Jasprit Bumrah And Rishabh Pant To Play 4th Test? Fresh Report Lifts Cloud Of Uncertainty
India are trailing 1-2 in the five-Test Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy following a close defeat to England at Lord's.
The uncertainty over the availability of two key India players Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant for the 4th Test against England starting July 23 is getting clearer. Bumrah, as part of his workload management, is expected to play in three of the five-match tour and has already featured in two games. India captain Shubman Gill has also refused to confirm which of the remaining two matches Bumrah will be part of India's playing XI with the tourists trailing 1-2 after a close defeat at Lord's on Monday.
India were handed a blow when in-form Rishabh Pant ended up hurting his finger while collecting a delivery from Bumrah during the third Test. He looked in visible pain and didn't keep the wickets after picking up the injury during England's first innings with Dhruv Jurel taking his place.
Pant though batted in both the innings, hitting a half-century in India's first dig.
According to Sky Sports, both Bumrah and Pant will be part of India's playing XI as they look to pull themselves back on level terms in the newly minted Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
After India lost the fourth Test by 22 runs, Gill gave a cryptic response when asked whether his team plans to have Bumrah for a second successive Test. 'You'll get to know soon," Gill replied during a post-match press conference.
Similar to the defeat in the series opener, India allowed England several openings to claw their way back into the contest at Lord's too. They had reduced England to 271/7 in the first innings before Brydon Carse and Jamie Smith struck fifties to get the total to 387-all out. And then India put themselves in a strong position with the bat at 326/5 before losing the last five wickets for 61 runs.
With England then setting India 193-run target, India suffered a dramatic batting collapse on the final morning of the contest and eventually were skittled for 170.
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