England have recalled pacer Ollie Robinson and leggie Shoaib Bashir to replace Mark Wood and Rehan Ahmed respectively in the playing XI for their must-win fourth Test against India here. The English team management have also backed under-fire middle-order batter Jonny Bairstow, who has had a dismal tour with the bat (102 runs in 6 innings) thus far.

It was expected that someone like Dan Lawrence could come into this game in place of Bairstow. Apart from being a handy middle-order batter, Lawrence could also have chipped in with his off-spin on a scratchy-looking Ranchi deck. However, the England think-tank are backing Bairstow’s “quality” ahead of Lawrence’s versatility.