He bowls with a unique bowling action and uses a right-arm fast bowl. In first-class cricket and the Indian Premier League, he competes for Mumbai Indians and the Gujarat Cricket Team, respectively. Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian pacer of the year, has had back surgery in New Zealand in an effort to get ready for the ICC Cricket World Cup, which will be held in his home country between October and November of this year. reports say that the surgery was carried out on Monday.
He will resume bowling and training by August, according to his return plan, which was developed by the medical staff of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In order to prepare him for the major cricket competition, his workload will be gradually increased.
Since September of last year, when he pulled out of the home white-ball series against South Africa, Bumrah has not played any competitive cricket. A stress reaction in his lower back was the reason he stopped watching the series. During the white-ball home series against Sri Lanka in January, he attempted to make a comeback, but back pain prevented it as well.
The most recent information indicates that he will not be able to play in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) or the ICC World Test Championship final, which will take place on June 7 and for which India will qualify if they win the final Test against Australia beginning on March 9.
The pacer was being treated urgently by BCCI medical staff at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, and they recommended that he have surgery. In collaboration with the pacer and NCA, BCCI made the decision to undergo surgery.
The wait continues for bumrah
Since suffering a back injury in August that kept him out of the Asia Cup, Bumrah has attempted to make a comeback multiple times. This has been a frustrating wait for him. As he was included in India’s T20 World Cup squad in September and even played in the final two Twenty20 Internationals against Australia on September 23 and 25, the injury appeared to be minor at first.
After three days, Bumrah did not play in the first Twenty20 International against South Africa. It was learned that he had scans, which showed that he had a back injury caused by stress. He was taken right away to NCA, where scans showed that the injury was serious. He was out of the T20 World Cup, where India reached the semifinals.
In November, Bumrah resumed his rehabilitation and began bowling in the middle of December. As he was added to the white-ball series in January, more than a week after the original squad was selected, his progress appeared to be encouraging.
Bumrah had done the match simulation exercises in the NCA, but in January, during fitness drills, when he took on more work, the pain came back. He was ruled out of the Sri Lanka series and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy matchup against Australia after scans revealed the development of a new injury.
The Indian captain, Rohit Sharma, and the management of the team want Bumrah to return to the side only when he is fully fit.