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Haryana seamer Anshul Kamboj, who recently represented the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2025 season, has been added to the Indian Test squad to replace the injured Arshdeep Singh for the fourth Test, scheduled to start on Wednesday, July 23, at Old Trafford in Manchester.
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Notably, Kamboj was recently part of the India A squad that played two three-day games last month against England Lions, taking five wickets combined. Speaking about his first-class record, he has accumulated 79 wickets from 24 games for Haryana.
“Arshdeep has a deep cut and has had stitches; he will take at least ten days to get completely fit. The selectors have decided to add Kamboj in the squad,” a BCCI source said as quoted by The Indian Express.
It’s important to note that Arshdeep suffered a cut to his bowling hand during the nets session on Thursday at Beckenham Cricket Ground while bowling to Sai Sudharsan. Though he got a few stitches on his hand, he is unlikely to recover for the fourth Test.
On the other hand, Akash Deep is also suffering from a groin niggle, and his availability for selection remains unclear with the Manchester Test only three days away from now. India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate had said:
“Arshdeep took a ball while he was bowling there, Sai hit a ball and he tried to stop it and it’s just a cut. So we have to see how bad the cut is. Obviously, the medical team have taken him off to see a doctor and obviously, if he needs stitches or doesn’t need stitches it’s going to be important to our planning for the next few days.”
Notably, Akash left the field after feeling discomfort in the 28th over of the England innings on the fourth day of the Lord’s Test. Interestingly, the seamer was sidelined for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 and IPL 2025 due to a series of injuries.
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