Jasprit Bumrah during the warm up before the match against England on July 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters

ENG vs IND 2nd Test | Bumrah rested, England wins toss and opts to bowl

Akash Deep replaces Jasprit Bumrah; Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur also miss the Edgbaston Test

by · The Hindu

England won the toss and opted to field on Day 1 of the second Test match against India in Edgbaston on July 2, 2025.

India has opted to rest Jasprit Bumrah after much speculation on his workload management. Akash Deep replaces the pace sensation. Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur have also been dropped from the side that featured in the first Test match. Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy will play instead.

Captains Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill at the toss during day one of the 2nd Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 2, 2025 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Asked why Bumrah was left out, India skipper Shubman Gill said: “Just to manage his workload, this is an important match but third match being at Lords, there will be a bit in the wicket, and we thought we’ll play him there.” There was also no Kuldeep Yadav and Gill said they looked to add depth to the batting following the defeat in the series opener.

“We were tempted to play him but we thought of adding a bit of depth in our batting,” said Gill.

England had won the first Test match in Leeds and field an unchanged side in Edgbaston. The host chased down 371 on the final day to win the first Test at Headingley.

Squads:

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, K.L. Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna