‘Bowling hi nahi hai…’: Former Indian legend takes a Direct hit at England team for the ‘Green Pitch’ at the Oval

England team do not have the services of Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Brydon Carse in the much important clash. This trop are the top wicket-takers for the team in the ongoing series, and Sunil Gavaskar pointed that without these top bowlers, English side can only hope that the pitch plays in their favour.

“Arrey unke paas koi bowling hain hi nahi (They don’t amy sort of a bowling attack). this is why they have made such a pitch. Stokes has taken wickets, Archer has taken wickets and Carse has taken wickets. If they are not in your team, who will take wickets? This is why they have made such a pitch so that it helps bowlers like Tongue and Co,” Gavaskar said on Sony Sports.

Speaking about the match, England’s stand-in skipper Ollie Pope won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat first because of the overcast conditions at the Oval.

Indian team- trailing 1-2 in the series- made four changes in their playing XI, as they named Dhruv Jurel, Karun Nair, Akash Deep, and Prasidh Krishna.

India’s playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel(w), Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj