‘Till I get official confirmation that he is ruled out (of the T20 World Cup), we will always be hopeful’: Rahul Dravid on Jasprit Bumrah

The information of Jasprit Bumrah’s harm has rocked Indian cricket the wrong way up with lower than a month left in India’s T20 World Cup marketing campaign to start in Australia.

But the India head coach Rahul Dravid is optimistic and never prepared to rule out the chief of the lads in blue tempo assault simply but.

“Till I get official confirmation that he is ruled out (of the T20 World Cup), we will always be hopeful,” India head coach Rahul Dravid stated in a press convention when requested about Jasprit Bumrah’s health and availability for the upcoming match in Australia.

Bumrah didn’t play the primary T20 in opposition to South Africa Wednesday and, a day later, flew to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for the again situation to be monitored. The 28-year-old was later changed by Mohammed Siraj within the India squad for the South Africa T20Is.

“We have been told that his injury is not looking good at the moment and it looks like he won’t be travelling to Australia with the Indian team. The medical team will soon submit a detailed report,” a BCCI official had confirmed to The Indian Express.

Bumrah had solely performed two matches within the India T20I collection vs Australia since his return from a again harm rehabilitation that stored him out of motion publish the India tour of England in July.

Bumrah’s significance to the workforce was underlined by their captain Rohit Sharma earlier than the beginning of the T20 collection in opposition to Australia earlier this month.

“Bumrah is a very important player. The way he has performed over the last few years has been fantastic. He is an attacking bowler and if such a bowler isn’t a part of the team, it doesn’t go well for the team,” Rohit had stated.