Following the well-known norm, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah can be expected to bowl to the Indian team during the net sessions with the Indian team before its second ODI against the West Indies in Visakhapatnam as part of his rehabilitation program after recovering from a back injury. Bumrah has been out since the start of the home series against South Africa due to a stress fracture in his back but has made a steady recovery.

The team management is expecting him to be fit before the tour of New Zealand early next year. The game against West Indies is scheduled to be taking place on December 18.

Taking about the same, one of the sources of PTI in BCCI said, “Bumrah will be having a net session with the Indian team. This is a norm now. The team management also checked Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s fitness in Indore before the Test against Bangladesh although he wasn’t a part of the squad. This is also something on similar lines, a common practice.”

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Once the team management was convinced that Bhuvneshwar was 100 percent fit, he was selected for the bilateral assignment against the West Indies.

Describing it further, the source said, “There is a system that has been put in place. When a player has recovered substantially, he is to be checked by the team management as well as the national team physio (Nitin Patel) and trainer (Nick Webb). Bowling at India nets will give him that feel.”

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Bumrah and Hardik Pandya (back surgery) are currently undergoing their rehabilitation at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) ground. However, Bumrah is unlikely to make a comeback during the next white-ball series against Sri Lanka and may just play a Ranji Trophy game before boarding the flight to New Zealand.

It is also possible that Bumrah goes to New Zealand with the India A team to play a few matches to get his rhythm back.