‘Not an ideal position…’: Sanjay Manjrekar shares his take on Jasprit Bumrah’s workload management

A lot of cricket experts have shared their views about this topic and former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has now also spoken about the topic. Manjrekar stated that the star pacer should make adjustments according to the needs of Indian cricket, and it should not be the other way around.

“The game will always show us the mirror, however much we try and gloss over things. It was poetic justice that the two Tests India won were two matches Bumrah did not play,” Manjrekar wrote in column for Hindustan Times.

“This should embolden the Indian selectors to make some hard choices when it comes to big-name players. This series has been a great lesson to them and to us too, the two Tests victories India achieved did not feature Virat (Kohli), (Cheteshwar) Pujara, Rohit (Sharma), (Mohammed) Shami and Bumrah too! It reminded us of the eternal truth of sport and life, no one, however great, is indispensable. And this is how India must handle Bumrah,” he added.

“Players who are match fit, eager, keen to play and perform should be picked any day for me over a highly skilled player. It will motivate such enthusiastic players even more. This is not an idealistic position to take, but it’s the right one for the long-term health of a team sport,” he explained.