Chakravarthy was the choice of attack with 3 by 23 in his four overs, although his leg partner Ravi Bishnoi proved to be so difficult to escape when he returned the figures of 0 by 22. And speaking on the eve of the second T20i in Chennai, Brook He suggested that there had been an atmospheric reason for England’s struggles to choose their variations.
“I didn’t face Bishnoi, but Chakravarthy is an exceptionally good bowling player,” he said. “It’s hard to choose. I think that in reality with Smog the other night, it was much more difficult to choose too. Hopefully, the air is a little clearer here and we can see the ball a little easier.
“He is an exceptional bowling player and has many skills with extreme precision. Hopefully they fall apart.”
It is a family chorus of the tours of England. During his 1992-93 visit to India, the then president of selectors from England, Ted Dexter, attributed the famous defeat of his team in the first test, also in Eden Gardens, to Smog. Although it was widely ridiculous for his comments, the problem has acquired a more serious aspect in recent years, with the Indian test against Sri Lanka in Delhi in 2017 that has to stop after several players vomited due to pollution.
England is scheduled to make at least one change to the XI in Chennai, with Brydon CSFS included as a rhythm option instead of Gus Atkinson, who endured one night to forget the bat and the ball in Kolkata. Jamie Smith has also been included in a team of 12 men, and could intervene in Jacob Bethell, who lost training on Friday with a disease.
However, his appointment of Brook as Vicecapitan of Jos Buttler is one more proof of his desire to unite the red and white ball squads under a single philosophy, and with as many artists crossed as possible. And the informal attitude that has promoted the exhibitions of the test team in the last seasons was evidenced in the way Brook was offered the role of the deputy.
“We sat at the other night and Baz sent me a text message from the other side of the room,” he said. “He just said ‘Congratulations, you are the vice-capitán’ and I just said: ‘Beautiful, thanks’. There really wasn’t much conversation.
“Obviously, I captured the hate in the summer, so I knew it was going to happen. You do not have to do too much like a vice-chapitan; Jos has a lot of experience, I will give some suggestions here and there and if he comes to me, I will give him My opinion, but it depends on him whether or not he takes it. “
