The veteran Indian fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah will be expected to be rested for the limited-overs leg of the England tour to India comprising of 5 T20Is and 3 ODIs as part of the team’s extensive workload management program. The matches are scheduled to be taking place in March. Bumrah was given a rest from the second Test at Chepauk, which India won by 317 runs to level the four-match series 1-1.
However, Jasprit Bumrah will be making a comeback in the last two Test matches, which will decide New Zealand’s opposition in the inaugural World Test Championship final. Talking about him an anonymous BCCI official explained, “Jassi has already bowled close to 180 overs, including nearly 150 overs (149.4 overs) in four Test matches. Add to that, the number of hours spent on the field. It is only logical that after these two Tests in Motera.”
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The logic behind resting Bumrah for the T20Is and ODIs is simple. The five T20 Internationals and three ODIs against England will be the last chance for Indian team management to have a look at all potential players going into this year’s World Cup.
Elaborating the same, the BCCI official stated, “Bhuvneshwar Kumar might make a comeback and Mohammed Shami after a break will play a few white-ball games. Nattu (T Natarajan) and Saini will also come back in the white-ball teams. As far as Jassi is concerned, he can well get ready playing 14 to 16 high-intensity IPL games for Mumbai Indians.”
Ravichandran Ashwin had a good IPL 2020 for Delhi Capitals and it will be interesting to see if the senior off-spinner has a Rahul Dravid-like comeback (2011 England series) in the white-ball matches against England. In the case of Ashwin, when he was dropped, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal became India’s go-to bowlers in ODIs and T20Is. Ashwin’s current form and the England team, especially Ben Stokes’ inability to read him, could excite the team management as well as the selection committee.
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Talented Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav, after successive disappointments of not being able to get selected in the national squad during the white ball tours of New Zealand and Australia last year, may finally get a look-in as the selectors prepare a core team of 20 players with an eye on the T20 World Cup.
