India captain Rohit Sharma has said Jasprit Bumrah’s career is more important than Team India playing at the T20 World Cup in Australia.
Bumrah was ruled out of the tournament due to a back injury, with speculation rife that it would take him six weeks to recover from the latest setback after sitting out of Asia Cup 2022 due to a lower-back injury.
“We spoke to a lot of the specialists about his injuries, but we did not get a decent response. This World Cup is important, but his career is more important. He is only 27-28, there is a lot of cricket in front of him.
“So, we can’t take such a risk. All the specialists we spoke to were of the same opinion. There is a lot of cricket ahead of him, he will play a lot more and help India win matches. There is no doubt that he will be missed,” said Rohit during the captains’ day event in Melbourne.
On Friday, senior pacer Mohammed Shami was named as replacement for Bumrah in India’s squad for the showpiece event. Shami last played competitive cricket on the tour of England in July and hasn’t played T20Is after last year’s T20 World Cup in the UAE. He was included in India’s T20I series against Australia and South Africa but was ruled out after testing positive for Covid-19.
“Shami was down with Covid-19 two-three weeks back, he was at home, in his farm. He was then called over to the National Cricket Academy, he went there and worked quite hard over the last 10 days. His recovery after Covid was very good. He had three to four bowling sessions. All in all, everything is good as far as Shami is concerned,” added Rohit.
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