What will be your 4 man pace attack for Test 2, with Bumrah likely to rest

[AKane]

There should be a basic rule for selecting fast bowlers....

 

"If you cannot bowl 4 balls out of 6 at >= 140 kmph..... please do not apply for the position".

 

The first and most basic condition of the tryout should be bowl 6 balls and at least 4 should meet the above condition.

[vishalvirsingh]

On 6/24/2025 at 5:53 PM, urbestfriend said:

I am not hopeful of any bowlers except Bumrah...So with bumrah rested, it is best to give chance to other three "medium" pacers ( Akashdeep + Arshdeep + Rana)

RANA is out ..he is not in contention, i guess. Can someone confirm this.

[vishalvirsingh]

On 6/24/2025 at 11:09 PM, vayuu1 said:

Think bumrah might not play in  next match so its going to be 

Freeraj 

Sundar 

Arshdeep 

Harshit 

Reddy 

harshit is not in the race. akashdeep may play. 

now attack will look poor-

 

Arsh

Prasidh

Siraj

Kuldeep ..Jaddu did not bowl well but he slowed down the run scoring.

Reddy or Jaddu.

 

jaiswal

kl rahul

Sai

Gill

rishabh

Karun

 

Edited June 29, 2025 by vishalvirsingh

[vayuu1]

My team would be 

Kl 

Jaiswal 

Jurel 

Gill 

Pant 

Reddy 

Sundar 

Kuldeep 

Akashdeep 

Siraj 

Arshdeep 

 

 

 

[vayuu1]

Or what about Anshul kamboj in place of Krishna 

[BCCISelector]

Arshdeep bowls too straight with the red ball as if lbw and bowled are the only modes of dismissal. He needs to probe the corridor more frequently which is key for a swing bowler. His effectiveness with the older ball in flat conditions will also be tested. He has a bowling average of 30 in his 21 match first-class career. He averaged 42 at a strike rate of 75 in 5 county games for Kent. He's probably going to be only slightly better than Prasidh.

Akash Deep was extremely unlucky in Australia and must be given a longer rope. At least he has the right ingredients and can bowl long spells.

[BacktoCricaddict]

4 hours ago, vayuu1 said:

Or what about Anshul kamboj in place of Krishna 

Not in squad. Rana too not in squad.

[tweaker]

Even after so much gap between 2 test ,Bumrah is not playing. He could have made himself available for 2nd test and should have not played 3rd test

[putrevus]

I don't understand why Bumrah cannot play second test after so much gap in between two tests.Planning for five test series around Bumrah is not going to happen.

 

Bumrah is happy playing for his IPL team but he becomes choosy for Indian team.

 

Depending on one player is the main issue here, Indian team should be prepared for life without Bumrah.

Edited June 30, 2025 by putrevus

[Suhaan]

On 6/29/2025 at 1:11 AM, vayuu1 said:

Or what about Anshul kamboj in place of Krishna 

He's been unjustly sent back home despite doing well in tour games and dud shardul Siraj ,Prasidh are having free holiday 

Edited June 30, 2025 by Suhaan

[Suhaan]

Bumrah will play whole IPL without any rest in the scorching heat 

Don't have the courage to request his owners but here he's acting like prima donna

Edited July 1, 2025 by Suhaan

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, Suhaan said:

Bumrah will play whole IPL without any rest in the scorching heat 

Don't have the courage to request his owners but here he's acting like primary donna

he bowled 56 overs in the IPL over two months while 45 overs in a test match over 5 days. What's more demanding for him?

[AKane]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

3 hours ago, Suhaan said:

Bumrah will play whole IPL without any rest in the scorching heat 

Don't have the courage to request his owners but here he's acting like primary donna

he bowled 56 overs in the IPL over two months while 45 overs in a test match over 5 days. What's more demanding for him?

The likes of Kapil Dev and Ian Botham would bowl close to 30 to 40 overs continuously from one side in one day. Maybe McGrath too.....

 

Edited June 30, 2025 by AKane

[putrevus]

2 hours ago, rkt.india said:

he bowled 56 overs in the IPL over two months while 45 overs in a test match over 5 days. What's more demanding for him?

Test cricket is hard, maybe he knows his body the best so we cannot blame him.

 

Today it is Bumrah and tomorrow it will be other fast bowlers who will choose IPL over test cricket. We have Pandya already doing it.

 

If there was no IPL would Pandya have done it?

 

But it would very wise for India to start looking for alternatives too.

Edited June 30, 2025 by putrevus

[DeepSpace]

On 6/28/2025 at 10:21 AM, Lord said:

Likely to miss 2nd test now even after 8 day break

Bumrah’s action and lack of support will make him retire from test cricket soon. He will focus on ODIs and T20s to prolong his career. 

[tweaker]

If there were other bowlers who could bowl better and it would be difficult for Bumrah to directly play in playing 11.

 

Bumrah knows the selector have done such a fine job that he can easily play and skip matches.

 

Even Siraj or Prasiddh have no worry because they know there are no bowlers to replace them.

 

Ajit Agarkar has wasted lots of time on Mukesh,Avesh etc.

 

BCCI should reward the decision maker who send back Rana even after knowing Bumrah will skip the 2nd test.

 

Tough decision should have been taken after loosing home series to New Zealand. 

 

 

[rkt.india]

13 hours ago, AKane said:

The likes of Kapil Dev and Ian Botham would bowl close to 30 to 40 overs continuously from one side in one day. Maybe McGrath too.....

 

When did they do it?

[Suhaan]

14 hours ago, rkt.india said:

he bowled 56 overs in the IPL over two months while 45 overs in a test match over 5 days. What's more demanding for him?

No one saying he should play all tests this series,8 day gap isn't enough that too in these fair conditions?

IPL is more demanding in scorching heat compared to play two consecutive tests in these contrasting fair conditions with more than enough gap between first two tests

[Suhaan]

9 hours ago, tweaker said:

If there were other bowlers who could bowl better and it would be difficult for Bumrah to directly play in playing 11.

 

Bumrah knows the selector have done such a fine job that he can easily play and skip matches.

 

Even Siraj or Prasiddh have no worry because they know there are no bowlers to replace them.

 

Ajit Agarkar has wasted lots of time on Mukesh,Avesh etc.

 

BCCI should reward the decision maker who send back Rana even after knowing Bumrah will skip the 2nd test.

 

Tough decision should have been taken after loosing home series to New Zealand. 

 

 

Yes,like others he too is picking games

This toxicity is what needs to end but it creeps in anyway

 

[express bowling]

Reading an article I got the impression that Bumrah's surgeon has advised him not to play more than 3 tests in a series.

 

It's more a matter of either

T1, T3, T5. or

T1, T2, T4 / T5

 

So it is a tactical decision.

 

 

Edited July 1, 2025 by express bowling