All the fast bowlers fit for 5th Test in London: Gambhir | IND vs ENG

Gautam Gambhir said that no decision has been taken regarding Jasprit Bumrah's availability for the 5th Test yet and will be taken in the next days.

Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has provided a positive fitness update in the post-match press conference for Indian fans as he said that all Indian pacers including Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah are fit for the 5th and final Test match against England at the Kensington Oval in London. 

  Indian pace battery ready for final showdown  Gautam Gambhir's update on the bowlers can prove to be crucial for Team India as they head to the 5th Test in hopes of drawing the 5-match series after his players fought out a draw in the 4th Test in Manchester.  Indian pacers Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh had beenruled out of the 4th Test with Akash going through a niggle in his groin and Arshdeep nursing an injury in his bowling hand. It seems that the rest has done them a fair bit of good which has got them available for selection in the eleven for the final match.   No decision on Jasprit Bumrah yet  Head coach Gautam Gambhir also talked about Bumrah's availability for the final Test. Gambhir told the media that the decision is still to be made and will be taken in the short build up to the Test.  Bumrah has played 3 of the 4 Test matches so far with his workload management in mind. With his energy levels not fully up to the mark in the Manchester Test, the head coach and the management will have a major decision on his hands whether to play him in the final encounter or not. 

Managing a draw from the brink of defeat would give India a psychological edge over the hosts in the fifth and final Test in London, felt Gambhir.

 

"It will. Because when you see, when you're put under the pressure, when you're put under the pump and you end up adding five sessions, I think that's a great character. And anything that you do in these conditions, when you're put under pressure and you come out of those pressure moments, it is always a great feeling.

"And it just ends up giving a lot of confidence in the dressing room as well. And I'm sure, I think going into Oval, I think we will be high on confidence, but we can't take anything for granted," he said. 

Under new captain Gill, the team is going through a transition but Gambhir doesn't see it that way. Considering the inexperience in the side, the squad has done well especially Gill who racked up his fourth hundred of the series on Sunday.

"Good you used that word transition but I don't see it like that because it is still an Indian team. This is the best 18 that is going to represent. It is only experience and inexperience.

"And that is how we see this. But the most important thing is that these guys got to learn a lot from what they did today.

"Because being under pressure, batting five sessions is never easy on day five of the Test against an attack like England. And then coming out with a draw and only losing four wickets...," he said.