England paceman Stuart Broad has been ruled out of the remaining four Tests in the five-match series against India due to injury. Brad’s injury is a big blow to the England team. England’s bowling attack, played in the absence of Ben Stokes, seems to be weakened by this lack of fast bowling. Brad has given some important facts about his injury and said his next goal is the Ashes series against Australia and that is why they will do their best to come back. When Brad told him of his injury, when he was injured, he once felt that James Anderson had been struck from behind.
Brad shared two photos of himself lying on the couch after training and then getting hurt on Instagram, saying: ‘Things can change very quickly. A few moments ago I was happily training and the next moment I jumped off a hurdle and my right foot heel bizarrely fell on the ground. I felt the pain as if someone had hit my leg right behind with a rope.
Brad wrote, ‘Once I felt like hitting James Anderson, I turned around and asked him why he hit Jimmy, then I realized he wasn’t near me, but I knew I was in trouble. According to scans, I had a grade 3 cough injury. The season has ended here and I am very disappointed that I have not been able to play this Test series against India, but now the whole focus is on the series against Australia. I take my time, no hurry. Good luck to the England cricket team, lying on my couch and watching every ball every week. I see a lot of runs and wickets at Lord’s.
It is the first Test draw between India and England, the second Test will be played at the historic Lord’s Ground from today. At the same time, James Anderson is also not fully fit, so it remains to be seen whether or not he will be able to play in the Lord’s Test.
England’s potential playing XI
Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Haseeb Hamid, Joe Root (C), Johnny Bairstow, Jose Butler, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson / Saqib Mahmood.
India’s Potential Playing Eleven
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin / Ishant Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
