- England has 2-0 down as they accumulate in the Champions Trophy next month
- Captain Jos Buttler is the only batter who has made a decent score in the series
- But England maintains the faith in which its explosive alignment will come well in Rajkot
England's failed batters received a vote of confidence on the eve of Tuesday's Twenty20 in India when the opportunity to remember Jacob Bethell was careless in favor of appointing a team without changes.
The lack of support for Jos Buttler for the rest of the first seven so far has been surprising. The newly appointed ViceCapitán Harry Brook has fallen to the Spinner of Varun Chakravarthy legs twice for 30 races, while Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone and Jamiet Overton have gathered an unfortunate 31 among them in eight visits to the fold.
With Bethell, 21, one of England's success stories, in training after a disease, there was an option to make a change in a batting unit that fought in consecutive losses that left England arriving at Rajkot Knowing that they have to stop rot to avoid a quick defeat in the five -game series.
And it was here at the Niranjan Shah stadium last year that India sealed her greatest victory in the racing test, a huge 434 of them.
The local team took 13 of its 20 Wickets with Spin in that game and used five spinnings during the two -wheel victory on Saturday in Chennai.
In contrast, the approach of the bowling of bowling of England has been the express speed, with Brendon McCullum saying at the beginning of his mandate as a multi-format coach last week that there would be no 'cotton treatment' for anyone despite being a year of ashes. Then, Mark Wood makes a third consecutive appearance since he returned from an elbow problem, along with his sprinus partner Jofra Archer.
Phil Salt works hard on the networks while trying to find some way before the third T20 V India
Jos Buttler (left) has looked with a decent touch, but he had little support from the rest of the alignment
England had the opportunity to resort to talented Jacob Bethell, but has left the 21 -year -old
“McCullum wants us to play fast and believe something from one extreme, which could also create something from the other end,” Wood said. “Basically he told me that he has not worried about the races, just the fast bowl and take wickts, and that is what I am trying to do.”
And the ECB of the Premier League of Durham, which was kept out of the Premier League of India to preserve it for international tasks, refuses to put an expiration date on his international career despite the trip of the next winter that is seen as A natural goal line: turns around. 36 in January 2026.
“I believe in myself and while the nearby circle around you, McCullum, the captain, your teammates, believe in you, that gives you confidence,” Wood added.
He has also adapted his methods. During the rehabilitation of this winter, his dedication to aerobic aptitude saw him break his fastest times for 2 km, 3 km and 5 km races. And the dining room notoriously remote has also left the beans baked at home, enjoying local foods such as Dal and Paneer, in search of a better diet. But it is the taste of the victory that England requires tonight to keep the series alive.