Birmingham, July 1 -- Ahead of the second Test against England, Indian skipper Shubman Gill said that the strategy to play two spinners would not be a "bad option" if the wicket is the same as the previous Test match at Leeds.

Going into the second Test at Birmingham, India is trailing 0-1. During the last game, India failed to defend a 371-run set, with four fast bowling options in Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, and Mohammed Siraj, and only one spinner in Ravindra Jadeja. The fast bowlers, except for Bumrah, leaked runs at a high economy, costing India the match as much as their poor low-order batting.

In the squad, India has spin bowling options in all-rounder Washington Sundar and an attacking, wicket-taking Kuldeep...