Delhi: The special issue in the discussion of the result of the 5-Test series against England starting on June 20 is not just that who is in India playing in England, it is also special that who is in the England team? Talking about bowling, his captain Ben Stokes is especially taking the name of Shoaib Bashir and in the Test that started the season against Zimbabwe, after winning, he is giving 21-year-old Shoaib Bashir to Shoaib Bashir, his man of the match performance (18-1-81-6 in the second innings and 9-113 in Tests). In the eyes of Ben Stokes, now there is a border for Shoaib Bashir.
Bashir’s own Test career
Zimbabwe won 255 runs in the second innings thanks to Bashir’s best performance of his best performance of his Test career and England won the Test by an innings and 45 runs within three days. Created two special records: 6 wickets for England, after Fred Truman in 1952, the youngest bowler and the youngest English bowler to take 50 Test wickets.
Stokes also knows that despite the lack of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s name in India’s batting, it will not be easy to show. The most special on this matter is the captain’s trust in his bowler. That is why, before the Trent Bridge Test against Zimbabwe, this season did not pay any attention to Bashir’s record of taking just 2 wickets in 3 county matches.
Test debut made in India
In such a situation, taking 9 wickets in a Test becomes even more special. By the way, Bashir made his Test debut in India in February 2024 and even then the special record was that after the experience of only 6 first class match, he played direct Tests. Even at that time, Stokes’ vote was the most special for him and Stokes gave this vote on seeing his glory on ex -bowling.
The youngest bowler to take 50 wickets
How many bowlers are there in today’s cricket who are happy to be called the Test Specialist? Shoaib Bashir is like this and that is why he is the youngest bowler of England to take 50 wickets, to prove the trust of his captain Ben Stokes right. So far 58 wickets in 16 Tests and 5 wickets in four times. In the coming years, it will always be asked that who does not get wickets in county cricket, how does he take wickets in Tests? How is the record of England’s youngest bowler to take 50 Test wickets?
Right now Bashir is more than 100 days away from his 22nd birthday. Steven Finn and Ian Botham made this record at the age of 22 while Stuart Broad and Bill Wose at the age of 23. Surprisingly, a spinner is on top in this list of fast bowlers. That too when he had a record of taking only 10 wickets in 6 first class matches before Test debut.
Successful Test debut in India
And see when after a successful Test debut in India, when his team Summerset returned to him, Jack Leach was considered his number 1 spinner and kept choosing the team accordingly. Even when I was not getting a chance to play, for a match, Glamagan also called to play on a loan. In that match too, he took 2 wickets at an amazing price in 71 overs.
Let us tell you that compared to this record of Bashir, this season, spinner Ben Kelave, who bowled with both hand for this county, has taken 11 wickets at an average of 28. Even when Bashir returned to England’s colors, everything changed and took the man of the match award with 3+6 wickets. The interesting thing is that if they remove their Test returns from their first class cricket records, then the first class record remains pity: 19 wickets at an average of 83 in 15 matches. In comparison, the Test is 58 wickets at an average of 36.
Place in playing XI
Such a strange difference will be said very amazing in cricket. Is Ben Stokes responsible for this change in Test cricket responsible for his spin? Generally, English captains have not been famous to show great confidence in spin, but Stokes has been different from the recent years captain in this case. In every test of his captaincy, not only gave the spinner a place in the playing XI, he also gave a respectable part in the count. Right now the Test has been played in May and a large part of the Test series against India is in June-July, when the weather is actually English and the seam and swing helps. Despite this, Bashir is a special name in Ben Stoke’s attack scheme for the Test series against India.
Test against Zimbabwe
And the funny thing is that as far as Bashir is concerned, he is fully prepared for Test cricket, but no first class cricket match against Zimbabwe and against India on June 20 Test. A bowler who does not need county cricket but he wins the Test for England. How India’s batsmen will take advantage of this difference, this remains a popular question of this season.
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