Former Indian player Sadagoppan Ramesh lashed out at the team management’s double standards for veteran pacer Jasprit Bumrah and youngster Harshit Rana regarding their injury and fitness issues. Bumrah recently sustained a left knee injury, forcing him out of the Sri Lankan Test series that just ended as well.

Sadagoppan Ramesh said on his YouTube channel: “It’s being reported that because Bumrah hadn’t played a red-ball game since November last year, he must play the India A games against New Zealand for selection. It’s a fair rationale and the right decision. With him, it is a knee injury. Yet, you selected Harshit Rana straight from knee surgery into the squad. It’s so clear that some rules are excused for some at different times.”

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“Keep the parameters the same for everyone is what I am saying. In fact, the more established and proven cricketers are clearly the ones under the most pressure. Like Bumrah, even Shami was asked to prove his fitness. Yet, how Harshit Rana was picked straightaway from injury has been given no explanation, and the BCCI has never spoken about it,” he again shared.

Sadagoppan Ramesh also sarcastically questioned the Indian team management for persisting with Jasprit Bumrah, considering their opposition to superstar culture during the transition period as well.

“If this is the case, why not let Bumrah go in Tests? You anyway keep saying that in transition, we don’t want superstar players and bravely decide to go without them. Like that, say we don’t want Bumrah either. Obviously you can’t because there is no other Bumrah,” Sadagoppan Ramesh concluded.