The fifth and final Test will be played at the Oval from July 31 onwards.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh had received his maiden Test call-up to the Indian team for the England tour. However, the pacer has only warmed the bench and is yet to make his debut.
Arshdeep came very close to getting his maiden India Test cap in the Manchester Test, but infuriately suffered an injury to his bowling hand, and Anshul Kamboj was given the opportunity. However, Arshdeep Singh has retained his fitness as he was seen training with the Indian team for the final Test at the Oval.
In the fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, India is extremely likely to give Arshdeep Singh his Test debut. The seamer bowled at full power during today's optional net session after recovering from a hand injury that required stitches.
India's bowling combination is expected to be changed once more, according to the Times of India, since Arshdeep is most likely to be included in the starting lineup.
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Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep are likely to be the other two seamers, and a late call could be taken, if needed, on Jasprit Bumrah.
Meanwhile, Arshdeep’s childhood coach Jaswant Rai says that the Punjab pacer deserves the India Test cap as he has done the hard yards.
"Playing red-ball cricket for the country is the ultimate dream of any cricketer. The same is with Arshdeep. Wo pak chuka hai (He is ripe now). He should get a chance to play with the red ball. He can bring the balance that India has been looking for so long. He has patiently done the hard yards, and I might sound biased, but he deserves the Test cap. If not in England, then where?” he told the Times of India.
The 25-year-old has already played 63 T20Is and nine ODIs, and is a T20 World Cup winner. Arshdeep was one of India’s heroes in the T20 World Cup, the tournament’s joint-leading wicket-taker with 17 dismissals to his name.