India will make Jasprit Bumrah call 'at the very last minute' ahead of 2nd Test against England

Bumrah is fit and ready to play but India management have already said that the paceman will only play three of five Test matches against England having taken part in the first match already.

India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said: "Bumrah is ready to play. It's how we manage these four Tests. So if we feel like there's value in playing him in this Test, we'll make that call at the very last minute.

"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, but you've seen him train yesterday, he trained a little bit today.

"It's not like he's not fit to play. It's just trying to fit those puzzle pieces to get the most out of what we know we do have from him."

The tourists are also considering where to add a second spinner to the starting line-up to link with Ravindra Jadeja with expected dry conditions in Birmingham.

Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar are the other two slow-bowlers in India's squad with the latter favourite to start because he would add batting depth to the XI.

Ten Doeschate added: "All three spinners are bowling very nicely. Washi is batting very nicely. So it's just which combination do we go with? The allrounder-spinner or the out-and-out spinner? And obviously you have to play the bowling allrounder again.

"So there are so many different variables. The wicket has got 11 mils [mm of grass] at the moment, 11 or 12, I can't remember which of the two, but it's quite grassy and patchy.

"It's quite dry underneath, but there's also rain forecast for Wednesday, so again trying to weigh up the two options of how we want to go attack-wise, but I'm pretty sure two spinners will play in this Test."