All the noise surrounding Jasprit Bumrah's lingering fitness and his ODI World Cup chances have come to a rest as the recent development suggests that India's pace spearhead might directly join the Men in Blue for the marquee tournament which will be played later this year.
However, management are tight lipped on India's top bowler as he was rushed to play a few times not having fully recovered.
Meanwhile, a source privy to the development told Sports Tak that in BCCI management it's very clear that they won't take any call on Bumrah in hurry.
“He will soon report to NCA and VVS Laxman will closely monitor Bumrah's fitness. Since he was rushed for some matches and his issues remain as it is. So this time the board wants to take each and every step carefully. A wrong decision might cost team so no hurry as far as his return is concerned, plan is to give Bumrah some sort of match fitness before the ODI World Cup but do not rule out the possibility of straightaway seeing Bumrah at ICC's showpiece event,” source said.
Bumrah had injured his back ahead of the Asia Cup 2022 and had hence missed the crucial tournament in UAE. He however returned for the home series that followed against Australia, but was sidelined once again with the same injury and was eventually ruled out of the T20 World Cup.
Let's have a look at the timeline of Bumrah's injury
In July 2022 Bumrah suffered a back problem after the 2nd ODI against England and missed the 3rd ODI. Upon further consultation, it turned out to be a re-emergence of the back injury that he suffered in 2019.
In August 2022 Bumrah missed the ODI series in West Indies. He Returned to the NCA after his back issue flared up.
In August 2022 Bumrah missed the Asia Cup as he failed to recover in time.
In September 2022 after a two-and-half-month recovery, Bumrah was rushed to return to the South Africa series ahead of the T20 World Cup.
In September 2022 after bowling just six overs in two T20Is against Australia, the move backfired as Bumrah aggravated the injury.
In October 2022 Bumrah was ruled out of T20 World Cup.
In November 2022 the pacer spearhead missed the New Zealand tour.
In December 2022 Bumrah also missed the Bangladesh tour.
In January 2023, although Bumrah was initially named in the Sri Lanka ODI series, he was pulled out after he complained of back pain at the NCA while performing a higher workload in a fitness session.
In February 2023 Bumrah was ruled out of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
In February 2023 Bumrah was ruled out of IPL 2023 & World Test Championship Final.
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