Jasprit Bumrah fit & Set to available for IND vs IRE Series: Jay Shah

Jasprit Bumrah fit & Set to available for IND vs IRE Series: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has been officially confirmed that Jasprit Bumrah is fit and will join team Indian squad against Ireland.

He is currently at NCA in Bangaluru where he is contunuing his practice sessions to get match fitness.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary, Jay Shah, on Thursday confirmed that Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is fully fit and might go for India’s tour of Ireland, which will begin in August. The squad for the series is likely to be announced this week. The three T20Is will take place on August 18, 20 and 23 this year.

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The pacer underwent a successful back surgery back in March and has not played competitive cricket since a T20I match at home against Australia in September. He had also missed a lot of action in the Asia Cup when his back injury surfaced. Following this, he made a brief return to action during the Australia T20I series at home, but his injury resurfaced.

Bumrah was chosen for the ODI series against Sri Lanka in January this year after he had started his rehab in November last year and started to bowl in December. But during his fitness drills in January, which increased in intensity, he started to face discomfort once again.

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As per the original timeline worked out by the medical staff of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, Bumrah was expected to return for this year’s Asia Cup, which will start on August 30 this year.

The first hint of Bumrah recovering faster than expected came last week when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a media release that he was bowling with “full intensity” in the nets. Since the start of his rehab in April, Bumrah has incrementally built on his bowling workload.

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