Legendary cricketers Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting have shed light on Bumrah's injury and his potential absence from the Champions Trophy squad. Shastri feels that Bumrah's absence will reduce India's chances of winning the tournament by a significant margin.
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“I think it's high risk. There's too much big cricket coming up for India. And at this stage of his (Jasprit Bumrah’s) career, I think he's too precious to be just called on for one game out of the blue and asked to deliver," Shastri said.
“The expectations will be so much. They'll think that he'll come in straight away and set the world on fire. It's never that easy when you come back from injury. Bumrah not fit will reduce India's chances (of winning the Champions Trophy) by 30%, literally by 30-35%,” he added.
Ricky Ponting blames Mohammed Shami's absence for Jasprit Bumrah's injury
“My biggest concern about India when they came for Australia in the Test series was Bumrah not having Shami there as a backup and him having to burden most of the load. And that's probably what happened, and might even have something to do with why he (Jasprit Bumrah) got hurt," said Ponting.
Final call to be taken in few days
A call on Jasprit Bumrah's availability for the Champions Trophy will be taken before February 11 as it is the last date to make any changes in the squad. Bumrah is unlikely to play the ODI series against England which makes the chances of him playing the Champions Trophy even less.
India have selected Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh as the frontline pace options alongside Bumrah for the Champions Trophy with Hardik Pandya playing as the fast bowling allrounder. If Bumrah doesn't make it, Harshit Rana is likely to replace him.
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