India, July 23 -- Anshul Kamboj's arrival makes the pacer a surprise option for the Indian playing XI in the upcoming fourth Test, in Manchester. Day 1 is set to begin on Wednesday at Old trafford and Arshdeep Singh has already been ruled out of the fourth Test and Akash Deep is also struggling.

Nitish Kumar Reddy has also been ruled out and due to the situation, Kamboj was flown to Manchester to add more depth to the depleted Indian pace attack.

Kamboj returned to India last month after India A's tour to the UK. He suffered a sheen injury and Harshit Rana stayed back as cover for Akash Deep.

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