In Vizag, Jasprit Bumrah was spotted during the practice session of the Indian team ahead of the second ODI against West Indies. Apart from Bumrah, the youngster Prithvi Shaw was seen spending time with the trainer in Visakhapatnam ground.
Jasprit Bumrah is recovering from his back injury which was detected ahead of the home series against South Africa. He suffered from a minor stress facture at his lower back after which he was sent to National Cricket Academy (NCA) for recovery. It is expected that he will return in the Indian team next year when India will tour New Zealand to play 5 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 2 Tests.
After touring West Indies in August, India headed to play the home series against South Africa. Before the Test series, during the radiological screening, Bumrah was diagnosed with the injury. The yorker King has played 12 Test matches but none of those in home ground.
Jasprit Bumrah maintained his quality
In Vizag, he bowled against Rishabh Pant, Mayank Agarwal and Manish Pandey in the nets. It was an optional training session so Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were not present in the net. Bumrah was consistent and unchanged in his action during the session.
The swashbuckling Prithvi Shaw, who has recently made a comeback after serving an eight-month ban for doping case, was also present in Visakhapatanam. He had a practice of catches with fielding coach R Sridhar.
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The second ODI will be crucial for the Indian team to retain themselves in the three-match ODI series against West Indies. The visitors have 1-0 lead in the series as they won the first game in Chennai. Kieron Pollard-led team was successful in dominating the team in MA Chidambaram Stadium. They easily chased down the target of 288 runs, with the centuries of Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope.