LONDON: The former England captain Michael Vaughan on Thursday is called a non-election of Ashwin Off-Spinner Ravichandran in Indian lineup as “madness”.
“Non election @ ashwinravi99 must be the biggest election we have ever seen in 4 tests in the UK !!! 413 test Wickets & 5 Test 100s !!!! #Engvind Madness,” Tweeted Vaughan.
Ashwin has not performed in one of the four tests against England so far and his negligence has become a large point of debate throughout the brotherhood of cricket.
British Skipper Joe Root won a throw and decided for the first bowl against India in the fourth test at the oval on Thursday.
Talking at The Toss, Root said: “We will go to the first bowl.
Go to take advantage of overhead conditions.
It seems good morning for bowling, we must continue to reach the right line and the right length, as we do in headingley.
We have two changes – Ollie Pope In for Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes came to Sam Curran.
Chris (Woakes) knows his body well and we all know about his appearance.
(Because the top rating dough) is whether it feels good but obviously doesn’t have a stand in this game.
“India Skipper Virat Kohli said: “We will BEPET first too but throwing is not something that you can control.
It is necessary to be ready for too.
We look forward to laid running on the board.
Two Ishant and Shami changes have Niggles Umesh and Shardul back.
For us, it’s about Partnership, we cannot focus too much on individuals.
The opening partnership has been good, it’s about getting more partnerships.
We got it A few days left on this tour, this series is ready.
Good and there will be no shortage of effort from our side.
“Play Xi: English: Rory Burns, Haseeeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (C), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow (W), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson.
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (W), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
‘Madness, Non-Selection Ashwin must be the biggest choice in England’
