India has suffered other injuries in its ongoing test series against England, with the versatile Nish Kumar Reddy excluded from the last two matches of the series of five tests due to the left knee injury. The 21 -year -old man returns home for rehabilitation, confirmed BCCI on Monday.
Reddy, who made his debut last year on an Australian tour, had a mixed trip in two matches. While he went without a goal and had little impact in Birmingham, he created a key charm on Lord and removed both English openers – Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley – in the same during the first shifts and released Crawley again. He also plunged into a score of 30 and 13 with a bat and showed a promise like a versatile seams.
By adding concerns about India, a free Pacer in the left arm of Arshdeep Singh, he was excluded from the fourth test in Manchester after suffering from his thumb during training in Beckenham. “The BCCI medical team monitors its progress,” the Board said in its issue.
With regard to the twins, the selection committee for the man who has developed Haryana Pacer Anshul Kartijul to the group. Cartaris joined the team in Manchester before the fourth test, which begins on Wednesday, July 23 at Old Trafford.
India, ending 1-2 in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, is already struggling to worry about working busy around Paka Spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who has only played only two of three tests. The team management is optimistic about its availability in Manchester after an eight -day break after the third test.
With the exclusion of Reddy, SHARDUL Thakur – who performed in the Leeds series opened – could return to playing XI if India decided to persist with versatile seams.
Indian Updated Group for Fourth Test:
SHUBMAN GILL (C), RISHABH PANT (VC & WK), YASHSVI JAISWAL, KL RAHUL, SAI SUDHARSAN, ABHIMANYU EASWARAN, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar Thakur. Siraj, Prazidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Cartar.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
21 July 2025
