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India vs England Second Test Preview:<\/strong> Ben Stokes' England side could go with an all-spin bowling attack against an inexperienced India batting line-up when the second Test begins in Visakhapatnam on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit Sharma's side suffered only their fourth home defeat in 47 Tests since 2013 last week in Hyderabad as England came from 190 runs behind on first innings to record a stunning 28-run victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India will be without seasoned Test players Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja as they attempt to level the five-match series on a pitch that is expected to turn sharply from the start.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

They have brought in uncapped batsmen Rajat Patidar and Sarfaraz Khan to replace the injured Rahul and Kohli, who opted out of the first two Tests for personal reasons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Spinner Washington Sundar comes into the squad for Jadeja.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

England's uncapped spinner Shoaib Bashir finally joined his England teammates on Sunday after a visa delay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Coach Brendon McCullum hinted Bashir could start if England go "quids-in" with a four-pronged spin attack.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We won't be afraid to play all our spinners," New Zealander McCullum told SEN Radio as England look to extend their series lead to 2-0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Left-arm spinner Tom Hartley took nine wickets on debut in Hyderabad but lone pace spearhead Mark Wood toiled for 25 wicketless overs meaning Bashir "comes into the calculations," said McCullum.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We'll have a look at conditions and make a call. You're not going to get every call right, especially over here," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Slow bowlers accounted for 18 of India's 20 wickets in the first Test, the other two were run-outs, and England will decide their line-up after assessing conditions in the southern city.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's hard to read some of the wickets but we'll make a decision and go quids-in on trying to commit to that. Then we'll see where we land," said McCullum.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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'Line-up looks weak' -<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Baz" McCullum and skipper Stokes have led a huge turnaround for England's fortunes with 14 wins in 19 Tests on the back of a swashbuckling style of play dubbed "Bazball".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh warned that India's lack of Test batting experience was a worry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Yes, there is Rohit Sharma, but the next best run-scorer is (Ravichandran) Ashwin," he said on his YouTube commentary channel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"In terms of batting, the line-up looks weak," he added, saying that a tricky spinning pitch could work against the hosts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"This batting unit is young, they need time, and if they get a good track, they might even perform well," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

England's Ollie Pope demonstrated how to handle conditions in the second innings in Hyderabad with an outstanding 196 to turn the game on its head.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pope's 112-run sixth-wicket stand with wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes, who made 34, was peppered with sweep shots both sides of the wicket that blunted the Indian spin attack.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Quite a few of the lads have a game plan that will do well on those pitches," said Foakes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's more of a mindset shift of how to go about it, because in those conditions the bowler is a massive favourite to win the contest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Before there was a fear of getting out and that put us in our shells.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Accepting that you probably are (going to get out) on those sorts of surfaces, you can actually go and dominate at times as well."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India have been unbeaten in a home Test series since England, under Alastair Cook, won in 2012.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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