Indian cricket team Test captain Shubman Gill confirmed Anshul Kamboj’s debut in the Test in the 4th match as well. This came after all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled out of the series due to injury. He also confirmed that fast bowler Akash Deep, who took 10 wickets in India’s win over England in Birmingham, will not play the fourth Test as well.

“Akash Deep is unavailable, so is Arshdeep, but we have good players in the team to pick twenty wickets. It is not ideal to have different bowlers, but I was prepared,” Gill said on Tuesday. “He (Anshul Kamboj) is very close to making his debut. We will see between Prasidh and Anshul tomorrow. We have seen his (Kamboj’s) skill set. We have the belief that he can win matches for us. It is never easy when there are injuries. Nitish (Reddy) is missing and Akash is also unavailable for this match. (But) we have good enough players to take 20 wickets.”

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If Anshul Kamboj does play against England, it will be his first international game as well. Kamboj has played 24 games so far, where he has taken 79 wickets. He also has one first-class fifty as well. Gill also confirmed that the team management is confident that Karun Nair will bounce back as well. After three Tests at Headingley, Edgbaston and Lord’s, Nair could manage only 131 runs at an average of below 22.

“We think he is batting well. First match he didn’t play at his number. No issues with his batting. Once you are able to get to 50 and get in the zone. We are hopeful that he can turn it around: Gill said on Nair, who so far produced scores of 0, 20, 31, 26, 40 and 14 in the first three Tests,” Shubman Gill added.

He also confirmed that Rishabh Pant will play the fourth Test in Manchester.

“Rishabh Pant will keep wickets in the fourth Test against England in Manchester,” Shubman Gill concluded.