Pathan also shared an important piece of advice for the Indian bowling unit on how to bowl in Australian conditions during the World Cup. 

India's lead pacer Bumrah is returning to action after a three-month injury lay-off, and the visiting Australians are wary of the threat he could pose in the series starting in Mumbai on January 14.

Jasprit Bumrah is currently tied with  R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal with 52 wickets to his name in T20 Internationals.

Out for four months with a back stress fracture, the 26-year-old Bumrah is that precious diamond in this Indian set-up, which had been wrapped in cotton wool during the rehabilitation period.

India will begin their World T20 preparations against Sri Lanka in the opener of the three-match series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. 

Bumrah is making a comeback to competitive cricket against Sri Lanka in the opening T20 international here on Sunday.

Bumrah will be playing his first international game since September, when he was sidelined with a back injury.

The spotlight will be on Bumrah who was last seen in the West Indies tour last year where he had finished with an impressive 6 for 27 at Sabina Park.

Jasprit Bumrah has been one of the most accurate bowlers in the world when it comes to bowling yorkers at the death overs.

Jasprit Bumrah ended 2019 as the number one bowler in ODIs while in Test cricket, he finished at the sixth position in the ICC Rankings and is now ready to leave a mark in 2020.

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The team of the decade consists of four players from India, three from South Africa and one each from Australia, New Zealand, England and Bangladesh.

The Indian team's support staff's unofficial guideline that Bumrah "shouldn't be bowling more than 8 to 9 overs" didn't amuse the Gujarat team management which wants to win a match.

Reports have emerged that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had asked Jasprit Bumrah to skip the game because he wants the Gujarat pacer to focus on white-ball cricket.

Bumrah, who has been out of action since September due to a stress fracture, was on Monday named in the India squad for the home T20s and ODIs against Sri Lanka and Australia, respectively, next month.

Ishant was given rest for a couple of Ranji Trophy games as a part of BCCI's workload management programme and he will now try to get back into the groove before the New Zealand Test tour.

Senior Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan also returned to India's squad for the upcoming limited over series.

Bumrah, who recently bowled at the India nets, is fit for competitive cricket and could be picked for either the T20 series against Sri Lanka beginning on January 5 or the ODI series against a full-strength Australian side starting on January 14.

Bumrah, who recently bowled at the Indian team's nets, is nearly back to his full fitness having recovered from a stress fracture and the former Sri Lanka great feels the pacer can start playing by January (when Sri Lanka and Australia will be here) or latest by February.

BCCI Sourav Ganguly was responding to a report that Rahul Dravid had declined Jasprit Bumrah's request for a fitness test at the NCA.