Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that Jasprit Bumrah’s Test future isn’t a matter of a moral or ethical debate as well. He also added that the unconventional pace bowler should be allowed to choose whichever Tests he wants to play. Notably, Bumrah played only three Tests in the recently concluded five-match Test series against England.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “I was also reading Sanjay Manjrekar’s piece. In the Hindustan Times, he wrote that the team shouldn’t adjust for Bumrah and, instead, Bumrah should adjust for the team. I know there are plenty of opinions as to what should be done. I will be honest, I don’t think he will play all Test matches. He is going to pick and choose. Whether it’s right or wrong, it’s not a moral or ethical debate, is what I think. If you have a player of that level available, play him whenever he can.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also added that it would have been a problem had Jasprit Bumrah played selective Tests as a batter as well, highlighting that pace bowlers generally don’t play all Tests in a long series as well.

“Jasprit Bumrah, as a bowler, you can adjust the bowling combination very easily. It doesn’t make a difference. If Bumrah had been a batter, a No. 4 or an opener, and had said that he would play two matches and won’t play after that, then it’s a problem. Bowlers need to be rotated in any case in a series of three or four Tests,” he said.

“There is no bowler like Bumrah. Don’t push him forcibly towards early retirement because he is 24-carat pure gold. He is the Kohinoor diamond. The longer he plays, the better it is. I don’t think he will play too much Test cricket, but for however long he plays, I would say hold onto it. That’s just my feeling,” Aakash Chopra concluded.