Former West Indies cricketer Michael Holding thought Jasprit Bumrah – India’s key bowler who was recently ruled out of India’s series against South Africa due to a stress fracture in his lower back – will need to change his action to avoid injuries on his body.

“I wouldn’t be able to say that Bumrah’s action has caused him to have stress fractures as I have no idea where those stress fractures have occurred, but what I know and have said to him is this: If he wants to have a long career, he needs to have a run-up and action that puts a bit less stress on his body overall,” Holding told Sportstar.

“Using such a short run and being so explosive at the crease puts a lot more stress on his body than, say, a Joffra Archer, who has such a smooth rhythmical run-up and action that allows him to distribute the workload over his body more efficiently,” he further added.

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Holding also said that now a days there is too much cricket played and that players are suffering because of it as they are not getting time to rest. Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out for nearly two months starting from the South Africa Test series till the end of Bangladesh series. Umesh Yadav has replaced him the series against South Africa.

Bumrah’s absence will be felt in the upcoming World Test Championship matches where the points are at stake. he has been in prime form for India for the last couple of months across formats. He took 62 wickets in 12 Tests and 103 ODI wickets in 58 ODIs. He has also bagged 51 T20 International scalps in 42 games. He is expected to play a big part in India’s World T20 campaign in Australia next year.