New Delhi: Bumrah’s return in competitive cricket may take a while. It is believed that he has yet to bowl full inclination to BCCI’s Center of Excellence (Coe). The return of pacer sky deep has also been pushed back from at least a week.
Toi has learned that Bumrah is clinically fit, but its charge is gradually extending because he is in danger of facing back stress fractures. Even the sky is nursing on deep back injury. Both pacers have not played any competitive cricket since the tour of Australia. While in the first week of January, Bumrah faced a lower back injury in the middle of the Cindy test, the sky deep could not make Xi after developing some “discomfort”.
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The BCCI Medical Team has decided to run very carefully with Bumrah, as India has been slated to play five Tests in England soon after the IPL. As it is, the national selectors and team management are not banking on Bumrah to run all five tests.
“Bumrah’s injury is a bit more serious. The medical team wants to ensure that he does not face a stress fracture. Bumrah himself is being careful. He is bowling in COE, but may take longer to return to full enthusiasm. No fixed time limit has been set so far, but an expecting he has returned from April 10.
Bumrah was initially expected to join Mumbai Indians by 1 April.
Meanwhile, Lucknow super legend Pesar Mayank Yadav is also on the same time as Akash Deep and Bumrah. According to the refreshing standard operating process, the bowling coach in COE will have to be given a final withdrawal. While the medical team decides that if the player fit enough to bear the rigor of the high performance game, the bowling coach will have to decide if he is ready to leave after leaving the COE.
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