IND vs ENG 2025: ‘Bits-end cricketers Will Win You Test’-Navjot Singh Sidhu Question 4th Test for the selection of Shardul Thakur | Cricket news

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has questioned the Indian team management decision to play Shardul Thakur for the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford, which is digging a sharp digging on the “Bits-And-Pigre” approach in Test cricket.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!After Nitish Kumar Reddy’s injury, Bharat was planted in Thakur, but Sidhu remained unrelated. Speaking on his YouTube channel, the former opener said: “Even though Sharadul makes a fifty, in that number eight, bits-end cricketers do well in one-day cricket, but in Test cricket, you always need experts. If you can bring the bowler to number eight, I will agree that this is the correct selection.,

Sidhu argued that India is using Thakur more for the depth of batting than the influence of bowling.He said, “You don’t bowl her enough and then compromise with your bowling to increase the batting.

He said that even any of the quality of Ravindra Jadeja had struggled to take wickets in earlier tests despite favorable conditions.“Even Jadeja could not take wickets with Rough in the first two tests. Batting, fielding, an all-rounder, equal excellence,” he said, praising Jadeja’s overall value but emphasized the need for the wicket-taking bowlers.Sidhu doubled his criticism by questioning the aim of being a batting all -rounder at number 8.“If seven can’t do this, you will not do even eight. I am repeating this point again and again. I think it is a compromise again, and I think it will not go in India’s favor,” he said.

Reflection on day 1, where India firmly ended at 264/4, Sidhu considered India dominance.He said, “The first day will go to the name of India. They dominate 70 percent of the series, but are still below 2–1. It is a lack of experience-and you will not get a mall or market experience,” he commented.