Cook: Adil Rashid is an obvious selection, it was a brave call

England's Alastair Cook during a nets session at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Monday July 30, 2018. India are scheduled to play the first Test against England starting Aug. 1. Pic/AP/PTI

Former England skipper Alastair Cook yesterday dismissed the furore over Adil Rashid, calling it an "obvious selection" and said the selectors made a "brave call" in picking him for the first Test against India.

Rashid was selected despite quitting red-ball cricket ahead of the 2018 county season and having not played a first-class game since September. "The way Adil has been playing and bowling for the one-dayers, it seemed quite an obvious selection.

"Obviously, Ed Smith [chief selector] says he needs to be playing red-ball cricket [to be selected in future] and I think that's right. But sometimes in exceptional circumstances, selection goes a different way than you would like and obviously Ed and the selectors have made a brave call."

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