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India vs England: Indian talismanic pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been released from Team India's squad with immediate effect after an announcement by BCCI (Board of Cricket Control in India) on Friday. Notably, Bumrah was left out of the playing XI for the ongoing fifth test as part of workload management.

Before the start of the series, it was revealed by Indian captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir that Bumrah will play three out of five tests. No replacement announced as this is the final test of the series.

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Earlier, after Day 1 proceedings, India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate stated that the team management decided to honour Bumrah's call to play three out of five games. He added that the number one ranked bowler in Tests was more than a single game.

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"It's quite a complex issue around Bumrah. We obviously want to wheel him in, but we also want to respect where his body's at, and on the basis of that, we just felt that it wasn't worth including him in the squad," ten Doeschate told reporters after end of Day 1 play.

"He has bowled a large number of overs, I know it doesn't always seem like that because he's only played three Tests and he only bowled in one innings in Manchester. But if you look at the loads, he's bowled a lot of overs, and like he did say coming into the tour, he was going to be available for three games, and we just felt it was right to honour that call," he added.

Ten Doeschate said there was no exact science to consider when choosing which matches the fast bowler would sit out across the five-game series.

"Every time I've answered this question I've spoken about like putting the pieces of the puzzles together and guys were baffled when we didn't play him in the third Test, and our thinking yeah was that The Oval, yes it's got bounce but it's normally a fairly good wicket for batting on, and we thought we'd roll the dice and if we'd won the toss we would have bowled."

Inputs from IANS