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India will take on Pakistan in Melbourne on October 23 in their first match of the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, hoping to win the trophy after 2007. Saheen Afridi, who was the main reason for the historic defeat for the first time in the history of last year’s T20 World Cup, has recovered from the injury and came back to challenge, but Jasprit Bumrah’s exit due to injury at the last minute has become a big setback for the Indian side.
Because for the last 5 years in 3 types of Indian team, he has made the backbone of the Indian fast bowling department by suffocating the opposing batsmen with his unique bowling action. Especially in T20 cricket, he can bowl perfectly at all times and is considered as a dark horse who can bowl yorkers in the death overs and take wickets and turn the victory for India.
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Where it goes wrong:
On the other hand, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has been selected apart from him, is a medium fast bowler and also provides runs in the last overs. So early on, when he pulled out with an injury, India’s World Cup dreams were dashed and the Indian fans could be seen expressing their apprehension. Earlier, he was rested in the non-important series like Zimbabwe and Ireland in which India participated in the past one year to prevent such a situation from happening.
Beyond that, he has left at the last minute and has participated in 59 of the 60 matches that Mumbai has participated in the IPL series since 2019. But in the same period he played only 16 out of 70 matches for India. And with reports that his injury will take 6 months to heal, fans are critical that he will recover and play again for Mumbai just before the 2023 IPL.
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Deepak Sahar, who was expected to play in return for him, has recovered from injury and returned, but has not played for even a month and is out again due to injury. Before that another player Ravindra Jadeja got injured and left. In this way, before the World Cup, 3 important players have left due to injury, which has caused dissatisfaction among the Indian fans. Because it’s natural to get injured, but players who are recovering from injuries often suffer from injuries like muscle cramps and come out again.
So fans are questioning what the National Cricket Academy is doing in Bengaluru to check players’ injuries and help them recover. There are also demands that BCCI should not allow key players to play in all the matches in the IPL series. In this case, the new BCCI President Roger Binny, who says that Bumrah’s departure 10 days ago is shocking, has said that the fault will be investigated soon.
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Here is what he talked about in a recent interview: “You cannot accept Jasprit Bumrah going out injured 10 days before the World Cup. Because who will play in response to him. This issue is very important. So it is incumbent on us to find out why key players like him get injured so often.”
“Moreover we have to find out how they get injured despite not playing a lot of matches. Not only now but for the last 4-5 years this problem has been prevailing in the Indian team. That doesn’t mean we don’t have good coaches. But it remains to be seen whether key players are playing too much workload or playing too much cricket. Find it and do something about it. That was my first job,” he said.
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