ENGLAND may get a break from Jasprit Bumrah in Ranchi as India are set to rest their star paceman for the fourth test, which starts on Friday.

It is understood that the world’s number one-ranked test bowler did not travel with India’s squad as the two teams travelled from Rajkot to the Jharkhand capital on a charter flight today.

While there has been no definitive confirmation that Bumrah will miss out, he has been the only frontline fast bowler from either side to be an ever-present in the series so far and there is just a four-day turnaround between the end of the third test and start of the fourth.

It was widely reported that Bumrah would miss out in Rajkot after his starring role earlier this month in Visakhapatnam, where a nine-wicket match haul helped India level the series.

Bumrah featured in the third test, but had a more understated role with just one wicket in each innings on a flat pitch as India claimed victory by a record 434-run margin to move 2-1 up with two to play.

Despite being without several regulars in this series, including Virat Kohli because of personal reasons and injuries sidelining Mohammed Shami and Rishabh Pant, it seems India will leave out Bumrah this week where conditions are again unlikely to be in his favour.

Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker in the series with 17 dismissals at a stunning average of 13.64 and it is thought the more seam-friendly conditions in Dharamshala — the venue for the fifth test — will be much more to his liking.