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South Africa's legendary batter AB de Villiers has predicted that India's pace-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will not play all games of the T20 Asia Cup 2025 as part of his workload management.
“Great to see him in the squad, fit and ready to go. I don’t think he will play all the games,” de Villiers said on his YouTube channel.
“I saw reports saying he will be earmarked for the games that matter and I love that about the selectors being proactive. That’s how you should be managing your senior and most impactful players,” he added, while lauding the selectors.
Bumrah played three Tests on England tour as part of his workload management. He was criticised for missing the fifth and final Test of the series. But, De Villiers believes that senior guys should be managed well to help them stay at the top of their game.
“It’s not like they are picking and choosing. There’s just so much cricket these days. For your older guys, their work has taken its toll over the years. Once you start managing these players, you will get the best out of them, and I love it that they’ve started doing that with Jasprit Bumrah,” he further added.
Bumrah's last T20I appearance was against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final. He was named 'Player of the series' for taking 15 wickets from eight games at an average of 8.26. His economy rate was a record-breaking 4.17 runs per over.
India's T20 Asia Cup 2025 squad
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
Reserves: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Bumrah’s T20I record in UAE
The 31-year-old pacer has a good record in UAE as well. He has seven wickets from five games at an average of 13.57 and conceded runs at an economy rate of 5.08 runs per over.
Bumrah chasing T20I milestone
In the tournament, he has a chance to complete 100 T20I wickets. Currently, he has 89 wickets from 70 games at an average of 17.74. His economy rate in T20Is is 6.27 runs per over.
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