RANCHI, FEBRUARY 21

India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will be rested for the fourth cricket test against England.

Bumrah, the world's top-ranked test bowler, is the only frontline pacer from either team to be an ever-present in the five-match series so far.

He has been released from the squad and did not travel with his teammates as they went from Rajkot to Ranchi on a charter flight on Tuesday.

'The decision was taken keeping in mind the duration of the series and amount of cricket he has played in recent times,' the Board of Control for Cricket in India said.

There is just a four-day turnaround between the end of the third test and the start of the fourth on Friday.

Bumrah's nine-wicket match haul helped India win the second test but he had a more understated role in the third test, with just one wicket in each innings on a flat pitch as India won by 434 runs to move 2-1 up in the series.

KL Rahul will be missing again with a quad injury, while it was already known that star batter Virat Kohli will be absent because of personal reasons. Kohli on Tuesday announced the birth of his son.

Mukesh Kumar, who was released from the squad for the third test, has joined the squad in Ranchi.

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India squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, KS Bharat, Devdutt Padikkal, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep.