RoI are still trailing Mumbai’s first-innings total of 537 by 248 runs
Coach Andrew McDonald also stands by the decision: “Ashton was suited to these conditions and we needed to make room”
Billings, Malan seal emphatic eight-wicket win over Birmingham Phoenix at The Oval
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube will all join the squad for the third T20I, with the series locked 1-1
Having already won the series, India could give a chance to Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana
The decision was mainly to save their bowlers from the afternoon heat
With Pakistan struggling to win Tests at home, Naseem feels they need to reconsider their pitch strategy and prepare turners if seam-friendly conditions aren’t possible
Shreyas Iyer, Padikkal and Indrajith scored fifties on a day which otherwise belonged to the bowlers
Sri Lanka haven’t beaten England in a Test since 2014 but hope to exploit hosts’ disruption