Jasprit Bumrah hasn’t played since last September after suffering a recurrence of a back injury, which kept him out of the Asia Cup before. The latest flare-up of the injury kept Bumrah out of the T20 World Cup, every series India played since then and Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
Bumrah was close to playing for India ahead of ODIs against Sri Lanka in January but was ruled out and is now undergoing rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru after undergoing lower back surgery in New Zealand to fix the recurring issue.
Not only Bumrah, fellow pacer Prasidh Krishna has been out of action since last year due to a stress fracture while Shreyas Iyer’s recurring lower-back issue this year saw him undergo surgery in England.
Moreover, since February 2022, fast-bowling all-rounder Deepak Chahar has suffered injuries to quadriceps, back, a quadricep tear and then a hamstring injury in between IPL 2023, though he’s back on the field now for Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
“I think I am equally puzzled as you on this. While bowlers are mentioned, there are some batters who have been having some serious injuries. That is something which is beyond my understanding.”
“It has to do with the combination for sure and I believe something needs to be looked at carefully in terms of how they are approaching the whole season or training and their rest-to-recovery ratio, as well as a whole lot of other things.”
“It’s very difficult to pinpoint right now to just one word to say exactly what is going on. I would say something is going very wrong for all these guys to get injuries, that too so big injuries,” said Zaheer, an IPL expert for JioCinema, in a select virtual media interaction.
