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Manchester: The fourth match of the Test series between India (Team India ) a nd England will be played on the Manchester ground from July 23. Team India is currently trailing 1-2 in this Test series. In such a situation, the Indian team would like to level the series by winning this match to be played in Manchester, which is not going to be so easy for them. There are many players in the Indian squad on the England tour who do not have experience of playing on this ground. Let us tell you that fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj have also not played a single Test on this ground so far.
Bumrah has got rest in one Test match
Talking about Jasprit Bumrah, he has played two matches in this series so far. Due to workload management, he was rested from the second Test match played in Birmingham. In the first innings of the first Test match, he took 5 wickets, while in the second innings he could not take a single wicket. In the first innings of the Lord’s Test match, he again took a five-wicket haul, while in the second innings he got 2 wickets. In this series, Bumrah has taken 12 wickets so far.
Siraj has performed well in three Test matches
Talking about Siraj, he has played all three matches so far. He has taken a total of 13 wickets in three matches. In the Leeds Test match, he was able to take only 2 wickets, but in the Test match played in Birmingham, he took 7 wickets. At the same time, he was able to take only 4 wickets in both the innings of the Lord’s Test match. But Bumrah and Siraj have not played a single match in Manchester yet. In such a situation, it is difficult to say how these two bowlers perform in the next Test match.
Only Ravindra Jadeja has been able to do this
Talking about the current Indian team, there is only one bowler who has taken a wicket in Manchester. That bowler is Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja took a wicket in the Test match played on this ground in 2014. Apart from him, there is no bowler in the current Indian team who has taken a wicket here.
