The fiery Indian fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah will be flying off to the United Kingdom to seek opinion on his lower back stress fracture from multiple specialists. He has been ruled out for a minimum period of two months starting from the South Africa Test series till the end of Bangladesh series, as he has suffered his first major injury break in his three and half year international career.
Umesh Yadav has been called as a replacement in the Indian Test squad for the series against South Africa. Talking about the same, a senior BCCI official said, “The BCCI is sending Bumrah to London for further treatment on his stress fracture. The NCA head physiotherapist Ashish Kaushik will be accompanying him. The BCCI has fixed appointments with three different specialists to get multiple opinions.”
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He further added, “Bumrah is expected to leave on October 6th or 7th and would be there in the UK for about a week. As per the opinion of the three doctors, the next course of action will be decided upon. We have taken appointments from the best in the business when it comes to He further added, stress fractures.”
Recently, senior speedster Ashish Nehra has said that there is no set a time-frame for comebacks as it “can vary” from player to player.
On Sunday, Nehra said, “It might be the case of Jasprit feeling good after just two months and he may not feel good even after six months. It is such an injury where you don’t have any medication save proper rest and then an intense rehabilitation program. Only a player can say when he is match-ready.”
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Bumrah’s absence can have a huge effect on India’s upcoming World Test Championship matches where they would be eyeing to win each and every match against both South Africa and Bangladesh. The 25-year-old has been India’s premier bowler for the past two years, taking 62 wickets in 12 Tests and 103 ODI wickets in the 58 ODIs. He also has played 51 T20Is wickets in 42 games.
The slinger is expected to play a crucial role in India’s World T20 campaign in Australia next year and it remains to be seen when he makes a competitive comeback.
