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By: Shree1news, 13 JAN 2021
The injury-ravaged Indian team was dealt another telling blow on Tuesday as pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the fourth Test against Australia due to an abdominal strain.
If that wasn’t enough, Mayank Agarwal—tipped to be Hanuma Vihari’s alternative in the playing XI in Brisbane—has sustained a knock on the hands and it could possibly be a hairline fracture.
Vihari suffered a grade 2 tear on Day Five of the Sydney Test on Monday. To make issues worse, Ravichandran Ashwin’s back spasms have aggravated after battling for 3 hours on the ultimate day, leaving little options for India on the bench.
Earlier, pacer Mohammed Shami had sustained a fractured forearm during the Adelaide Test and speedster Umesh Yadav too hobbled out of the field with a calf muscle injury.
Bumrah sustained the strain through the drawn third Test in Sydney. It has been learnt that Bumrah’s scan reports showed a strain and the Indian team management does not want him to aggravate the injury, keeping in mind the upcoming four-Test series towards England.
“Jasprit Bumrah suffered an abdominal strain while fielding in Sydney. He is going to sit out of the Brisbane Test but is expected to be available against England,” a BCCI source stated.
While the Indian team management is heaving a sigh of relief that Bumrah hasn’t sustained a tear but wants to be on the side of warning as playing in Brisbane and breaking down in the midst of the Test match may have an much more adverse impact on the team.
“If we take the risk of him playing at 50 per cent, what if the injury aggravates and he breaks down in the course of the match after which ruled out for better part of England series? England is the last series which will resolve the qualification for World Test Championship final and we’re in contention and would require a fit Bumrah,” the senior BCCI source added.
Source: A-N
