"Have To Throw A Counterpunch": Ravi Shastri's Big Message For India Ahead Of 2nd Test vs England
"The most important thing for India is to throw the counter punch almost immediately. When you lose a Test match like this where you have dominated most of it and then you lose it on the last day with a big chase and full marks to England for keeping their composure and doing that, it will need a lot of character to come to the fore and to bounce back in the series," Shastri told The ICC Review.
Questions still remain whether pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will be risked by India for the second Test as his workload continues to be managed, while the team are also tossing up whether to include a second spinner in their line-up to help first-choice tweaker Ravindra Jadeja.
"Now, whether Bumrah plays or doesn't play, one doesn't know. But let's hope he does because this is a very important Test match and all is not lost. It's just you take it one game at a time. It's a five-match series and India will be hoping to bounce back," he added.
Shastri believes newly appointed skipper Gill will have learnt plenty from India's loss in the series opener and expects the young leader to be more proactive for the remainder of the series.
"People say he was a little reactive and it can happen when you're playing your first Test match (as captain) and especially in such good batting conditions with a fast outfield and things can happen in that way.
But he would have learnt a lot from that and will want to be a little more proactive when it comes now, which means the bowlers and the fielders will have to give him that support. They have got to know what their role is and get out there and execute it," said Shastri.
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