Jasprit Bumrah suffered an injury during the fourth Test.Image Credit Source: PTI
Team India’s star fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah’s fitness and workload management has been a constant discussion and concern. During the fourth Test match against England in Manchester, this tension increased a bit, when the star fast bowler suffered an injury during the match. All this happened on the third day of the Test match, which was again sentenced to Team India and England scored more than 500 runs. Bumrah was hurt by climbing the stairs of the Old Trafford Stadium, which was revealed by the bowling coach.
The fourth match of the Test series started from July 23 at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. On the second day of this match, Team India had to come down to bowl. Even before this match, two Indian bowlers in the form of Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh were out due to injury. At the same time, there was doubt about Jaspreet Bumrah’s playing. But Bumrah was taken into this match due to the injury of 2 bowlers and the series at stake.
Accident in stairs with Bumrah
Team India hoped that star fast bowlers would have some impact on Bumrah in this match. However, on the second and third day, he could not do anything special like the rest of the bowlers. But the concern of Team India increased when a small accident happened with Bumrah. After the day’s play was over, bowling coach Morne Morkel revealed that when Bumrah was coming down from the dressing room at the Old Trafford Stadium during the third day’s game, his leg was turned in the stairs. Due to this, he remained in a lot of pain for some time and could not bowl with the new ball. However, Morkel said that it was not very serious.
Team India got its punishment
Not only Bumrah, but Mohammad Siraj was also seen struggling with fitness and Morkel said that Team India faced it when the second new ball was taken. Morkel said in the press conference, “Yesterday (second day) was not good but today (third day) bowlers performed a bit better. Unfortunately when we took the second new ball, the injury of two bowlers put us in trouble.” Team India took a new ball after 90 overs and Bumrah returned to the pavilion only after one over. Then he returned for bowling after a long time. At the same time, Siraj bowled about 5 overs with the new ball, but during this time he also had to return to the dressing room battling with injury.
Indian pace could not affect the effect
England had scored 544 runs by the end of the third day’s play, while only 7 wickets fell. England had played 135 overs, with 28 overs Bumrah. In this, Bumrah got one wicket in the last session, while he had spent 95 runs. Similarly, Siraj also got a success in the last session, while by the end of the third day, he had given 113 runs in 26 overs. Apart from these, two other fast bowlers, Anshul Kamboj (18 overs 89 runs 1 wicket) and Shardul Thakur (11 overs 55 runs) proved to be completely ineffective.
