Not Workload! Serious Reason For Jasprit Bumrah's Early Leave From ENG Revealed
Jasprit Bumrah wasn't sent home early from England due to workload issues and the pacer is suspected to have suffered a knee injury, a new report has claimed.
Jasprit Bumrah was always expected to play only three of the five Tests in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England. The pacer himself, head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill all said before the series began that it was to manage his workload and avoid a serious injury like the one he suffered in Australia. So, when he missed out on the team's 11 for the fifth Test at the Oval, it wasn't a surprise.
However, the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India's media brief dated August 31 that Bumrah had been released from the squad, in the middle of the fifth Test, raised eyebrows. If he was just being rested, why release him and not use his experience from the dug-out? Now, a new report has shed some light on the issue. The Times of India claimed that Bumrah has suffered a knee injury.
'Unfortunately, Bumrah is suffering from a knee injury. The good thing is that it's not a major one and won't require surgery. The BCCI medical team is currently awaiting his scan reports," the report cited an anonymous BCCI official as saying.
The report added that the 31-year-old pacer will now begin his rehab at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru.
India has done well in Bumrah's absence in the Oval Test. Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, and Prasidh Krishna have bowled with menace and overcome their own excessive workloads and tiredness to pick up all 15 of 16 wickets that fell in the first four days.
India were struggling and on the verge of collapsing to a big defeat in the second session on the fourth day. But Siraj and Prasidh picked themselves up in the final hour to bring the team back and reduce England to 339/6 in the chase of 374. The hosts need 35 runs to win and have four wickets in hand with just the final day to go.
Meanwhile, if Bumrah has indeed suffered a knee issue, it would be a body blow to India. They don't play any Tests for some time now but the preparations for the 2026 T20 World Cup begins next month with the Asia Cup. Further, the BCCI would be sweating about the longetivity of their ace pacer's career if it is a second serious injury in eight months.
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