ENG vs IND: Decision On Pacers' Recovery In Next Couple Of Days Says Captain Root

England captain Joe Root said on Wednesday that they will decide over the next few days if pacers James Anderson and Ollie Robinson are fit enough to play in the fifth Test at Manchester on Friday. Bo

This means that either Bairstow or Ollie Pope will sit out of the Manchester Test. "Jos is the vice-captain of the team. He is integral to what we are about. I know his output, in terms of runs, hasn't been as high as he would have liked, but we know what a great player he is. Jos will be back as vice-captain and he will keep wicket."

Root felt that England must learn to cope better with high-pressure moments in the ongoing Test series against India. "I'd say that within this series, there have been half an hour periods in the game where we have not managed it as well as'them and it's really cost us. We are sat 2-1 down instead of potentially 3-0 up.

"You look at Lord's in that half an hour with the ball in hand. You look at the spell of bowling from Bumrah. They have really cost us the two games.'

"It is about managing those passages better and finding a way to get through difficult periods as a batting group. Being smarter about how we're going to go about containing it and getting that lower order are things we need to make sure we get better at and we're learning about it as the series goes on and over time when we're in those situations again we're on the right side of it."

The fifth Test between England and India will be played at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester from September 10. India lead the five-match Test series 2-1.