India’s stand-in captain and the best bowler of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Jasprit Bumrah, opined on missing out on bowling in the recently-concluded Sydney Test where India lost by six wickets as well. On the second day of the game, Bumrah left the SCG with an injury concern and he couldn’t bowl for the rest of the game due to a back spasm.

“It’s a little frustrating, but sometimes you’ve got to respect your body, you can’t fight your body. It’s a little disappointing in the end because I probably missed out on the spiciest wicket of the series, but that’s the way it is. Sometimes, you have to accept it and move forward,” Bumrah said at the presentation ceremony.

“The chat was about belief, the other bowlers stepped up in the first innings. With one bowler short, the others had to take extra responsibility. This morning, the chat was about having belief, and that we are good enough and if we create enough pressure, we will be able to do some damage,” he again said.

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However, Team India started poorly with the ball but tried to find their way back a little with Prasidh Krishna removing Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith before the Lunch break tried to steady the ship. Travis Head and Beau Webster then chased down the total and helped in Australia’s victory in the second session as well.

“So, a lot of ifs and buts, because the whole series was well fought, and today as well we were in game; it was not like it was totally one sided,” Bumrah said. “This is how Test cricket goes; in the nervy moments, whichever team holds their nerve for the longest and sticks together and tries to find a way out of that will win the series.

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“I think it was a well-fought series, lot of learnings for us and experience that our players have gained who’ve come here for the first time. Being in the game for longer, creating pressure, sometimes absorbing pressure when wickets are difficult, sometimes playing to the situation,” he added.  “Sometimes all these learnings are important. Young players come up and they score runs, have success through a certain way, but in Test cricket you have to sometimes adapt to the situation, make your game work in a different manner as well. These learnings will help us in the future.”

“They’ve gained a lot of experience; they’ll only go from strength to strength from here. Australia is not the easiest place to play cricket, but we’ve shown we have a lot of talent in our group, it’s all about adapting and learning new things about your game. I’m sure lot of youngsters are keen, obviously they are disappointed we weren’t able to win the series, but they want to take the learning forward,” Jasprit Bumrah concluded.