After rumors of his resignation from India’s T20 World Cup squad surfaced last week.
All conjecture, however, came to an end with a release on Monday night, which handed a big blow to India, which was already without great all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. India would suffer a significant loss if the pacer does not play in the forthcoming T20 World Cup. Will the BCCI invite someone from the outside, such as Mohammed Siraj, to replace Bumrah?While all three are considered probable contenders, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes the vacuum created by Bumrah’s absence will be virtually hard to replace. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, and Harshal Patel have all gone from plenty in the past three overs. The removal of Jasprit Bumrah from India’s World Cup squad will be devastating. There is no other player in the Indian squad, with all due respect to every other player, whose absence matters as much as Bumrah’s, according to Gavaskar.We witnessed how efficient he was in the two games he played and how his presence in the squad energised the other bowlers. Whether he returned too soon is now speculation, but his absence is a significant blow to India’s chances in the T20 World Cup. The way Deepak Chahar and young Arshdeep Singh utilised the conditions in Thiruvananthapuram gives hope that, with luck, they may cover a significant portion of the void created by Bumrah’s absence, according to Gavaskar.
