India have won only two of the 18 Test matches they have played at the venue, considered to be the home of Test cricket. The last of their victories came on the 2014 tour,
Captain Kohli might have to seriously consider playing Ashwin while expecting a far better show from the seasoned batting line-up when India meet England in the second Test at the Lord's starting Thursday.
Both India and England have been docked two World Test Championship points each for slow over-rate during the first Test in Nottingham.
England is already missing Jofra Archer due to an injury, while all-rounder Ben Stokes has taken an indefinite break to focus on mental health.
Root's primary concern is the batting around him. That may prompt him to bring in Haseeb Hameed as replacement for one of the top three batsmen.
Bumrah remained wicket-less in the World Test championship final against New Zealand which India lost, but made a strong comeback in the first Test.
The spinning all-rounder will train with the squad on Tuesday, according to a statement from England and Wales Cricket Board.
England already have Haseeb Hameed in the squad. Former England captain Michael Vaughan has called on the team management to replace Crawley with Hameed.
Shaw and Suryakumar will only complete their 10-day quarantine on August 13, which means that they can only train from August 14 and will be available for selection from the third Test, starting August 25 at Leeds.
According to Root, the game could have turned on its head on the surface which was used in the match but India were slightly ahead.
Bumrah endured a below-par WTC final against New Zealand and was also not effective when he played a couple of Tests against England in India on unhelpful tracks.
So it will be a toss-up between Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin in the upcoming four matches, with the former preferred for the first Test in which India were deprived of a victory owing to persistent rain that washed out the entire fifth day's play.
India had raced away to 52/1 in the 14 overs they managed to bat after England set a target of 209 for India, implying a chase of 157 runs on the final day
India needed to score 157 runs on the final day but the rain did not allow a single ball.
In the time left during the penultimate hour, India scored 52 for one with Stuart Broad dismissing KL Rahul (26 off 38 balls) with a beauty. Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara were unbeaten on 12 each.
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Courtesy Jadeja's 16th half-century -- a chiselled 56 off 87 balls -- and a 73-run contribution from the last three stands on the third day, India managed 278 in their first innings in reply to England's 183.
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