Team India started off their tour of England with a dissapointment as Team India went on to loose the 1st match at Leeds as England went on to chase the 2nd highest successful in Test history. Before this series began, Team India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah said that he’ll be available for 3 Test in the series due his injury concerns. However, the former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra had different views on it.
“Bumrah said he will play three matches only, and I am thinking whether it was required to publicize it. Why was it not kept a secret? We don’t announce our team as well. So why was it necessary to reiterate it repeatedly before the start of the tour that he would play three matches only? Let them guess. You play whichever Tests you wish,” said Chopra on his YouTube channel.
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“You have played one, and you know you can play only two of the remaining four matches, which is not a good thing. If you play the second as well, you will play one of three. So, suddenly, the opposition gets into a great frame of mind that Bumrah, your biggest strength, is also not there. You can prepare pitches accordingly,” Chopra added.
“The next generation of Indian fast bowlers will have to be prepared. It’s a serious issue. There were two important pillars of India’s good performances away from home. One was batters starting to score runs, but it doesn’t work out with that as you need to pick up 20 wickets. So Mohammad Shami and Mohammed Siraj were outstanding with Jasprit Bumrah,” opined Chopra.
“I also remember Ishant Sharma, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s Lord’s Test. When there are doubts about Bumrah’s availability, who will take the responsibility going forward, because Mohammad Shami, I think that story is not over, but it is close to an ending. Mohammed Siraj is good, but he hasn’t reached the rank of Bumrah or Shami,” he added.
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