Former pacer Zaheer Khan believes that India has sufficient bench strength to make up for the absence of injured pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, at least for part of the upcoming five-Test series against hosts England. The Indian selectors have named Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur in the squad for the first three Tests.

Even all-rounder Hardik Pandya is there in the squad. The BCCI has informed that pacer Bumrah, who was unfit for the ODI series, will be available for selection from the second Test onwards. The first Test of the five-match series starts in Edgbaston, Birmingham on August 1.