India v Britain: Shoaib Bashir and James Anderson named in crew for second Test - ISN TV

India v Britain: Shoaib Bashir and James Anderson named in crew for second Test - ISN TV
Shoaib Bashir has played just six top of the line matches


Spinner Shoaib Bashir will make his senior Britain debut in the second Test against India in Visakhapatnam. The 20-year-old replaces the harmed Jack Drain in the crew, while James Anderson comes in for Imprint Wood.

Bashir, an unexpected choice for the visit, missed Britain's 28-run win in the principal Test subsequent to encountering a postpone in accepting his visa. His Somerset colleague Drain harmed his left knee in Hyderabad and didn't prepare on Wednesday.

The subsequent Test begins on Friday. Talking on Wednesday, Britain commander Ben Stirs up said he was first made aware of Bashir's potential when he saw a video on Twitter, presently X, of the then-19-year-old bowling on his top of the line introduction to Britain's unsurpassed driving Trial scorer Sir Alastair Cook.

"I recently saw something," Stirs up said. "The level he bowled from, it was hard to miss that he put a ton of activity, a ton of upsets ready. It was something I checked out and thought 'this could be very really great for India'.

"The level he conveys the ball from, how much regular variety that he can deliver, is a modest bunch over here. I've played a great deal of games over here, as a player you realize what is difficult to confront, particularly according to a twist perspective."

Britain: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stirs up, Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson.

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