India all-rounder ruled out of England Tests ICC World Test Championship
India's updated squad for fourth Test: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj
Kamboj was a part of both the three-day games, snapping five wickets apart from scoring a half century in the second warm-up match.
Coming off an impressive domestic season where he also became only the third bowler in the Ranji Trophy to take all ten wickets in an innings, Kamboj will hope to make use of the swinging conditions in England if given the chance.
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