Last week proved to be absolutely shocking for Test cricket. Two test matches were being played simultaneously in India and Pakistan and the results of both were such that they were not expected. Contrary to expectations, Pakistan defeated England and finally won a Test match at home after 3 and a half years. Whereas in Bengaluru, New Zealand stunned Team India and succeeded in winning the Test match in India after 36 years. Pakistan won the match and leveled the series at 1-1 but Team India is currently behind by 0-1 and now it has to make a comeback. Team India would like to do this in the second Test match starting in Pune but it has to take a big decision regarding the playing eleven, on which everyone's eyes are on and there is no need to be surprised if Team India adopts Pakistan's formula in this match. .

Pakistan's winning formula

Now the question is, what is this winning formula of Pakistan, which captain Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir can implement in the Pune Test? In fact, after losing the first Test match played in Multan, Pakistan also played the second Test on the same ground. This match was played not only on that ground but also on that pitch. Due to this, the Pakistani team came on the field with only 4 main bowlers, of which only one was a fast bowler, while there were 3 main spinners. Apart from him, there was also a part time spinner Salman Ali Aga.

Now everyone knows that Pakistan had won this match easily on the strength of its two spinners, Noman Ali and Sajid Khan. Both the spinners together took all 20 wickets of England. There was not much need for the third and part-time spinner, while the fast bowler was hardly used. Team India can also adopt this same formula. The same pitch cannot be used because the last Test was held in Bengaluru and the next one is to be held in Pune, but Pakistan's method can be tried in the playing eleven.

Who will Team India leave out?

If reports are to be believed, the pitch on which this match will be held at Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is made of black soil. It is expected to be slow and low bouncy which will help the spinners. In such a situation, fast bowlers will not be used much. In such a situation, Team India can drop Mohammad Siraj, who anyway could not make much impact in the last match. Only Jasprit Bumrah will take charge of fast bowling. Like the first test, only 3 spinners can be selected. That means the team can field with only 4 main bowlers but there can be a change here too.

Team India can include Akshar Patel or Washington Sundar in place of Kuldeep Yadav. Both the players are better batsmen than Kuldeep. Sundar may have more advantage here because he has been suddenly included in the team in the middle of the series and coach Gautam Gambhir has also said that considering the number of left-handed batsmen in the New Zealand team, the off-spinner can prove to be important. . In such a situation, Ravichandran Ashwin and Sundar can be the two off-spinners, while Ravindra Jadeja will trouble the right-handed batsmen.

This dilemma will end

With this formula, a big dilemma of Team India can also be solved. This dilemma is to choose between Sarfaraz Khan or KL Rahul. Actually, in the first test, Sarfaraz Khan had scored a century, while KL Rahul had failed. But Sarfaraz got a place in the team because Shubman Gill could not play the test due to injury. Gill is now fit and will return in the second Test, while Rahul has the full support of coach Gambhir. In such a situation, the question was arising whether Sarfaraz would be dropped despite the century? There will be no need to do anything like this if you go with only 4 bowlers and all three batsmen will be included in the same playing-11.

Team India's probable playing 11

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah.