3 Indian players who should be selected for the second Test
Whoever was of the opinion that Test cricket has lost its sheen and is now as good as over is experiencing the bitter taste of humble pie as Virat Kohli and Joe Root's men give their everything in a gut-wrenching battle at Edgbaston in Birmingham. In what happens to be an edge-of-the-seat thriller, the hosts secured a 31-run victory over India.
The visitors fought till the very end, but almost all of the resilience came from one man - Virat Kohli. The Indian skipper scored almost half of the runs his team accumulated, but it wasn't enough to get Ravi Shastri's boys over the line. The team selection will now be under great scrutiny as India prepare for another intimidating battle at the home of cricket, Lord's. Let us have a look at 3 cricketers who were not selected for the first Test but should get into the team for the second Test.
#3 Karun Nair
Though the Indian batting order has failed miserably, barring the one exception called Kohli, the batter everyone is concerned about is Ajinkya Rahane. There have been criticisms about Shikhar Dhawan's technique or KL Rahul's temperament, but Rahane has got both the attributes in abundance.
Despite that, his form has been going consistently down with no signs of improvement. Perhaps, as the majority of the cricket pundits are suggesting, it is a mental issue, but he can be dropped to make way for Karun Nair. The 26-year-old has represented India 6 times in Tests and has scored 374 runs at an exceptional average of over 60.
Three of those six games were against England and he amassed 320 runs in those at an average of 160. Though those runs came in different conditions, Nair can provide the stability India want in middle-order.