Nitish Reddy is probably out of the England tour, due to his serious knee injury.

Nitish Kumar Reddy, an all-rounder for India, is expected to miss the rest of the England trip due to a knee injury. According to ESPNcricinfo, Reddy sustained the injury on Sunday while working out in the gym, and scans showed ligament damage.

Fast bowlers Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh are also dealing with injuries that may prevent them from playing in the match, which is further setback to India's preparations for the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Manchester, which begins on July 23.

India's team now includes Anshul Kamboj as a seam-bowling replacement.

All of this is on top of Jasprit Bumrah only playing in three of the series' five Test matches due to workload management issues. With the players receiving an eight-day break between the third and fourth Tests, India has stated that they are "leaning towards" including Bumrah at Old Trafford, where he played in the first and third Tests.

The second and third Test matches were played by Reddy, who missed the Leeds series opener. After scoring just two runs and going six overs without a wicket, he did not have much of an influence in Birmingham. Despite this, he scored 30 and 13 runs with the bat and got important top-order wickets at Lord's, dismissing openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley in the same over in the first innings and Crawley again in the second.

Although Dhruv Jurel might have been in the running to play as wicketkeeper at Old Trafford in the event that Rishabh Pant, who is recuperating from a finger injury, had to play as a specialist batter, Reddy would have dared to hope for a berth in the fourth Test.

In all three Test matches thus far, India has used a seam-bowling all-rounder. Shardul Thakur started the first Test before Reddy took his position in Birmingham. If Reddy is not available and India wants to stick with the same lineup, Thakur might make a comeback at Old Trafford.

England begins the fourth Test with a 2-1 series lead.