A couple of days ago, a video went viral on social media, where Team India’s pacers Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep were seen wrestling with bowling coach Morne Morkel during India’s net session in Birmingham.
Arshdeep and Akash Deep were not part of the playing XI, which lost by five wickets at Headingley.
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Morne ne bola tha ki jaise hi tumhara session khatam ho jaaye, to main hamesha last move karunga, main tumhe pin out karunga aur uske baad koi practice nahi hogi (Morne had said that the moment our practice session ends, he will have a last move and he will pin me. Thereafter, there will be no practice),” said Arshdeep.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">������ ������! ��♂️<br/><br/>Why are Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep & Morne Morkel wrestling in the nets ����<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamIndia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamIndia</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvIND?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvIND</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/arshdeepsinghh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@arshdeepsinghh</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/mornemorkel65?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mornemorkel65</a> <a href="https://t.co/HG7RS0U3te">pic.twitter.com/HG7RS0U3te</a></p>— BCCI (@BCCI) <a href="https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1939570285373771834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Usne koi naya tareeka dhoonda hai din call off karne ka, aaj woh wahi karke dikha raha tha (He has found a new way to call off the day and he was just showing us that),” he added.
India trail the five-match series 0-1 after losing at Headingley from a commanding position. India lost the first Test by five wickets after England successfully chased down 371 runs on the final day.
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah will only be playing three games out of five due to workload management, but Engineer wants him to play as many games as possible. There is intense speculation that he will be sitting out of the second Test here, starting July 2.
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