Jasprit Bumrah as India full-time captain? Former batter warns towards overburdening India pacer

Former India cricketer Abhishek Nayar shot down the concept of handing Jasprit Bumrah the full-time captaincy in worldwide cricket, saying India would wish the quick bowler greater than his management expertise. Nayar’s feedback got here after former wicketkeeper Kiran More backed Bumrah as a future full-time captain following India’s victory in a rain-affected T20I in Ireland on Friday, August 18.

Jasprit Bumrah returned to worldwide cricket for the primary time in 11 months and picked up 2 wickets in a sensational comeback spell in Dublin. Bumrah picked 2 wickets as early as his first over and bowled 16 dot balls as India restricted Ireland to 139 for 7 in 20 overs.

IRE vs IND 1st T20I: Report

It was Jasprit Bumrah’s first match as T20i captain and he shone by successful the Player of the Match award for his spell of 24 for two in 4 overs.

Bumrah was within the operating for captaincy and it was evident when he stood in because the Test captain in a rescheduled Test match in England in 2022 after Rohit Sharma was dominated out. However, Bumrah has been battling damage woes and the most recent again stress fracture stored him out of worldwide cricket for 11 months and threatened his World Cup 2023 possibilities.

“He has to be given captaincy. He is a good thinker of the game. He is a potential future captain in Test cricket, across all formats as well. I have always believed fast bowlers make good captains,” Kiran More instructed JioCinema after India’s 2-run win through DLS.

DON’T OVERUSE HIM

Nayar, nonetheless, pressured that Bumrah must be allowed to give attention to his bowling and that overburdening the specific pacer will not be the way in which to go ahead.

Nayar additionally opined that Bumrah pushed himself a bit laborious within the rescheduled Test the place he captained India and that might have been the beginning of his again damage woes.

“It depends on his fitness. For a fast bowler to lead, we saw that with Pat Cummins in the Ashes. I think for you to bowl, play all formats and then lead, it can sometimes be a bit taxing, which is why we see batters taking over the mantle. Like they say, batting is an easier job.

“If we have a look at the Birmingham Test (in 2022), he bowled very lengthy spells. I believe in that (match), the variety of overs that he bowled was the inception of his again going for a toss as a result of as a bowler, you always wish to win video games. So you are inclined to push your self a bit extra.

“You can’t have Jasprit Bumrah get injured in the process of doing that. For T20Is, makes sense. For longer formatsâ€æ makes sense but I would just say ‘save him and keep him for important tournaments’ and make sure we don’t overburden him and overuse him. Let him enjoy his game because captaincy doesn’t let you enjoy your game,” he added.

The severity of Bumrah’s damage in October 2022 necessitated surgical procedure, which was efficiently carried out in New Zealand. Following the surgical procedure, Bumrah launched into a rigorous rehabilitation program on the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru as he raced towards time to be match for the Asia Cup and the World Cup.

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Aug 19, 2023