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In the second week of January, the BCCI, while announcing Jasprit Bumrahs sudden withdrawal from the Sri Lanka series, had called it a precautionary measure and informed that Indias premier pacer needed some more time to build bowling resilience...
Though there has been no official update on his fitness, those in the know say that Bumrah, who reportedly underwent surgery on his injury-prone lower back recently in New Zealand, might be out of action for most of this year, ruling him out of the Indian Premier League, the World Test Championship final and even the 50-over World Cup in October-November...
Once back, the Indian teams decision-makers will be assembling at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to draw an extensive roadmap for Bumrahs comeback, with a medical team set to monitor him closely...
Originally sidelined from the Asia Cup last September, Bumrah was forced to sit out of the T20 World Cup too because of a stress reaction in his back..
Starting from Harvinder Singh in the late 1990s to L Balaji in the mid-2000s, Indian pacers have suffered similar injuries as Bumrah, and both took a long time to make a comeback...
