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Old Traffor5d: India’s injury woes on their tour of England have deepened with captain Shubman Gill confirming that pacer Akash Deep will miss the fourth Test at Old Trafford due to a groin niggle. The fourth match of the five-Test series begins on Wednesday, with England leading 2-1.

India were already without Arshdeep Singh, who had been ruled out of the Manchester Test earlier, and Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was sidelined for the remainder of the series. The latest setback leaves India thin in the pace department and opens the door for uncapped Haryana seamer Anshul Kamboj to make his international debut.

“Akash Deep has a groin niggle and is not available for this match. Anshul Kamboj is very close to making his debut,” said Gill on the eve of the match.