ENG vs IND: Kohli Picking Thakur Over Ashwin Reveals His Concerns About Batting Against England
Indian team captain Virat Kohli's call to pick pace bowler Shardul Thakur ahead of off-spinner R Ashwin in the first Test against England has revealed team management's lack of confidence in t
India, who decided to field a four-pronged pace attack, have picked just one spinner in Ravindra Jadeja and benched R Ashwin, who had only recently picked 6/27 in a county game last month and also got four wickets for 45 runs (2/28 & 2/17) across two innings in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in Southampton in June.
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The decision to include Thakur ahead of Ashwin has flummoxed many former players, some of who felt that even if Thakur were to be included, Ashwin should have been picked ahead of Jadeja.
"You don't have to be a genius to have an opinion on that. Once you go past 6, your job is to pick wickets and bowl," said former India captain Ajay Jadeja on air as he felt batting cannot be strengthened at the cost of dropping your No. 1 bowler.
