‘Going to play three Tests…’: Gautam Gambhir speaks about no Change in plans regarding Jasprit Bumrah after loss in Leeds

Following the loss in the series opener against England in Leeds, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has stated that the team management is not going to push star pacer Jasprit Bumrah to play more than the three Test match that he was initially assigned with.

In order to maintain the workload of an injury-prone Jasprit Bumrah, the team management had earlier decided that the star pacer will only appear in three out of the five matches. This plan is not going to change following the defeat in first clash.

“We won’t change the plans. For us to manage his (Jasprit Bumrah’s) workload is more important because there’s a lot of cricket going forward and we know what he brings on the table as well. Before he came on the show, it was already decided that he’s going to play three Test matches,” said Gambhir.

The next Test match is going to begin July 2nd in Birmingham, and Gautam Gambhir stated that the team has not made a call on which of the two games will Jasprit Bumrah be a part of.

“Let’s see how his body turns out. We haven’t decided which two other Test matches he’s going to play,” he said.
“When we pick the squad, we pick the squad on trust, not on hope. We saw in this Test match as well that for the first four days, even on day five, we were in a position where we could have won the Test match. We believe and we trust that these boys will deliver for us,” he added.