India vs England: Kamboj makes debut as visitors put into bat first

India have made three changes with Sai Sudharsan replacing Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur coming in for Nitish Kumar Reddy and Kamboj replacing Akash Deep.

India have handed a Test debut to Haryana pacer Anshul Kamboj as England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and put visitors to bat first in the fourth match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at the Old Trafford in Manchester on Wednesday.

While India are in a must-win situation, England have the advantage after having taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match series following a thrilling 22-run victory in the previous Test at Lord's.

India have made three changes from the Lord's Test with two of them being forced by injuries -- Shardul Thakur came in for Nitish Kumar Reddy (who has already been ruled out for the remainder of the tour) and Kamboj replacing Akash Deep -- while Sai Sudharsan replaced the out-of-form Karun Nair and is slated to fit in at the crucial No.3 batting slot.

Rishabh Pant had been cleared fit before the match with skipper Shubman Gill already having confirmed that the star wicketkeeper/batter will don the big gloves.

It may be recalled that Pant suffered an injury during the Lord's Test and kept wickets only for 35 overs with Dhruv Jurel doing the duty for the rest of the Test match.

England had already announced their playing XI with Liam Dawson replacing fellow spinner Shoaib Bashir, who suffered a hand injury in the third Test at the Lord's. Dawson is making a return to the Test cricket after eight years with the left-arm spinner last having played for England in July, 2017.

Playing XI:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (w), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Anshul Kamboj.

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (w), Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer.