Former Captain Sunil Gavaskar makes a bold statement on Jasprit Bumrah
Former Captain Sunil Gavaskar makes a bold statement on Jasprit Bumrah. Recently was announced at Jasprit Burmah’s injury and there are high chances that he will not be able to play T20 World Cup. Mohammad Siraj, Mohammed Shami, and Deepak Chahar are the potential candidates for replacing Jaspreet Burmah. The Indian cricket team is currently facing the Worst Nightmare as Jasprit Bumrah’s chances of participating in the T20 World Cup are almost negligible due to a back injury.
However, BCCI President Saurabh Ganguly refused to rule him out completely. He says we will decide in the coming days after monitoring his health. There are speculations about whether the BCCI will draft reserve players such as Mohammed Shami and Deepak Chahar into the main squad. They might call someone from outside like Mohammed Siraj. Moreover, Many are seeing them as potential candidates.
Sunil Gavaskar talks about Bumrah and Jadeja’s replacement
However, the former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that the void left by Jasprit Bumrah’s absence is impossible to fill. Given how India’s death bowling is poor in recent series from Bhubaneswar to Arshdeep to Harshal Patel. All three bowlers went for huge runs in the 19th over. Consequently, the crucial games in his column for Mid-day Sunil Gavaskar.
He says Bumrah’s absence from the Indian cricket team for the T20 World Cup will hurt India considerably. There is no other player in the team with due respect to every other player whose absence means so much more than Bumrah. We saw that in games that he played how effective he was and how his presence provided support to the other bowlers. Whether he made the comeback too soon is now something like conjecture. “
“However, the fact remains that his absence is a huge blow for the Indian cricket team in terms of the T20 World Cup. But the way Deepak Chahar and Harshdeep Singh exploited the conditions at Thiruvananthapuram provide some hope with some luck. Additionally, they might fit the hole left by Jasprit Burmah. “
“Ravinder Jadeja’s absence is made up by Akshar Patel to a great extent. The way he is falling gives the belief that he can limit the runs as well as take wickets. “
Furthermore he says ” Over the years he has provided the variety by use of crease and speed deliveries and angles all the experience. He has been gaining in IPL is being put in a great way by the left-handed all-rounder. He will once again become the player to watch out for.”