What is serious on Bumrah’s comfort (photo: PTI)
Gautam gambhir on jasprit bumrah: Manchester test ended. The fourth Test between India and England was inconclusive. And, now in such a situation, the same question has arisen once again – will Jaspreet Bumrah play the 5th Test? There were already reports that Jasprit Bumrah would play only 3 Tests on the tour of England. This news was further strengthened when he was given rest from the second Test played in Birmingham. However, after that, he was seen playing in the third Test played in the third and Manchester played at Lord’s, seeing the need of the team. The 5th Test is also going to be important for Team India. But the question is also that if Bumrah does not play in it, then he will play 3 not 4 Tests on England tour. This is the reason that after the Manchester Test, the question about Bumrah’s comfort was asked directly to Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir.
What did Gambhir say on the comfort of Jaspreet Bumrah?
Gautam Gambhir also answered the question asked about Bumrah’s comfort in his own style. He did not give any accurate answer to him, so that it is clear that Bumrah will be out of the playing XI of the Oval Test. In a way, he postponed that question. Now the question is whether the head coach of Team India said this about his star pacer?
Gautam Gambhir said that no decision has been taken on Bumrah’s comfort yet. We will reach a conclusion only after reaching Leeds about that. Meaning, Bumrah will play the 5th Test or not, the picture about it is not clear at the moment.
Bumrah bowled 2980 balls, the highest since 2024
However, some people also have the question that why Bumrah needs rest? Is their workload so much? If you see from the year 2024 till now, then Bumrah has put the most over in Test cricket. He has so far thrown 496.4 overs in Test cricket. So much over means 2980 balls.
Talking about the current Test series against England, Jasprit Bumrah has scored 119.4 overs i.e. 718 balls in it despite not playing a match. Among the Indian bowlers, Mohammad Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja are the highest overs bowler Ravindra Jadeja.
In Test cricket, Bumrah is the highest over the bowler Mitchell Starc. There is a gap of at least 50 plus over between Stark and Bumrah. At the same time, Kagiso Rabada is at number three in this case, from which Bumrah has put more than 100 over tests. Now if these figures are seen, then the matter of rest does not seem wrong. But, the above is the need of the team and the country. In such a situation, in the 5th Test to be played in the Leeds, what the Indian team decides about the management Bumrah, everyone will be eyeing it.
