Jasprit Bumrah, India’s star speed bowler, has been left out of the team for the fifth Test match of the series against England.
At London’s Kennington Oval, the fifth and final Test of the series is currently in progress. This implies that even in the event that a replacement fielder is required, Bumrah will not be allowed to participate in the game any longer. Since he and Rishabh Pant are no longer available, the bench possibilities include Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Arshdeep Singh, Shardul Thakur, Abhimanyu Easwaran, and Narayan Jagadeesan.
Despite being fit, why wasn’t Jasprit Bumrah selected for the fifth Test?
Jasprit Bumrah was healthy enough to play in the current match. However, the management had to rest him for the series’ last match in order to maintain his physical condition and avoid overtaxing his body. Ryan ten Doeschate, the assistant coach, also talked about the reason Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the final game.
Naturally, we want to wheel him out, but we also want to honour his body’s current state. We simply decided that it wasn’t worth adding him to the team [XI for the Oval Test] based on that. He has bowled a lot of overs, you know. At the news conference following Day 1, ten Doeschate stated, “I know it doesn’t always seem like that because he’s only played three Tests and he only bowled in one innings in Manchester.”
Shubman Gill (C), KL Rahul (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Arshdeep Singh, and N Jagadeesan (WK) are the updated Indian team for the fifth Test.
Chris Woakes is not included.
On the opening day, Chris Woakes of England had on the pitch, but he sustained a shoulder injury when fielding a shot that Karun Nair had struck towards the boundary. Woakes was removed from the pitch after dislocating his shoulder after a slide to bring the ball in. He was wearing a plaster when he got to the stadium before Day 2, and the English team confirmed that he would be out for the rest of the game.
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