Jasprit Bumrah & Rishabh Pant OUT, 4 Players IN! India's Likely Playing XI For 5th Test

Jasprit Bumrah & Rishabh Pant OUT, 4 Players IN! India's Likely Playing XI For 5th Test

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Last Updated: July 28, 2025, 01:20 IST

The fifth Test of the ongoing five-match series between India and England will be played at The Oval in London from July 31 to August 4.

India's likely playing XI for 5th Test against England at The Oval. (Picture Credit: X/@BCCI, AP)

The fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at The Oval from July 31 to August 4. For the match starting on Thursday, Indian team management could make at least four changes to the playing XI.

Rishabh Pant suffered a foot injury on Day 1 of the fourth Test in Manchester, and because of that reason, he will miss the game in London. In his place, Dhruv Jurel is all set to get a chance to play as a wicketkeeper-batter.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday named Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper-batter Narayan Jagadeesan as Pant’s replacement for the fifth Test in India’s squad, but he is unlikely to get preference over Jurel.

🚨 ???????????????????? ???????????????????????? 🚨Rishabh Pant ruled out of fifth Test due to injury; N Jagadeesan named replacement. All The Details 🔽 #TeamIndia | #ENGvIND — BCCI (@BCCI) July 27, 2025

World No. 1 Test bowler Jasprit Bumrah was supposed to play three Tests in England, and he has already played three out of the first four matches, which means he will also skip the game at The Oval as part of his workload management.

India’s Test captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir were asked about Bumrah’s availability for the fifth Test in the post-match presentation and post-match conference, respectively, but they didn’t give any definite answer.

Akash Deep was Bumrah’s replacement in India’s playing XI for the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham, and once again, in all likelihood, he will replace him for the final Test of the series.

Akash Deep, who dismissed a total of 10 English batters in the second Test, missed the fourth Test in Manchester due to a groin injury.

In the game at Old Trafford, which ended in a draw, Shardul Thakur and Anshul Kamboj replaced Akash Deep and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the playing XI, but both of them failed to make any impact with the ball.

Their poor show with the ball could force the Indian team management to bring Kuldeep Yadav back into India’s playing XI after more than nine months and also hand a maiden Test cap to left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh.

Arshdeep, who is India’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is, was in line to play in Manchester as well, but he missed out due to an injury that he suffered in the practice session.

India are unlikely to make changes in the top four, and after Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar scored unbeaten centuries in the second innings of the drawn match at Old Trafford, there is no need to play an extra all-rounder as well to add depth to the batting.

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Instead, India could now play with four specialist bowlers at The Oval rather than going with three specialist pacers and one all-rounder in either Shardul or Nitish (before he got injured).

India’s likely playing XI for the 5th Test in Manchester: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

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First Published: July 27, 2025, 23:15 IST

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