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Mark Wood returns in place of Shoaib Bashir for third Test at Rajkot

14 Feb, 2024 6:43 PM, Wed

Mark Wood returns in place of Shoaib Bashir for third Test at Rajkot

Mark Wood has been recalled to England's attack at the expense of the offspinner Shoaib Bashir, as England confirmed their team for the third Test against India, which gets underway in Rajkot on Thursday. Wood played as a solitary seamer in Britain's triumph in the principal Test at Hyderabad however went wicketless on a surface that didn't exactly measure up for his express speed. Notwithstanding, he has been reviewed to accomplice James Anderson, who dazzled with five wickets at Visakhapatnam keep going week, on a surface that had been more green-touched in the number one spot up to the match. He is the main change to the beginning XI, with Bashir passing on subsequent to asserting four wickets on debut in the subsequent Test. It implies that Britain will play two seamers without precedent for the series, in the wake of handling a twist prevailing assault in every one of the last two matches. Rehan Ahmed's support in this match had been in some uncertainty after he experienced visa issues on his re-visitation of India, following the group's mid-series break in Abu Dhabi. Notwithstanding, that issue has been settled. Stirs up affirmed Britain were under no question that Rehan's administrative work would be approved in time for the third Test, and has supported the 19-year-old legspinner to take up where he left out from the initial two. "It's dependably a restless period yet fortunately we have it through earlier today. The folks at the air terminal, most importantly, worked effectively at giving him his visa at first to traverse and afterward everybody at the BCCI and the public authority to help the visa through rapidly. We need to stress over no a greater amount of those issues. "We were extremely certain we would get the visa for Rehan before the game began. There was no considerations around not playing him this week. The extraordinary thing about youth is they simply take everything in their step and I thought he took care of a circumstance that might have impacted a considerable amount of individuals another way extremely, well for such a small child. "The Test matches he's played up to this point, he's done incredibly, well and all that we've requested from him he's gone out and attempted to convey. I'm anticipating him getting another game this week." Having gone into Wednesday with 12 names, Stirs up and lead trainer Brendon McCullum settled on the extra seamer in Wood after one final glance at the pitch. They were influenced by breaks in the pitch which they accept will prompt lopsided skip as the Test goes on. In any case, they expect a surface not excessively unlike the one that brought about a high-scoring attract the 2016 series. "I realize it was an extremely quite some time ago when we played here, however it looks a decent wicket," Stirs up said. "Recently it really looked very English. It's somewhat unique today. We weren't exactly certain how we planned to manage the group yet today caused us to understand that we are certainly going to go with two seamers. "It simply looks a decent wicket. It's a piece platey. Over the five days, those plates could turn into somewhat yet lopsided. There may be some opposite swing which carries Woody into the game - and Jimmy too."

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