Lalchand Rajput picks India's "lethal bowling weapon" ahead of "crucial" Lord's Test

Lalchand Rajput picks India's "lethal bowling weapon" ahead of "crucial" Lord's Test

author-image
manoj sharma
New Update
Team India (Photo: @ShubmanGill/X)

(source : ANI) ( Photo Credit : ani)

Mumbai (Maharahtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): Former cricketer and coach Lalchand Rajput ha claified the pace troika of Japrit Bumrah, Akah Deep and Mohammed Siraj a India lethal bowling weapon ahead of the crucial Lord Tet.
India ended it decade-long victory hiatu at Edgbaton with an inpired batting performance from captain Shubman Gill and corching pell from Akah Deep. India left the Three Lion gobmacked and left Birmingham with a erie-levelling 336-run victory in the econd Tet of the five-match erie.
I want to congratulate the Indian team, epecially Shubhman Gill. Thi wa hi tet match. He proved hi capabilitie a a young captain. The comeback after loing the firt Tet i commendable. Thi i a big win, epecially becaue we have never won a match in Edgbaton, Rajput told ANI.
With the bat, Gill had the onu of puhing India core, epecially after hi ide endured two collape at the tail in Leed. He played the captain knock and hared record for fun en route to a wahbuckling 269(387). In hi econd turn, when a belligerent approach wa the need of the hour, Gill tantalied England inexperienced pace attack with 161(162), coring almot at a trike rate of 100.
On the bowling front, Akah took the brunt of finding the breakthrough on hi houlder in the abence of the world bet, Bumrah. He kept England top order ilent in the firt inning and returned with figure of 4/88. However, in the econd inning, he upped the ante and left no tone unturned to reduce the Englih crowd to ilence. He dealt heavy blow at crucial juncture and calped pricele wicket of Joe Root, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith and Harry Brook, derailing England puruit of a daunting 608-run target to finih with figure of 6/99.
Bumrah, Akah Deep and Siraj will be our lethal bowling weapon. England will have a lot of trouble thinking about how to deal with them. In Bumrah abence, Akah Deep proved himelf. Siraj bowled a brilliant pell. There will be a lot of preure on England. The Tet at Lord i crucial, he added.
With the erie perfectly poied at 1-1 after the concluion of the firt two Tet, India and England will fight for control in the third contet of the erie, which i cheduled to kick off on Thurday. (ANI)

Joe Root Ben Stokes India vs England Shubman Gill Lalchand Rajput harry brook jamie smith