Left-arm spinner Liam Dawson found his name in the playing XI as England announced their playing XI for the fourth Test of the five-match series of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 which will be played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester from July 23.
While technically a caught-and-bowled chance, Bashir was struck firmly on the hand and immediately signalled up to the home dressing room that he had been injured, sustaining what appeared to be a dislocation. Joe Root completed his over.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test at Dharamsala, England's head coach, Brendon McCullum, opined that it would be "slightly mad" if the spin duo of Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir didn't get the opportunities to play in the County Championship.
India has been set a target of just 192 runs to win the Test and series. Efforts of Hartley and Bashir, who took a five-wicket haul were wasted after England batters put on a disappointing show with the bat, bundled out for just 145 runs. This extended their 46 run lead to 191 runs lead.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan lauded young spinner Shoaib Bashir, saying that the 20-year-old did not bowl even a single bad delivery during his spell on day two of the fourth Test against India at Ranchi
Bashir snapped four wickets in his spell of 32 overs while conceding 83 runs, taking wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar and Ravindra Jadeja.
India and England are locking horns in the second Test at Visakhapatnam. Bashir had an impressive day as he got the prized scalp of Indian skipper Rohit Sharma as his first international wicket and later also removed all-rounder Axar Patel. Before this, he had featured in just six first-clas