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Shubman Gill at the time of press conference.
The last Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at The Oval from tomorrow. Prior to the match, India captain Shubman Gill and England captain Ben Stokes came to the press conference. Although Ben Stokes will not play this test due to injury, Oli will replace him with Oli Pope captaincy.
On Wednesday, Gill indicated Arshedeep Singh’s first Test to play. He said about Bumrah’s playing, we will take a decision tomorrow. At the same time, Ben Stokes said, there are more grasses on the oval pitch than the rest.
Captain Ben Stokes came for the press conference for the English team.
Shubman Gill’s statement …
On playing Arshdeep Singh Shubman Gill said on the playing of Arshdeep Singh, we have asked Arshdeep Singh to be ready. The final decision will be taken after watching the pitch this evening. He is a great bowler.
Indian team joking with Arshdeep Singh (in between).
With spinners Gill said, England has not chosen any spinner in its playing-XI. We have Jadeja and Washington beautiful, who will fulfill this responsibility. Both also performed brilliantly with the bat in the last match.
Ravindra Jadeja scored a century in the fourth Test.
Want to eliminate the series on par Gill said about the series equal, if we finish the series 2-2, it will be very important for our team. It was difficult to decide who would win for the first four days in every match. This series is learning a great learning for us. Some things come from experience, hopefully we will finish it on a good note.
Gautam Gambhir controversy (about watching pitch) Regarding the pitch control on Wednesday, Gill said, “We have been playing cricket for a long time.” We can also see the pitch wearing barefoot or rubber spikes. I do not know why the curator did not allow it.
We did not get any special instructions. We played four matches and no one said anything about it. We played general cricket. I did not understand why there was so much uproar.
Indian players with pitch curator
On playing Bumrah We will decide tomorrow to play Jaspreet. He is a great bowler. The oval pitch looks quite green, let’s see what happens.
Jaspreet Bumrah (left) head coach Gautam Gambhir.
Ben Stokes Base
On pitch dispute English captain Ben Stokes said, I do not know anything about it because I was not there. This pitch has more green grass than before. The oval helps the fast bowlers more, so we did not include Liam Dawson.
Fatigue of five Test matches This series is tedious for both body and mind. But this is the real Test cricket. It has a character, stamina test. The way both teams have fought, it shows how much Test cricket matters to both India and England.
Oli Pope will captain England in place of Ben Stokes.
Complaint about schedule There should have been a little more break between matches. There was a difference of 8-9 days between the two matches, then very little between the remaining two. This was difficult for both teams.
Handshek controversy in Manchester I think Jadeja and Washington Sundar wanted to complete their centuries, but I did not want to feed my bowlers anymore. We have forgotten this now. India has also moved forward. We should not pay attention to those 20 minutes, but remember this magnificent series.
Out of his own fifth Test I have a muscle injury, which I cannot even name properly. I will not be able to play the last test. Now I will start recovery and prepare myself for the winter season.
The fourth match who scored a century at the time of root practice.