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India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is not expected to play in the final Test against England at the Oval as the tourists look to avoid a series defeat.
Bumrah has already played three Tests in the series, the maximum workload the team management had targeted for the bowler after he spent three months on the sidelines with a back injury before returning to action in April.
Indiasnatched an unlikely draw in the fourth test at Old Trafford on Sundaybut trail the hosts 2-1 in the five-match series.
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India went into the fourth Test with a depleted bowling attack having rested the injured pace duo of Akash Deep (groin) and Arshdeep Singh (hand).
Bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy had already returned home after a knee injury cut short his tour, while the visitors called up Narayan Jagadeesan to the squad and can keep wicket.
Anshul Kamboj made his test debut in Manchester but head coach Gautam Gambhir said they would have a full set of fit bowlers at their disposal for the Oval Test, which begins on Thursday.
However, India will be without stumper-batter Rishabh Pant, who has been ruled out of the series finale after fracturing his foot while batting in India’s first innings in Manchester.
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Source: Skysports
