India Pace Spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is not expected to play in the last test against England on The Oval, as tourists appear to avoid a series of defeat.
Bumrah has already played three samples in the series, the maximum workload that the team management had targeted at the bowler after he spent three months on the sidelines with a back injury before returning to action in April.
India Snated an unlikely draw in the fourth test at Old Trafford on Sunday But the trail hosts 2-1 in the five-match series.
India went into the fourth test with an exhausted bowling attack after resting the wounded pace -duo from Akash Deep (groin) and Arshdeep Singh (hand).
Bowling Allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy had already returned home after a knee injury that was mapped out his tour while the visitors called Narayan Jagadeesan up to the troop and can hold the wicket.
Anshul Kamboj debuted in Manchester, but head coach Gautam Gambhir said they would have a complete set of fit bowlers at their disposal for the oval test that begins Thursday.
However, India will be without the bunch batter Rishabh Pant, which has been excluded by the series final after breaking his foot while beating in India’s first place in Manchester.
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India tied their hands unnecessarily at the start of the trip by repeatedly committing to the idea that the world’s # 1 bowler Bumrah would play only three samples.
The rationale, to prevent the exaggerated existing back problems from being healthy, but the policy was always too stiff.
Now they are in a must-win situation with Bumrah’s allocation that has already been used.
Bumrah has some recovery time and had a troublesome week in the northwest after sending 33 overs. England’s fighters will breathe in relief if he doesn’t play.
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As their fourth test match approached, England and India were again left unhappy with each other as Ravindra Jadeja continued to beat for the visitors to do its century, despite the result being a draw
There was a Farcic ending to the fourth test when Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja rejected England’s offer of a handshake with 15 overs to go – the earliest draw could have been agreed.
The couple had fought for the last two sessions to ensure that India would avoid defeat, but at 80 and 89 respectively Sundar and Jadeja fought on the rubber stamp their fine performances with hundreds.
England seemed furious, and Captain Ben Stokes brought Harry Brook on for a buffet bowling to accelerate things with where Jadeja came to three characters first before Sundar followed his first test ton.
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