Jasprit Bumrah’s stocks rose exponentially ever since he arrived on Australian shores this summer, with the pace ace leading India to a commanding win in the Border-Gavaskar series opener in Perth, before leaving his mark in Adelaide and Brisbane.
Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul spared India from the blushes as Australia rode another rollicking Travis Head century and a redemption hundred for the great Steve Smith to pile up 405-7 at stumps on the second day of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane on Sunday.
In a massive relief for Indian cricket fans ahead of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Brisbane, starting Saturday, star quick Jasprit Bumrah shrugged off any injury concerns and completed a full warm-up with his teammates on Thursday before bowling in their main training session.
Head was one of the few Australia batters to keep his reputation intact in the heavy Perth loss, scoring a fighting 89 in the second innings, despite a searing pace performance led by Bumrah.
Cummins also reflected on the defeat but chose not to go into specifics of what went wrong.
Bumrah has been out of action since September 2022 after he suffered a back injury. He was later ruled out from the T20 World Cup citing the injury concerns
The Indian pacer is expected to be back soon since has been the Team India's driving force to save it from all odds. Jasprit Bumrah has proved his supremacy in all the three formats.
The national selectors have picked seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami as a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah, who had to pull out of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia starting on Sunday. India will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23. Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been named as backups and will travel to Australia shortly, the release added.
Siraj and Umran will travel with the squad to Perth on October 6, where the Indian team will train for a week before travelling to Brisbane for its first warm-up match on October 17.
Rohit, the leading run-scorer in T20Is, went past New Zealand opener Martin Guptill's tally of sixes to go to the top of the six hitters' chart in T20Is
