India vs England: James Anderson is likely to be rested for second Test, hints Chris Silverwood

India and England is currently locking horns against each other in red ball cricket where the latter has amassed 227 runs victory against home side in recently concluded first Test match at Chennai.

With second game starting from 13th Feb 2021 at the same venue will witness clash of the contest between two top teams who in the hindsight are eyeing for the other finalist spot who will compete against Kiwis on 18th June 2021 at Lords for inaugural edition of World Test Championship final.

As Butler who have returned home after first Test as England is relying on the rotation policy considering the amount of matches that their players have to play in 2021.

Anderson who was superb in the first Test match on the last day where he clinched 3 wickets will be rested for the second Test and Broad is likely to replace him. This news was confirmed by England Head Coach Chris Silverwood.

“It is hard (to leave Anderson out), he is a class act, you’ll have to wait and see… But I’m not reluctant to change the winning team. Broady didn’t play in the last game and we’ve many bowlers here who we could play at any given point,” Silverwood said.

As per the reports are to believed Anderson knows that he might be rested for a second Test match. The 38-year old, who picked up 5 wickets in the game said that he would like to carry on playing but admitted that players do need to rest from time to time to stay fit and injury-free.

“When a batsman gets in rhythm and form, they want to keep batting and keep that rhythm going, and it’s the same for a bowler. You want to keep that going if possible, but I’m very aware that we’ve got 4 Test matches in quick succession here and there will probably be a need to rest and rotate. So I’m not assuming anything,” Anderson said.