Jasprit Bumrah gave the Second England vs. India Test during the nets during Edgbaston, Birmingham during the nets. (Getty image)

Former India cricket coach Ravi Shastri has called the Indian team to maintain a positive attitude as he prepares for another important test against England in Edgbaston, after a five -wicket defeat in a series opener in Headingley. Despite India’s major performance through the first Test match of the ICC World Test Championship series, he was in a state of victory to win his hopes in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.India faces uncertainty about the availability of their pace bowler Jasprit BumrahWhose workload is carefully monitored. The team management is also considering adding another spinner to support Ravindra Jadeja in the upcoming match.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Shastri emphasized the importance of India’s response to defeat, highlighting immediate action and flexibility requirement.“The most important thing for India is to throw the counter punch almost immediately,” Shastri said ICC review“When you lose a Test match in this way, where you have dominated most of them and then you lose it in England with a big chase and full digits in the last day and do so, it will require a lot of character to come forward and to bounce back to the series.”

The former coach addressed the uncertainty around Bumrah’s participation, while hoping to join the important match.“Now, whether Bumrah plays or does not play, no one knows. But let’s hope that he does it because it is a very important test match and not all lost,” Shastri said. “This is just you take it a game at a time. It’s a series of five matches and will expect to bounce in India.”

Shubman Gill in the series also starts as a captain, and Shastri reflected on the learning experience from the first Test match.“People say that he was a bit reactive and this could happen when you are playing with a sharp outfield in your first Test match (as captain) and especially in such a good batting position and things can happen in that way,” the scar explained. “But he would have learned a lot from him and would like to be a little more active when it comes now, which means that bowlers and fielders will have to support him.”

He said, “He has come to know what his role is and get out of there and execute it.”The selection idea of ​​the team continues as India is ready for the Edgbaston Test, in which there is a discussion about the possible inclusion of another spinner with Ravindra Jadeja.The five-match testing series for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy remains open, with India to level the series and win in Edgbaston to open its account at the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) CEO and co-owner Kavya Maran have addressed their viral reactions during the IPL matches that often become an internet meme. In an interview with Fortune India recently, he explained that his emotional reactions stems from his deep personal investment in the team’s performance, in which broadcasters capture these moments during consecutive matches.MaranWho is the daughter of the president of Sun Group Kalanithi MaranDuring the IPL auction, 2023 attracted the attention of the important public where he led the strategic decisions of SRH. Since then, he has been a regular appearance in SRH matches, with his reactions to on-field developments have become a main part of social media content.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“They are my raw feelings that you are seeing because my job has brought me to the point that I have to keep myself out of there. In Hyderabad, I cannot do anything; I want to sit there. This is the only place I can sit. But even when I go to Ahmedabad or Chennai, and I am sitting several feet away, somewhere in the box, the cameraman manages me to find. Therefore, I understand how this memes becomes. ,“When it comes to Sunrisers, I really wear my heart on my sleeve. I think when you put your heart and soul into something, you naturally get very personally with its successes and failures.”Under Maran’s leadership, SRH has experienced various levels of success in the IPL. The team’s performance has shown significant ups and downs in various seasons.The franchise ended at the bottom of the points table in 2023, which was considered a strong team. However, he showed a remarkable improvement in 2024, finished second in the league and proceeded in the finals.The 2025 season saw a mid-table finish for SRH, in which the team won six of their fourteen matches. Her playoff hopes in the tournament were relatively quickly collapsed.The history of SRH includes an IPL championship, which he secured in 2016. The team’s journey under Kavya’s leadership is marked by both high and climbing.Beyond the IPL, Maran also oversees Sunrisers Eastern Cape Franchise in South Africa’s SA20 SA20 competition. This enterprise has proved to be more successful, the team won the first two sessions in 2023 and the captaincy of Aiden Markram in 2024.