Birmingham, June 30 -- England's seasoned quick Chris Woakes confessed that the hosts will have discussions around negating the threat posed by India vice-captain Rishabh Pant and some other players in the second Test, scheduled to take place at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

In the series opener at Headingley, while Indian bowlers fell flat and tried to force breakthroughs with a toothless attack, batters took centre stage and led a valiant attack. India had five centurions in the five-wicket defeat in Leeds, featuring Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), Shubman Gill (147), KL Rahul (137) and Pant (134 and 118).

With the second Test of the five-match gruelling series on the horizon, Woakes expressed the excitement that comes while bowling against the exp...