Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah who is currently out of cricketing action due to a back injury attended the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Gujarat Titans (GT) on Tuesday. In the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Hardik Pandya’s GT hosted Rohit Sharma’s MI in the 35th match of the ongoing tournament.
Ahead of the game, MI pacer Bumrah who is out of ongoing IPL due to injury, was spotted at the ground. MI shared his image on the Twitter handle with the caption “Boom boom is here”. Notably, Bumrah has started his rehab at the National Cricket Academy after successful back surgery.
Bumrah is set to miss the World Test Championship finals as he will take around three to four months to get back on the field. His inclusion will be important for the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup. India will expect him to get fully recovered as soon as possible so that he can participate in the prestigious tournament.
India announce their World Test Championship squad
Meanwhile, amid the ongoing Indian Premier League, Indian team management announced their 15-member squad for the World Test Championship finals. India recalled veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane and retained KL Rahul amid his poor performance in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Star batters Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Sarfraz Ahmed missed out on the squad.
India will be looking to win their first multinational tournament after a decade. Rohit Sharma and company will play the WTC final just a week after IPL 2023 finals and it will be difficult for the team to switch between the formats.
India’s 15-member squad for WTC finals: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, K L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
Here’s how fans react as Jasprit Bumrah attends MI vs GT match:
But he didn't come to support india in wc.
Well everyone know mi is his first priority— Tushar (@Sell_LewaDisney) April 25, 2023
Once upon a time he used to play cricket
— Sexobeat (@from__mars__) April 25, 2023
World Cup me bhi yahi khada milega ye
— Vinay Lamba (18.5) (@VinayLamba_) April 25, 2023
btane ke liye thanx mujhe lga Gujrat ko support krne gya hai
— MD QUAYEM ASHRAF (@RbcWalahun) April 25, 2023
Bhai tu stands k leye he reh gaya hai bas. Bada bura lagta hai tumare leye. Waste of such a good talent!
— Dr. Simon (@realsimonbatta) April 25, 2023
Haan bhai isiliye toh itne paisa le raha hai yeh?
— Karan (@KaranMohanty1) April 25, 2023
— Sumit Jha (@SumitJha_2807) April 25, 2023
I just wanna slap him…..paisa ke lalach me koi banda kaise apne desh ke saath fraud krskta hai. Selfish hogya ye
— Sam: Mahirat?? (@im_possible1711) April 25, 2023
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