India, July 9 -- Legendary batter Alastair Cook has issued a stern warning to the English team: drop Shoaib Bashir from the XI for the Lord's Test. It came after the spinner failed to make any significant impact with the ball in the first two matches of the series. Bashir, who was the lone front-line spinner for England in the first two Tests, claimed eight wickets at a strike rate of 90. The Indian batters haven't found any difficulty counterattacking him on the flat tracks as the likes of Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill smashed him for boundaries at will.

The crushing defeat at Edgbaston has ramped up the pressure on Ben Stokes and his team, potentially prompting significant changes to the playing XI, with several promising players eager...