Wednesday 7 December 2016 20:54, UK
India batsman Ajinkya Rahane has been ruled out of the rest of the series with England after fracturing his finger during practice.
Manish Pandey has been called into the team as a replacement for Rahane.
Mumbai medium pacer Shardul Thakur has also been called in to act as cover for fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who is nursing a sore knee.
The BCCI medical team is closely monitoring his progress and a decision on his participation will be taken before the start of the fourth Test match, which begins on Thursday in Mumbai.
Pandey has 18 limited-overs caps - while Thakur, two years younger at 25, has no international experience.
India captain Virat Kohli said that he has faith in his bowling attack if Shami is ruled out.
Kohli said of Shami: "After the Mohali Test, he felt a bit of soreness in his knee.
"We need to take a collective call on him, because he has had a history of knee surgery. We don't want to push a player to an extent where we lose him for the whole season.
"Whoever has stepped in [previously] has given a match-winning performance," added Kohli.
"Bhuvneshwar Kumar has come in at St Lucia once and Kolkata once, and both times he has picked up five wickets and been the match-winner for us.
"I am not worried, because the guys sitting outside are waiting for opportunities."
He has been impressed by the efforts of Shami and his fellow frontline seamer Umesh Yadav in this series so far - and praised them for their discipline and stamina.
"One area they have really worked hard on is their consistency and understanding (that) you don't necessarily have to come at the batsmen all the time.
"It's important to have patience in a particular session - and for that you need to get fitter to bowl those disciplined lines.
"You might bowl those four-five overs and feel it's a waste of my energy, that I need to utilise my energy to pick up wickets.
"Then you bowl three overs and go for 25 runs - which turns the session completely, compared to those four overs going for five runs and putting extra pressure on the batsman to make that mistake."
India expect to welcome KL Rahul back to open the batting alongside Murali Vijay, having recovered from an injured left forearm, with wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel fitting back into the middle order.
