The star of the Indian cricket team Jasprit Bumrah will not only miss the IPL 2025 match against Lucknow’s Super Giants on Friday, but is also doubtful for the next Indians match against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on April 7, according to a report Espncriricinfo. The report said that Bumrah, who has been rehabilitating since the beginning of 2025, is getting closer to his return. However, he has been training for some time at the BCCI center of excellence in Bengaluru and he wants to make sure that he is completely in good shape before playing in IPL. In order to play for Mi, he will need a little clear of the BCCI medical team and with India confronted with England in a series of five tests just after competition, it will be important to manage his workload and keep it completely fit.
Meanwhile, the former Indian cricket player Wasim Jaffer said on Tuesday that he was “a little worried” about Team India following a border-Gavaskar disastrous trophy against Australia far from their home and hoped that they will “bring their act” before their tour in England which will launch the cycle of the World Test championship 2025-27.
Jaffer spoke of Revsportz to Boria Majumdar.
Addressing Revsportz about the Indian Test team, which finished third in the WTC 2023-25 ranking after a loss of 0-3 scanning against New Zealand at home and 1-3 in the BGT against Australia, Jaffer said: “I am a little worried, no doubt. After watching India play in Australia, I am a bit worried.”
“The shape of our strikers. What if Jasprit Bumrah is not also available in this series of tests? Or if Mohammad Shami is not available elsewhere? What will happen? So, I am really worried that Dukes Ball, our strikers fought in Australia. If this same continuous trend, we will certainly have trouble.”
“So, I’m a little worried. But I hope they will bring together their act. And I hope we will win a series, which we have not done for a long time in England. But we have to do much better than what we have done, you know, in Australia,” he concluded.
The last victory of India in England returned in 2007 under the captain of Rahul Dravid by 1-0. Since then, their last series of tests in England ended with a 2-2 draw in 2022 after India played the fifth reprogrammed test at Edgbaston under the captain of Jasprit Bumrah, after having initially managed the 2-1 series under Virat Kohli.
The Five Test Kickstart’s India Touring India on June 20 in Leeds with the first test.
(With the IANS inputs)
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