London: Shrugging off selection headache, India took to the practice nets at Lord’s on Tuesday and, if indications are anything to go by, are likely to continue with the five-pronged attack in the second Test against England, which starts on Thursday.
With five Tests to be played in this series spanning 40-odd days, there is hardly any turnaround time between the first two matches. The first Test at Nottingham had ended in a tame draw on Sunday.
With the pitch being the central theme at Trent Bridge, a significant pointer came across from those five days. Both teams will be moving forward with a five-pronged bowling attack unless pitches change dramatically.
India handed a Test debut to Stuart Binny in the first Test and the pitch prevented him from displaying his medium-swing abilities to the full.
He did make good use of the opportunity to bat in the second innings, scoring his maiden Test fifty and digging the team out of a hole in doing so.
The visitors came away from that match with status quo in the series and, if there is one question at all, it is perhaps to do with retaining the same composition. (PTI)
