Ben Stokes played a straight bat. “Their choice,” he said bluntly, when asked about India’s selection for the second Test at Edgbaston. But behind the steely stare, the England captain must have been jumping for joy,

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been left out of India’s squad for the second Test against England at Edgbaston. He is replaced by fellow fast bowler Akash Deep. There are two other changes from the squad named in the first Test, with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar coming in for Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur.

India rested Jasprit Bumrah for the big-ticket clash in Birmingham. Akash Deep returned to the XI while Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy also got their chances in place of Shardul Thakur and Sai Sudharsan.