Mohammad Kaif felt it was a wrong decision to give the rest to Jasprit Bumrah for the Raipur T20I, and it didn’t make sense to him why such a decision was taken by the Gautam Gambhir-led team management.
Jasprit Bumrah – India’s most important asset
Jasprit Bumrah is currently the main asset of the Indian cricket team and he is being wrapped in cotton wool by the BCCI selection committee to ensure that he remains fully fit and fit for the important matches.
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Bumrah has been given a special privilege by the BCCI and he is never asked to report for domestic cricket duties as the team management wants to ensure that he stays away from injuries.
The right-arm pacer does not play regular cricket for Team India, and every now and then he rests. A similar case occurred during the Raipur T20I against New Zealand when India decided to replace him with Harshit Rana in the playing XI.
Notably, Jasprit Bumrah played the first match against the Kiwis in Nagpur where he bowled four overs and returned with figures of 0/29.
Rest for what? What workload? – Mohammad Kaif slams India’s ‘Jasprit Bumrah’ decision
Mohammad Kaif bluntly stated on his YouTube channel that India had made a wrong move by resting Jasprit Bumrah and he felt there was no need to make such a call no matter what combination the team needed. He explained:
“Rest for what? What workload? Did he just come back after playing a lot? He has already come after taking enough rest. No, no, this just doesn’t make sense to me. If you want to give rest, then give rest to Arshdeep Singh. If you want to bring in Harshit Rana, if Axar Patel is injured and you have to bat at number eight, rest Arshdeep and bring in Bumrah. I mean, why are we even comparing here? There is no comparison on all of them.”
“If Bumrah was left out because of a combination and says you have to bat at number eight, then that is wrong. No power in the world can leave Bumrah out because of the team combination. The team will adjust the combination but Bumrah will play in the XI,” he added.
He plays Ranji, he plays Vijay Hazare – Mohammad Kaif on Mohammed Siraj
Mohammad Kaif, in particular, was unhappy to see Bumrah getting preferential treatment when another of India’s leading pacer – Mohammed Siraj – was asked to play domestic cricket consistently to prove his credentials every time. Mohammad Kaif explained:
“A bowler like Jasprit Bumrah can’t rest after one match. In fact, he hasn’t even played that much. He hasn’t played any ODIs. Bumrah has already come after a rest. He doesn’t even play much domestic cricket. Siraj, on the other hand, will play domestic cricket whenever he gets a chance. He plays Ranji, he plays Vijay Hazare. Bumrah is quite rested.”
“Now if you talk about rest, yes, rest is taken when a player has played continuously, has pain in his body or has a back problem. I don’t know what it is. That is when a player is rested, or when there is workload management. But I disagree on both counts.”
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