The India National Cricket Team suffered a huge jolt as Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the upcoming Test series against South Africa due to stress fracture in the lower back. Bumrah is replaced by Umesh Yadav in the Indian squad. In fact, Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the recently concluded T20I series which ended 1-1.
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The Indian ace paceman will undergo rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy and he will be monitored by the Board of Control for Cricket in India medical team.
Big blow for India.
“He will now undergo rehabilitation at NCA and will be monitored by the BCCI Medical Team,” the board stated in a release on Tuesday (September 24).
On the other hand, Umesh Yadav was not picked in the initial squad for the Indian team. Yadav had played his last Test match for India against Australia in which he had scalped two wickets. However, he had gone wicketless in the second essay.
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah has made a roaring start to his Test career. In fact, Bumrah has not played a single Test match in the home conditions. The Test series against the Proteas would have been his maiden home assignment in the Test fold but it wasn’t to be the case. Thus, Bumrah will need to wait longer to make his home debut in the red ball version.
Bumrah was the pick of the Indian bowlers on the West Indies as he had scalped 13 wickets in two Test matches. The gun pacer has had a fine start as he has taken 62 wickets in 12 Test matches.
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India’s Test squad: Virat Kohli (c), Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill.
Here is how Twitter reacted to Bumrah’s injury:
The Bumrah injury is a big jolt for India. I wonder if it will have an impact on the kind of surfaces offered for the test matches.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 24, 2019
Stress fracture in the back. We are taking about the backbone of Indian cricket across three formats. Get well soon, Bumrah #godspeed #IndvSA #Tests
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 24, 2019
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— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) September 24, 2019
Saying "minor" is a funny one with any back stress fracture. That's a minimum of 12 weeks before he can bowl again https://t.co/dQxYFOtaSJ
— Daniel Brettig ? (@danbrettig) September 24, 2019
Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of the three-match test series against South Africa, Umesh Yadav replaces him. Bumrah has to wait more time to play a test match in India.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 24, 2019
#JaspritBumrah absence will give a boost to a fragile South African batting order but India is still hands down favorite because of @ashwinravi99 and @imjadeja , in the last series Indian spinners were so dominant that India won 3-0
— BihariBabu (@mayanksledger) September 24, 2019
Umesh Yadav is the best choice after Bumrah in the INDIAN CONDITION in current situation..
Don't forget his contributions in test ??
— Banajit Das / বনজিৎ দাস ?? (@bana111das) September 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/1993k3g/status/1176490945228890114?s=20
This is bad.. I wanted to see Jasprit Bumrah gaining the number 1 spot in this series.. ?
— Cric8Fanatic? (@cric8fanatic) September 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/SupriyaRajput20/status/1176455254985981953?s=20
MI ke players ko hata kar RCB ke players ko team me liya jaa raha hai. Ab jung ka samay aa chuka hai. Mumbai Indians walo chalo BCCI Headquarter ke saamne dharne dene
— Right Arm Over (@RightArmOver_) September 24, 2019
JUST IN: Umesh Yadav replaces Jasprit Bumrah in India's Test squad #INDvSA
— Akhil Gupta ? (@Guptastats92) September 24, 2019
