Jasprit Bumrah Injury Update: India stand-in captain Jaspirt Bumrah has been forced to leave the field early during Day 2 of the Sydney Test with a suspected injury concern. Though the nature of the injury has not been revealed yet, he was seen leaving the stadium premises, potentially to undergo scans.
Before leaving the field, Bumrah has bowled 151.2 overs across five Tests with only his Australia counterpart Pat Cummins having bowled more(152 overs). Notably, Bumrah has been named the captain of the Indian cricket team for the final test after Rohit Sharma opted out of the match.
Right after his retirement rumour spread like wildfire, Rohit Sharma revealed the reason behind skipping the final test at the Sydney. Jasprit Bumrah who is the key wicket-taker for India in this BGT has left the ground in a much-needed time.
Bumrah remains the highest wicket-taker of the BGT 2024-25 with a tally of 32 wickets from nine innings.
Jasprit Bumrah Injury Update
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- Jasprit Bumrah has returned to SCG but the status of his participation in the Day 3 of the game remains unclear.
- Bumrah onboard the car with much caution, his action raises doubts regarding his back.
- Bumrah was seen leaving the SCG premises, potentially to undergo scans.
- The nature of the injury is not revealed.
Even Rohit Sharma who led the team in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne admitted there was a risk of Bumrah being overbowled. “If somebody is in such a great form, you want to try and maximise that form how much ever you can. And that is what we’ve been trying to do with Bumrah.
But there comes a time where you need to step back a little bit and give him that little bit of extra breather as well. So, we’ve been very careful. I’ve been very careful. I talk to him about how he feels and stuff like that. So, yeah. Those things should be managed carefully. And I’m trying to do that on the field.”
Jasprit Bumrah has left the SCG: https://t.co/0nmjl6Qp2a pic.twitter.com/oQaygWRMyc
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