A decision on premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah's participation in the second Test against England at Edgbaston will be made within the next 24 hours. However, India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has indicated a strong likelihood of the team fielding two spinners.

There's a growing call to include wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the playing eleven. To maintain batting depth, all-rounder Washington Sundar is also a strong contender to play alongside the in-form Ravindra Jadeja. All three spinners were seen bowling in the nets on Monday.

Bumrah, who is scheduled to play only three of the five Tests in the series as part of his workload management, had a light training session. He was seen holding both a red and white ball at the start of practice but bowled with the Dukes ball only towards the end of the session, delivering roughly three overs. This was in contrast to teammates Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, and Prasidh Krishna, who had more extensive bowling spells upfront.

With India currently trailing the five-match series 0-1, the team faces a significant conundrum regarding when to utilize Bumrah effectively across his allocated three Tests.

"He's available for the game obviously. We know from the start he's only going to play three out of the five. He's had eight days to recover from the last test,” said Doeschate

"But given conditions and workload and how we think we can best manage for the next four games, we haven't made a call on that. We're going to see what the other guys are with their workload as well.

"If we feel like there's value in playing him in this Test, we'll make that call at the very last minute. But I'm talking about weather, how the pitch is going to play. Are we better off holding him back for Lord's and maybe Manchester or the Oval? So it's all those factors."

Is it tempting to include Bumrah given India are trailing in the series?

"It is, but we also feel we can go 1-1 or keep the score at 1-0 without Jasprit. Again, that's putting the eggs in the back end of the series. We're going to need him at some stage as well. You've got to decide when you're going to play your strongest suit.

"We came pretty close without Jasprit in the second half (at Leeds). He didn't get any wickets. But you can't win the Test series with just one bowler in any case. Sorry, I can't give you a more firm answer. But we'll work out in the next 24 hours how."