New Delhi, July 7 -- Before the start of the second Test match, former head coach Ravi Shastri came down heavily on the Indian team management (which includes captain Shubman Gill and current head coach Gautam Gambhir) for resting premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah at Edgbaston.

Bumrah, who was coming off after taking a five-wicket haul in Leeds where India lost, was benched in the second Test in Birmingham despite a seven-day rest between the two matches as a part of his workload management. Instead, Akash Deep was picked in the playing XI.

"You have the best fast bowler in the world, and you make him sit out after seven days of rest. It's something very hard to believe. If you look at the run India has had, this becomes a very, very importa...