India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane stated that Shardul Thakur is fit to play the third Test match that will start on August 25 at Headlingley.
“Shardul is fit and fine. He is ready for selection. We just have to see what combination we are going with,” said India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane to media in a virtual interaction.
The India middle-order batsman ruled out rotation policy saying all the bowlers have got a good break after the second Test which ended on August 16.
“About rotation policy, we got very good break after the last Test match. So all the fast bowlers, they are ready to play. They want to play, which is a very good sign,” added Rahane.
Thakur was the part of the Indian playing XI in the opening Test at Lord’s where Virat Kohli fielded the paceman for the cost of Ravichandran Ashwin.
The 33-year-old Rahane said that the players, including the bowlers are much more experienced than they were in 2014 and 2018.
“I think when you play in UK, your lines and lengths are very important. In 2014, when we had come here, we were a young unit. We are now all experienced, [we have] bowlers who have played all over the world and they know how to bowl in certain situations. So this time around we were focussing on keeping it simple as a bowling unit and bowling in right areas.”
