Bumrah & Shardul OUT, Kuldeep IN? India's Likely Playing XI For 2nd England Test

Bumrah & Shardul OUT, Kuldeep IN? India's Likely Playing XI For 2nd England Test

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Last Updated: June 26, 2025, 21:11 IST

The second Test of the ongoing five-match series between India and England will be played at Edgbaston from July 2 to 6.

India's likely playing XI for 2nd Test against England. (Picture Credit: AP, Sportzpics)

The second Test of the ongoing five-match series between India and England will be played from July 2 to 6 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. After losing the series opener in Leeds by five wickets, India would like to come up with a big show in the second match and level the series. According to reports in Indian media, star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will miss the second Test as part of his workload management. Bumrah, who is the world’s No. 1 Test bowler, was India’s best bowler in the series opener. He picked up five wickets in the first innings.

In addition to Bumrah, Shardul Thakur is also likely to lose his place in the playing XI. Shardul bowled only six overs for India in the first innings and failed to impress with his batting as well.

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One out of Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep is likely to replace Bumrah for the second Test. Akash Deep has played seven Tests for India so far, whereas Arshdeep is yet to make his red-ball debut. The left-arm pacer from Punjab is a regular member of India’s white-ball teams and also has played county cricket in England.

As Shardul’s replacement, the team management will have a choice to make between Nitish Kumar Reddy and Kuldeep Yadav. Nitish played all five Tests against Australia in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and in addition to his batting, he can contribute with the ball as well, whereas Kuldeep is India’s specialist spinner.

Many former greats and experts of the game have batted for Kuldeep’s selection in India’s playing XI for the second red-ball match in Edgbaston.

As far as batting is concerned, Indian team management is unlikely to make any change. As many as four batters—Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant—scored five centuries for India in the first Test, and there will be expectations of a similar performance from them in the second match as well. Sai Sudharsan and Karun Nair failed to do much with the bat in Leeds, but they are unlikely to lose their place after just one match.

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As far as the England team is concerned, Jofra Archer was added to the squad for the second Test on Thursday, and he could make his much-awaited Test return in Edgbaston.

India’s likely playing XI for 2nd Test against England: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

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First Published: June 26, 2025, 21:11 IST

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