Who will be India's bowler in Rajkot test to replace Ashwin..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Who will be India's bowler in rajkot test to replace Ashwin..!?
 India's leading spinner Ashwin was withdrawn midway through the ongoing third Test against England. There is a situation where the indian team can only use a substitute player to field instead of him. Due to this, confusion has arisen in the bowling of the indian team. There were five bowlers in the indian team in the third Test match in Rajkot. While Ashwin, ravindra Jadeja, and kuldeep yadav have three spin bowlers and two fast bowlers bumrah and Mohammad Siraj in the team, Ashwin is away with half the match.
Ashwin is back in chennai as his mother is hospitalized. In this situation, the indian team is forced to data-face the england team with four bowlers. The england team is scoring 207 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the first innings. It will be difficult for the indian team to deal with the england team who have 8 wickets in hand only in the first innings with only 4 bowlers. Usually in low-run matches only four bowlers bowl enough overs to take wickets. For example, in the south africa Test series held last month, both india and south africa used only four bowlers. Fewer overs were given to the fourth bowler in some innings. The reason for that is the low score taken.
However, in the ongoing rajkot Test match, the indian team has accumulated 445 runs in the first innings, while the english team is batting madly to score more runs than that. Opener Ben Duckett is in the field with 138 off 118 balls. In this situation, using only four bowlers will tire the bowlers. The current england team is engaged in active run accumulation and playing with the basic plan of destabilizing the opposing bowlers. Bowlers will get tired if they keep giving runs without getting wickets. Hence, the indian team is forced to use a part-time fifth bowler to give extra rest to the key bowlers. As captain rohit sharma came to know about Ashwin's return to chennai only at midnight last night, there will be a debate about who should be used as the fifth bowler in the night. india can use only three players as the fifth bowler. It was Shubman Gill, rohit sharma, and Sarbaraz Khan. rohit sharma is less likely to bowl. Shubman Gill is more likely.

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