IND vs ENG: Know why Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma were dropped from the fourth Test

England vs India 4th Test: In the fourth Test being played at The Oval in London, English captain Joe Root won the toss and decided to bowl first. India has made two changes in its playing XI. At the same time, the English team also came on the field with two changes.

Before the toss, everyone expected that star off-spinner R Ashwin would return to Team India in view of the pitch of the Oval, but it did not happen. As soon as Team India’s playing XI came out after the toss, everyone was surprised. Actually, fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami are not a part of the team in the fourth Test which started today at The Oval. Since then everyone was trying to know why Shami was dropped from the team.

Ishant looked ineffective in the third Test. In such a situation, it is not surprising that he did not play in the fourth Test, but everyone is surprised by Shami’s absence in the playing XI. Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur have been included in the team in place of these two.

Captain Kohli gave information about the change

Indian captain Virat Kohli informed about the change in the team after the toss. After the toss, Kohli said that Ishant and Shami are not fit for the match. He said, “Ishant and Shami are not playing due to niggles (injury) and Umesh and Shardul have returned in their place.” Let us inform that Shardul has played the first Test in this series, while this is Umesh’s first match in this series.

Ishant and Shami’s performance in this test series so far

Mohammed Shami has been India’s leading fast bowler in this format since last few days. His performance in this series was also good so far. In the last match, Shami took four wickets for 95 runs in 28 overs. He has taken 11 wickets in three matches of this series.

At the same time, Ishant Sharma was seen ineffective in the third Test. He did not even get a wicket in both the innings. However, in the second Test played at Lord’s, he contributed significantly to India’s victory by taking five wickets, while he was not a part of the playing XI in the first Test.

Such has been the performance of Team India in the Oval

The English team has always dominated Team India at The Oval in London. India has so far got only one victory at The Oval, which it got 50 years ago in 1971. India has played 13 Test matches so far, out of which it has lost five and drawn seven matches.

India’s playing XI- KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammad Siraj.

England’s playing XI- Haseeb Hameed, Rory Burns, David Malan, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ollie Pope, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Craig Overton, James Anderson.