India, July 1 -- On the eve of the Edgbaston Test between India and England, all the chatter is about whether pacer Jasprit Bumrah would play the second match of the five-game series. The 31-year-old dished out 43.4 overs in the Headingley Test, which India lost by five wickets after allowing England to chase down 371. The No. 1-ranked ICC Test bowler scalped five wickets in the first innings. However, he went wicketless in the second innings, and he was not even called upon to bowl when England needed 85 more runs for the win.

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin reckons Bumrah needs to play the Edgbaston Test against Ben Stokes and co. as he is the best bowler currently, and India cannot risk going 0-2 down.

Even before the Anders...