Former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Manoj Tiwary lashed out at Jasprit Bumrah for picking and choosing the games he plays for India ahead of the 2025 Asia Cup as well. The veteran played in only three out of the five Tests in the recent England series, due to workload management.

He told Crictracker: “If a player is not fit for a five-Test series, when you know beforehand, then obviously, you will not pick that individual. Why will you not pick that individual? Because no one is bigger than the game of cricket. And it should be told to everyone, irrespective of whether he’s Jasprit Bumrah, whether it is Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma, or anyone in this world. No one is bigger than the game of cricket. If the team management knows or the selector knows that he’s not going to survive for five Tests on a trot, he should not be picked.”

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Manoj Tiwary also believes Jasprit Bumrah should not have been added to the squad for the England series once he was to play in only three out of the five Tests as well.

“We would have understood if the backup was not there, the bench strength was not there, then obviously you want to take Jasprit Bumrah because you know there is no other bowlers who are ready to take over international cricket. But when you know you have a bench strength, when you have a pool of fast bowlers who are really doing well, then obviously he should not have been picked in the first place,” Manoj Tiwary concluded.