Why ishant sharma not playing

The year-old, who is also India's third-most successful pacer, is not percent fit to play for five days. While the exact nature of the injury is unclear, he suffered a tear in his bowling hand during the World Test Championship WTC final and required multiple stitches.

Virat Kohli opted to bowl first at Trent Bridge on a wicket with a substantial amount of grass. In this regard, the Indian skipper said:. Ishant Sharma picked up three wickets and was among the most economical in the low-scoring WTC final. Overall, he has played Tests for India, collecting wickets at an average of just over While both Siraj and Thakur are fairly new to Test cricket, the duo have enough experience of domestic competitions and India 'A' tours to put their hand up in Ishant Sharma's absence for this game.

Both were instrumental in India's victory over Australia and will look to continue their rise in the pecking order. Siraj will enjoy the swing available on the first day while Shardul, who didn't make the man squad for the WTC final, will also have an eye on contributing with the bat in the lower order. New User posted their first comment. Ishant has suffered a knee injury and he is not fully recovered yet.

Due to the knee injury issues, Ishant even missed the warm-up games for India. Virat Kohli led India decided to enter the match with 4 fast bowlers in the team and just one spinner. However, it came as a surprise for everyone that, the one spinner picked in playing XI is not Ravichandran Ashwin.

Ashwin has been in exceptional form in the last 10 months. The year-old spinner has contributed a lot for India in Test both with bat and ball. Also, Ashwin was the highest wicket-taker in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship tournament. We would look to get in with the ball in the first session, and a few early breakthroughs will be handy. There is a bit of a change up top, KL Rahul comes in.

Talking about the match, India struck early after the England captain Joe Root decided to bat first after winning the toss. England opener Rory Burns was shown the way to the pavilion on only the 5th ball of the match, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah.

India has gone with four pacers and only one spinner, which is all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. While on the other hand, home team England has gone with an all-out pace attack into the match, including all-rounder Sam Curran. Why Ishant Sharma is not playing today against England in the 1st Test?

By Tasirul Momin Wed, 4 Aug