R Ashwin has provided Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir a bit of advice forward of the Lord’s Test on how to win the ongoing Test series.“Keep England in the field long,” Ashwin mentioned on his Hindi YouTube channel Ash Ki Baat.“You check all the interviews of the England cricketers, and all of them said we were tired. The legs were tired. You fielded for 10 sessions and you got tired.“Make them subject for 11 periods. You will get them out twice inside seven periods. Do din batting nahi kar payenge (They cannot bat for 2 days).”Ashwin has predicted that after getting hammered at Edgbaston, England will ask for a spicy pitch at Lord’s.“Lord’s may have a spicy pitch. After the Edgbaston loss, there can be seam and swing motion at Lord’s. If there may be any assist for the bowlers, then that English bowling assault versus India’s batting line-up and Indian bowling assault versus that England batting line-up—it’s going to be enjoyable to watch.“Let the England bowlers bowl extra overs. Pull them to the ground, put them in rubble. Test cricket requires mental tenacity. When you find them down, put your feet on top of them. Absolutely plunder them.
“England ek din khel kar ek Test match draw nahi kara paayenge (England cannot bat for a day to draw a Test match). They can be bowled out inside two periods; they won’t go for a draw.“Barring Joe Root, they don’t have any chance,” he mentioned.Ashwin additionally advised that if the pitch is flat and Shubman wins the toss, India should bat for 3 days.“They have no intention of grinding you down. You bat three days straight. They can’t bat two days,” he mentioned.“England are caught in a real catch-22 situation. Your captain is not performing. Their top order is getting exposed. Joe Root has been kept quiet. Bowling is toothless. You want to continue with Shoaib Bashir, but there’s not much coming from him as well.“If you need to proceed Bazball, you want to play on a flat deck… So many questions…”