Can’t allow Bumrah to play four Tests against England: Gambhir

India is plagued with injuries in the ongoing series with all of their frontline pacers – Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma and now Bumrah – sidelined with various injuries.

Hyderabad: Indian bowling mainstay Jasprit Bumrah has been left out of the fourth and deciding Test in Brisbane owing to fitness issues and former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir feels India can’t afford to play him in all four Tests in India.

India is plagued with injuries in the ongoing series with all of their frontline pacers – Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma and now Bumrah – sidelined with various injuries.

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“I still feel if you are playing four Test matches at home, you don’t need to play Jasprit Bumrah in all four matches. Because here your spinners will also get help, and Mohammed Shami would have come back hopefully and Ishant Sharma will be fit,” Gambhir said on the Star Sports show Cricket Connected.

“You can also give him a break in T20 cricket and a little bit of break in ODI cricket as well. No player wants to take a break, but a bowler like Jasprit Bumrah, whose action is a little different, I am sure only experts can tell where he has the maximum load, whether in the back or somewhere else.” Gambhir added.