ENG vs IND: Wriddhiman Saha, Hanuma Vihari trend as fans suggest wholesale changes in India's XI for 4th Test

England thrashed Team India in the third Test at Headingley by an innings and 76 runs and since then several questions have been raised regarding (but not limited to) the batsmen's technique, the playing XI, the frequent collapses among many others.

Team India lost eight wickets for just 63 runs on Day 4 of the match at Leeds as after doing the repair job on the third day, the visitors just capitulated on Saturday morning going from 237/3 to 278 all out in a matter of 54 minutes.

While skipper Virat Kohli hinted at changes in the playing XI for the fourth Test at the Oval mainly in regards to managing the pacers' workload, the fans, experts and former cricketers have suggested many more changes from the middle-order to bringing in the off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.

While former cricketers Vinod Kambli and Dilip Vengsarkar have pushed for batsman Suryakumar Yadav's case in place of the vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, the fans have suggested that Hanuma Vihari should come in his place.

#INDvENG Its time to rest Ajinkya and get @surya_14kumar.instead of playing four fast bowlers get in ashwin and if i was the captain I will talk to every individual players regarding the middle order batsmen and boost their confidence

— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) August 28, 2021

Not just Rahane, the fans also questioned wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant's place too, who is averaging 17.4 in this series scoring just 87 runs in five innings. The fans suggested that the backup wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha should come in his place.

Here are some of the reactions:

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It would be better to play #Saha in the next match#IndiavsEngland #ENGvsIND #3rdTest pic.twitter.com/81kZ4aMmHh

— @Bunty_143Bunny (@niranjanbag666) August 28, 2021

It isn't a proper 5-Test series without a couple of weird seesaw-results. India can bounce back in the 4th Test, but they need to make two changes (at least): SKY in for Rahane, Ashwin in for Ishant. Heck, why not Saha for Pant? #ENGvIND

— Tunku Varadarajan (@tunkuv) August 28, 2021

It's time for wriddhiman saha to bring back in playing 11 in place of pant!! And saha should be given equal chances as equal as pant get!!#ENGvsIND #INDvENG #INDvsENG

— cricketdon (@cricket__143) August 28, 2021

A big question mark on the consistency of Rahane and Pant. specially pant !! I think in test match team India can give a chance to saha instead of pant.

— PraKash Kr (@theasutoshraval) August 28, 2021

Out: Rahane, Ishant
In: Vihari, Ashwin

Vihari isn't technically better than Rahane, but India have persisted with Rahane for long now. And Vihari should play both test matches now even if he gets out for a duck in both innings. https://t.co/4C2vvbyBSk

— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) August 28, 2021

Can we please get R Ashwin, Vihari, SKY in the team?! #INDvENG

— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) August 28, 2021

Rahul, Rohit, Pujara, Virat, Jadeja, Vihari, Pant, Ashwin, Umesh, Siraj, Bumrah

* Rahane out - Vihari in
* Ishant rest - Ashwin in
* Shami rest - Umesh in

We get 7 batsmen, left right combo in lower middle order, better tail with Ash & Umesh, 3 Pacers, 3 spinners, workload mgmt

— Ricky talks cricket (@CricRicky) August 28, 2021