After India lost the all-important World Test Championship final to New Zealand, a lot of questions have taken place – be it Virat Kohli’s captaincy or the team selection. Barring a few players, both their batting and bowling unit failed miserably.  While Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers taking up a 4/76 in the first innings, Ishant Sharma’s 3/48 did help the team as well. But, Jasprit Bumrah went wicketless in both innings – 0/57 and 0/35. And former India wicketkeeper-batsman Saba Karim has shared his views on it.

He said that the selectors decided to pick him seeing his previous records and he feels Bumrah could have been kept away from the game.

“I feel the selectors did not pay attention to the current form and went on reputation to a certain extent. Jasprit Bumrah has not played red-ball cricket since he got injured in Australia,” Karim told India News. “He has only played white-ball cricket and that too only the T20s. He did not play in the home series against England. I felt he was woefully out of form and along with that out of practice if we talk about red-ball cricket.”

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Notably, Jasprit Bumrah isn’t much of a swing bowler, but he gets the movement from the pitch and that has made him a dangerous player in overseas conditions. However, Saba Karim felt that he was getting his rhythm back in the second innings but couldn’t maintain well which somehow cost India the final as well.

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“To a certain extent, I felt he was getting back his rhythm in the second innings spell he bowled, he was also unlucky at times. But in the end, he couldn’t catch the length that is required in red-ball cricket, especially in conducive conditions, in the entire Test match. I feel this is a very big area of concern and it is required to rectify this in the upcoming series,” Saba Karim further added.