Guwahati. Playing in the T20 World Cup due to the injury of fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah looks doubtful but head coach Rahul Dravid on Saturday said that he will take the cricketer’s ‘medical report’. Will not go into depth but will wait for official confirmation regarding their availability for this tournament to be held in Australia.
Bumrah was ruled out of the final preparatory series for the T20 World Cup against South Africa due to a ‘stress fracture’ in his lower back. Dravid told reporters on the eve of the second T20 International against South Africa, “We are waiting for an official confirmation on the next step. So far he has been officially out of this series only (against South Africa). We will see what happens in the next few days.”
It usually takes close to six months for a full recovery from a ‘stress fracture’ of the back but Dravid said he still has hope. Dravid said, “To be honest, I haven’t gone deep into his medical report, I depend on experts to tell me what it is. They have dropped him from this series. But what happens in the future, we will know further.”
“Certainly until he is completely dropped and we get an official confirmation that he is out, we will have hope. We will always hope for the best as a team and for Jasprit.”
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Bumrah has been out of cricket since July and recently made a comeback during the home T20I series against Australia. But he again had to go to the National Cricket Academy for rehab. The ‘think tank’ is managing his workload very well but despite this his injury has become a matter of debate. Bumrah played all 14 matches in the Indian Premier League for his franchise Mumbai Indians but since then he has played only six international matches in four months.
Defending the workload management, Dravid said, “To a large extent, we manage everything. But not everything is ‘perfect’. It happens, it’s part of the game. We are not the only team that is suffering from injuries. He said, “But if it happens closer to the big tournament then it may spoil your plans a bit. Everyone is trying their best to keep injuries to a minimum.”