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Bumrah ruled out as India’s Test campaign faces injury crisis
Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of India’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka after failing to recover fully from a left-knee impact injury suffered while fielding against England in Cardiff. Washington Sundar,…
The Story in Brief
Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of India’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka after failing to recover fully from a left-knee impact injury suffered while fielding against England in Cardiff. Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar and Harshit Rana had already been ruled out. The absence of Bumrah, India’s leading pace bowler, places a heavier burden on the remaining attack and captain Shubman Gill.
The Hindu reports that India’s recent results have intensified concern around the new leadership group led by Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir. India lost a Twenty20 International series 2-0 in Ireland and an England series 4-0, with one match washed out, before recovering to sweep Zimbabwe 3-0. Injury management and speculation over Ajit Agarkar’s future as chief selector have added to the uncertainty.
The Indian Opinion
The “world champions to panic mode” line is dramatic, while the claim that every setback proves a broken team is equally lazy. India’s Ireland and England losses are serious, but the Zimbabwe sweep shows the picture is mixed. Bumrah’s absence is a genuine competitive loss, not proof that the Centre of Excellence alone is responsible. The clearest test will be whether the replacement attack can take 20 wickets in Sri Lanka.
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