Jasprit Bumrah's comeback into the Indian team was confirmed by BCCI when it announced India's T20I squad for the Ireland series. The star Indian speedster is set to play an International match for the first time in 11 months after last playing a T20I in September 2022. Bumrah suffered a back injury last year in August and did not feature for India in the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.
However, he will be given extra responsibility with his International comeback as the 29-year-old has been made India's captain for the series in Hardik Pandya's absence. Pandya has been rested for the series, keeping in mind his workload ahead of Asia Cup and ODI World Cup. Notably, after the news broke out that Bumrah will be returning to the Indian colours, netizens have gone emotional. Some have been charged up calling him a 'beast', while some shared emotional reactions too. Here are some of the tweets.
Bumrah, Prasidh, Avesh, Shahbaz to play after long gap
Notably, some players will be playing be stepping onto the cricket field after a long gap. Bumrah and Prasidh make a return after long injury break due to their back injuries. Meanwhile, Avesh Khan and Shahbaz Ahmed have also been recalled into the squad. Bumrah last played for India in September 2022 in a T20I match against Australia and was further ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2022. Prasidh played for his country in August 2022 against Zimbabwe. They both were also ruled out from the IPL 2023 due to their injuries.
There were reports that Hardik Pandya will be rested for this series keeping in mind his workload management ahead of the Asia Cup and ODI World Cup. Bumrah has already led India in a Test match against England in 2022 and will don the captain's hat in the series.
India's squad for Ireland T20Is:
Jasprit Bumrah (Capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, W Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.
