India's vice-captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is known to be a match-winner due to his attacking batting style. However, Pant (425 runs), who is India’s second-highest run-getter in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy (after skipper Shubman Gill, 607), suffered an injury to his index finger in the first innings of the Lord’s Test and the wicketkeeping duties for the remainder of the match were handed to Dhruv Jurel.

Two days ahead of the fourth Test, starting at Manchester on Wednesday, there is uncertainty about whether Pant should play in the team as a specialist batter in case he cannot perform as a wicketkeeper.

Nayan Mongia and Chandrakant Pandit