Jasprit Bumrah is expected to play in the third Test.
What Indian fans feared the most has finally happened. Jasprit Bumrah is likely to be out of the second Test match to be held in Edgbaston. This decision is being taken to manage his workload. Bumrah is expected to return for the third Test to be held in London from July 10.
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In fact, India is facing a crisis at the beginning of this long tour. After losing the Headingley Test, the management is going to take a decision regarding Jasprit Bumrah’s workload. Jasprit Bumrah may be out of the second Test against England. He is expected to play in the third Test.
It was already reported that Jasprit Bumrah will play only three Tests on this tour. Now he will be given rest from the second Test and will be played in the third Test. At the same time, the way Ben Duckett and Jack Crowley attacked the Indian bowling in the Headingley Test exposed the lack of skill and strategy in the Indian bowlers.
Who will play in Bumrah’s place?
If the Indian team cannot take 20 wickets with Bumrah, how can they do so without their main wicket-taking bowler? This is a question that the team management is asking itself. Who will replace Bumrah in Edgbaston? They will also have to answer this.
In Birmingham, one of Arshdeep, Harshit Rana or Akash Deep can play in place of Bumrah. Whoever comes, he will have to perform well. They can learn from English bowlers Tongue or Cars, who have not played too many Tests but have done the necessary work.
In Bumrah’s absence, Siraj will be the strike bowler, who will also have the responsibility of guiding the other bowlers. Siraj, who used to call Jasprit Bumrah a game changer, now needs to become a game changer himself.
