India, July 22 -- Ravichandran Ashwin gave a wild suggestion to India head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill before the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford in Manchester. Ashwin said if the Indian think tank is confident in Washington Sundar's batting, then they should seriously consider playing him at No.3 in place of Karun Nair. India played the same XI in Edgbaston and Lord's, but the make-up of the side is set to change because of injuries to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh. While Nitish Reddy was officially ruled out of the remainder of the series, there are reasonable doubts over Akash Deep's availability.

The hero of India's victory at Edgbaston has suffered a groin injury. He went through a f...