“Me and Tommy [Tom Hartley] are really excited for tomorrow. That pitch is deteriorating quite a bit now. We saw some pop from a good length and some roll. That’s good signs for us and we’re really excited,” said the young Somerset boy at the post-day press conference. 

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“We know us two lads are up against a world-class [batting] attack, but we’ve got a chance to be heroes. We’re two tall spinners and we have tall release points. Stokesy [Ben Stokes] and Baz [Brendon McCullum] picked us for a reason. We’ve just got to go out tomorrow and hopefully win a Test match,” added Bashir, who got his maiden five-for in only his second Test as India were bowled India out for 307 in the morning session before the hosts fought back and bowled England out for just 145 in their second innings.

“We saw how [R] Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja bowled on that wicket, and we take huge confidence from that,” said Bashir, who bowled a marathon 31-over spell from the pavilion end on Day 2.

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