Jasprit Bumrah walks off the field during the Test series between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (AP Photo)
India stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah has suffered from back spasms and that’s the reason he had left the ground to undergo scans, revealed Prasidh Krishna at the post-day press conference.
“He (Jasprit Bumrah) had a back spasms. The medical team is monitoring him. He had a scan. The medical team will update,” he said.
After Day 2, India lead by 145 runs and will need their pace spearhead if they are to win this Test and level the series.
Jasprit Bumrah had spent three of the last five overs of the morning session off the field. He had come back out for the final two overs and resumed the bowling for India after lunch. Bumrah left the field immediately after bowling that over at 1:20 pm (local time). He was seen leaving the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) an hour later in training gear and has headed to the hospital for the scans.
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Visuals showed Jasprit Bumrah has been accompanied by the team doctor and security-liason officer.
Bumrah has picked up two wickets in this Test.
There has been concern around his workload on this tour. He has bowled 152.1 overs in nine innings, picking up 32 wickets at 13.06. He went past Bishan Bedi’s record for most wickets taken by an Indian bowler on a tour of Australia and was climbing up the all-time list as well.
Jasprit Bumrah had and stepped up to lead the team when Rohit Sharma decided to stand himself down from the final Test match owing to his poor form. It appeared as though Virat Kohli had taken over leading the team for the middle session of day two.
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