Rohit Sharma explained Jasprit Bumrah’s unavailability.

Jasprit Bumrah, Image Credit : Twitter

After Jasprit Bumrah is ruled out from the One-day series against Sri-Lanka, speculation is he might have to miss the Test series against Australia as well. As per some news sources, he is recommended to take 1 more month to rehabilitate his right glute. Jasprit Bumrah had cleared the simulation test at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, but experienced discomfort on the second day of building up to higher work loads in Mumbai.

Earlier this morning, Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out from the ODI series against SL. he played his last International match in Sep 2022. He had to skip the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup 2022 due to stress reaction in his back. He was included in to team for ODI series but this morning he again felt stiffness and as a precautionary step ruled out from the whole ODI series.Indian skipper Rohit Sharma in a pre match press conference said,

Rohit Sharma’s response :

“It’s an unfortunate incident with him Jasprit Bumrah. The poor guy has been working very hard at the NCA all this time. Just when he got back to full fitness, he started bowling and everything, the last two days I think this incident happened where he felt a little bit stiffness in his back. It’s nothing major, it’s just stiffness. When Bumrah says anything we have to be very cautious about it. I thought it was important for us to make that decision then, to just pull him out. When we named him in the squad, he was in the process of getting his workload done. We need to be very careful with him. He had a major injury before the T20 World Cup. So we just need to be careful“.

India will play their initial round of the three-match ODI against Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Guwahati. The ODIs will be held in Guwahati, Kolkata and Trivandrum on January 10, 12 and 15 separately. Prior, the All-India Senior Determination Board remembered star pacer Jasprit Bumrah for India’s ODI crew for the impending three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.

India’s updated squad :

India’s updated squad for Sri Lanka ODIs: Rohit Sharma (Skipper), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh.

————————————————END—————————————————

Also Read | Did You Know | This Australian cricketer also played FIFA World Cup ?