Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir could make Test debutMcCullum: ‘We won’t be afraid to play all spinners’
England landed on India’s verdant east coast on Tuesday in seemingly buoyant mood, their head coach, Brendon McCullum, revealing that Shoaib Bashir is in contention for a possible Test debut this week and an all-spin attack is not out of the question.
Off-spinner Bashir, 20, saw his entry into India delayed by visa complications but arrived on Sunday to watch England claim a 1-0 series lead. The 28-run victory in Hyderabad was not without one casualty, however, with Jack Leach now facing a race to fit for the second Test that starts on Friday after suffering a badly bruised left knee.