The Indian premier Indian pacer, Jasprit Bumrah earned a lot of praise after his bowling figures (6/19) in the first ODI against England as a lot of pundits called him the best fast bowler in the world across formats. Bumrah has been among the Indian players who have often been rested and former Australia spinner Brad Hogg said that India needs to continue managing the workload of premier fast bowler in similar ways so as to ensure that he remains at his best for Test matches or for big tournaments.

During a recent chat with Hindustan Time, Brad Hogg said, “He is definitely up there. But with all fast bowlers around the world, I think they have got to manage carefully because they are your main asset in any team. Yes, you’ve got your batters and spinners (but) the workload on the spinners isn’t as harsh as on the fast bowlers.”

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He further added, “If you want Bumrah at his peak for Test cricket and the T20 World Cup and other tournaments, your medical staff have to be top-notch. When you are critiquing teams and when you see Bumrah doing not so well, that is probably a period where his training loads have dampened off.”

Hogg gave an example of how Australia made the most by ensuring that former pacer Brett Lee was at his peak at the 2003 World Cup that year. Lee was at his fiery best in that World Cup, finishing one wicket behind Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas in the list of highest wicket-takers, as Australia won the tournament. It was the second of their three consecutive World Cup titles.

Brad Hogg said that this practice of resting their best cricketers also gives an opportunity to India to test players like Mohammed Siraj. However, Hogg said one has to remember how Siraj led an inexperienced attack in Australia during India’s extraordinary series win down under in 2021 despite himself making his Test debut in that series.

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Describing the same, Brad Hogg said, “This is a great thing, you are giving opportunities to the likes of Siraj. He got belted over there in that Test match against England but at the end of the day, they are good lessons to be that. When you say bad things about him because he didn’t have a good match there, you forget what he did over in Australia when he led that attack when India were depleted. So he has got a good mindset, courage, wants to be in the contest.”