IND vs AUS: The Indian Cricket team is facing Australia in the first Test of the four-match series in Nagpur. Rohit Sharma's India are dominating the proceedings in the ongoing Test both with the bat and the ball. But in a piece of a huge blow for the Men in Blue, their star pacer Jasprit Bumrah is reportedly set to be ruled out of the complete Border-Gavaskar series.
According to a report in the Telegraph, the team management has decided not to risk Bumrah in an ODI World Cup year, considering his workload would be big in a Test match. Bumrah is currently at the National Cricket Academy and is bowling to get back in the groove. Also as spin is expected to dominate the Test series, Bumrah shall get more time to recover.
Jasprit Bumrah in action
Notably, a decision to play him in the ODI series against Australia will be taken next week. The report added that BCCI sources have told that Bumrah is bowling at the NCA and is recovering well. Also, there was no stiffness in his back on the next day
Recently, Indian captain Rohit Sharma hoped for Bumrah to make a comeback in the last two matches of India vs Australia Test series. "Not too sure about Bumrah, I am hoping he plays the next (last) two Tests (against Australia), we don't want to take any risks with him as back injuries are always critical. We have a lot of cricket coming back after that also. We are in constant touch with physios and doctors in NCA," Rohit said after leading India to a 3-0 ODI series win against New Zealand last month.
Jasprit Bumrah was not picked in the first two test matches of the Test series. He was out of action for India's crucial tournaments including Asia Cup 2022 and T20 World Cup 2022 due to a back injury. Bumrah suffered a back injury during India's tour of England in an ODI game. Subsequently, he was ruled out of Asia Cup 2022 and T20 World Cup 2022.
