In the second test against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Jasprit Bumrah wasn't chosen because of India's captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir, and Ravi Shastri didn't hesitate to place the blame. Shastri called the choice to rest Bumrah for the second Test after losing the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy opener at Headingley "baffling" and said the head coach and captain should have made sure Bumrah turned up for the second Test since there was about a week between the two games.

Shastri, a member of Sky Sports' expert panel, expressed his disappointment at Bumrah's exclusion even before the first ball was bowled at Edgbaston.

"After seven days of rest, you keep the finest fast bowler in the world on the sidelines. "That's hard to believe," Shastri stated, shaking his head.

Ravi Shastri slams Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir

When the first ball of the game was about to be thrown, he was also a member of the commentary crew, along with former England captain Michael Atherton.

"Ravi, it seems like a very odd choice to me," Atherton remarked during commentary.

Without hesitation, Shastri grabbed the microphone and attacked the Indian captain and head coach. On live TV, an animated Shastri stated, "Very strange and perplexing as far as I'm concerned. If he's fit to play, he should play."

If Bumrah was healthy enough to play in the second Test match, the former head coach of India stated that there should have been no doubt regarding his involvement.

"I mean, the head coach, the captain, and the coaching staff should have complete control over that choice, not the coaching staff, the head coach, and the captain," Shastri continued.

"As you mentioned, this is a crucial test match for India, a must-win game, with a week in between test matches." You need your best quick bowler performing if they have to live throughout the series. And he should have been playing, no ifs or buts, Shastri stated.

Jasprit Bumrah is completely healthy and ready for selection, but India may not select him due to workload management, India captain Shubman Gill said the day before the Test match.

The toss on Wednesday ratified the choice. "I think this is an important match for us, but I think the third match of the series being at Lord's, there might be a chance that there might be a little bit more in the wicket than this one, so we thought we'd bring him better now," Gill said.

In the five-match series, Bumrah had already stated that he would only participate in three Tests. Following the injury he sustained in the previous Test against Australia in Sydney, the physicians and physiotherapists recommended that he exercise great caution with his workload. This was also the primary reason why, in the wake of Rohit Sharma's retirement, Bumrah was not chosen to lead the Indian Test team.

Even if India lost the first Test, India's head coach Gautam Gambhir had said that Bumrah's workload management would not change.

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