Team India Test captain Shubman Gill has confirmed that Arshdeep Singh, the left-arm pacer from Punjab, will play the fifth Test against England starting in London on July 31. While Arshdeep Singh has played 63 T20Is (99 wickets) and 9 ODIs (14 wickets), he is yet to play a Test for India.

“Arshdeep Singh has been asked to get ready but we will take a call on the Playing XI after looking at the pitch, by this evening. England haven’t gone with afrontline spinner. Jacob Bethell and Liam Dawson – I think they are goin to have their spinning options with them. We have Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, who have such a good job with the ball and the bat. On their front, it’s a no-brainer for us,” Shubman Gill said in the pre-match press conference on Wednesday.

When he was asked why Team India have not gone with a specialist bowler and a batting line-up that can go till No. 8, Gill shared his views as well.

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“Washington, he is someone who has given us so much control with the bowling. His batting has been a really big plud for us. We are fortunate to have players like him iyt hthe team, who can prevet a collapse. Woth hism we have imporved that area,” he shared again.

While talking about Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill did not confirm whether the speedster would play the match.

“We will take a decision tomorrow, wicket looks very green. So let’s see,” Shubman Gill concluded. “2-2 will be very significant for this team. Every match we have played, it was difficult to decide the winner after first four days. Series has been a great learning curve. Somethings you can learn from experience, hopefully finish on a high!”