India pacer Jasprit Bumrah will not play in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka despite being named in the squad, a media report said on Monday. Bumrah, who also missed the T20 World Cup, has not played for India since September last year due to a back injury. The fast bowler, however, was named in the Team India squad for the ODI series against Sri Lanka which begins on 10 January (Tuesday).
As per a report in Cricbuzz, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided against playing Bumrah in the series as they do not want to “rush him into action” so early.
Bumrah, who has been out of action for the most part since July last year, made a brief return during the Australia T20I series at home in September before being ruled out again after playing two matches. He was later also ruled out of the T20 World Cup.
Earlier this month while announcing the ODI squad, BCCI in its statement had said: “The pacer has undergone rehabilitation and has been declared fit by the National Cricket Academy (NCA). He will be joining the Team India ODI squad soon.”
The report added that the pacer has not travelled to Guwahati, the venue for the first Sri Lanka ODI.
The next two ODIs will be played on 12 January (Kolkata) and 15 January (Thiruvananthapuram).
India squad for ODIs: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.
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