IND vs ENG, 2nd Test: The second match of the five-match Test series between India and England will be played in Visakhapatnam from February 2. In the first test match, Team India had to face a shameful defeat by 28 runs. The team would like to make a comeback in the second test match. But the team’s difficulties are a little more. After Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja are out of the second test match.

The discussion is going on in full swing as to who will replace both the players in the playing 11 of the second test. The management has included Sarfaraz Khan, Saurabh Kumar and Washington Sundar in the team after the exclusion of KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja. Cricket commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has given a big statement regarding who will be the replacement of KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja in the playing 11.

IND vs ENG: Sanjay Manjrekar’s big statement before the second test

Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Rajat Patidar should be kept ahead of Sarfaraz Khan in the playing 11 of the second Test. Because he was part of the squad in the first test also. He also talked about including Kuldeep Yadav to strengthen the spin department.

Sanjay Manjrekar while talking on ESPNCricinfo said, ‘Rajat Patidar should come in the playing 11 in place of KL Rahul. Kuldeep Yadav should come in place of Ravindra Jadeja. He (Kuldeep Yadav) will be completely different from what England faced in the first Test match. Therefore, it will not be so easy to play reverse sweep and switch reverse sweep against him.

Rajat Patidar has so far scored 4000 runs in 55 matches at an average of 45.97 in first-class cricket. Which includes 12 centuries and 22 half-centuries. Whereas Kuldeep has taken 34 wickets in 8 test matches for India. In which he has taken 5 wicket haul thrice and four wicket haul 4 times. It will be interesting to see what combination the Indian management and captain Rohit Sharma go with for the second test.