. Reddy was rapidly tracked in Australia due to promises shown in the trial team mainly in the previous IPL. In the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Reddy’s century expected to discover a real seam-bouling all-rounder in the mix as Hardik Pandya had reluctant to play Test cricket a few years ago due to fitness issues. Thakur, who was seen as an interim working in the interim, lost his place for Reddy after the first test here. It is time that Thakur proved to be right to bring the selectors out almost blue.There are such a hurdle that the serious jurils are eager to give more sports time. All this seems appropriate in white ball formats. The longest format of the game requires complete conviction to execute it.
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Gambhir’s calls have been mostly performed by Washington and Reddy with significant contribution to different stages in different testing matches. Washington’s 4/22 magic in the second innings in the last week of Lord’s gave India a definite advantage of moving in the series. He responded to the team management calls, which to arrest any lower middle-order collapse in the first innings before falling for ducks to chase in Lord’s.This was Washington’s best performance abroad.However, Reddy’s performance has decreased since the MCG test. He was brought to bat at number 6 from Edgbaston. By the second innings in the second Test, he lost the batting number for Ravindra Jadeja. Three top-order wickets have been his biggest contribution in Lord’s. In the first Test, Thakur looked out of breath.What this team needs at this time, it is convinced of Thakur and Washington that they are ready to step and do more than just contributing to the team.Washington and Thakur are not completely foreigners to take more responsibility, when the team gets somewhat crippled, as they showed at the beginning of their tests in the famous Gabba victory in 2021. It was in England in 2021 that Thakur actually showed his talk as a bowling with his batting capabilities. They can find another shot in redemption.
