Shoaib Bashir WILL make his England debut in the second Test against India – just days after arriving in the country after visa nightmare… as Jimmy Anderson also comes into the squad after a stunning First Test win

England have made their bravest baseball call to date by throwing Shoaib Bashir into their squad for Friday’s second Test in a three-man spin attack that has just three caps between them.

The 20-year-old, who was embroiled in controversy at the start of his first senior England tour when Indian authorities delayed his visa due to his Pakistani heritage, will play alongside Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed in another ultra -positive England selection.

Experience is provided in the evergreen form of Jimmy Anderson, who comes into the team at the expense of Mark Wood and will get another first in his extraordinary career by playing as the lone seamer in an attack boosted by another spinner in Joe Root.

It is the election of Bashir that will take all the attention. The 6ft4in off-spinner has played just six first-class matches, taking 10 wickets, and was selected for this tour after captain Ben Stokes saw a clip of him bowling on Twitter and believed he had the qualities of the equally tall Hartley, to thrive under Indian conditions.

Now, having only arrived in India on Sunday after being forced to fly home from England’s Abu Dhabi training camp to get his visa approved at the fourth attempt, he has been named in place of the injured Jack Leach for his debut after just a network in the country with its English colleagues.

Bashir, 20, missed out on the stunning win in the first Test after problems with his visa to enter India

“What he has is the natural ability to release the ball from a good height and how much energy he puts on the ball,” England captain Stokes said here today.

‘Someone who drops the ball from a height and puts so much on the ball will get the natural variation. It is very difficult to play against out here.

‘I fully support him and look forward to him going out on the pitch and hopefully putting on a show.’

No fewer than 99 players have made their England debut since Anderson made his debut against Zimbabwe at Lord’s 20 years ago and now he leads an attack with a 19-year-old, a 20-year-old and a 24-year-old. -old.

Jimmy Anderson also comes into the squad for the second Test in place of Mark Wood

“Jimmy has an incredible amount of experience,” Stokes said before training on a Visakhapatnam pitch that is expected to have less turn than the first Test surface in Hyderabad initially but will take increasing spin as the match goes on.

‘What perhaps goes under the radar is his record here in India. Bringing him in has nothing to do with him also wanting to play a game with someone who is the 100th debutant since he made his own!’

England surprised India by winning the first Test in dramatic fashion and suddenly have a great chance to go two up against an India team that will be without the injured Rajindra Jadeja and KL Rahul, as well as Virat Kohli, who is still missing personally. grounds.