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BCCI Keeps 3 Individuals To Monitor Jasprit Bumrah's Fitness Before Champions Trophy

Muskaan Bhatt

Jasprit Bumrah- (Source:@Johns/X.com)Jasprit Bumrah- (Source:@Johns/X.com)

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According to latest reports, India's premium pacer Jasprit Bumrah has started his rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy after completing five-week off-loading, where a player is advised complete rest, including staying away from gym work. In order to speed up his recovery it has been reported a dedicated team of three individuals has been working with Bumrah at Bengaluru.

Jasprit Bumrah's Unfortunate Injury

Jasprit Bumrah, who was India's top-performer in the recently concluded Border Gavaskar Trophy, walk off the field during the final Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The stand-in skipper was rushed to the hospital for some scans following which he made his way back to the stadium however opted out of the rest of the Test match. At the moment, his return to the Indian side for the Champions Trophy 2025 bleak because no one else has an accurate information about the pacer's latest fitness status apart from his team.

A report by PTI revealed, that a core team is working with Bumrah at Bengaluru, and is trying its best to get one of the biggest match-winners of the Indian cricket team back on the park. For the rehabilitation process of an injured centrally-contracted player, the norm for NCA is to allot one strength-and-conditioning coach, one physio for injury monitoring and a bowling or batting coach to monitor the skills part, which is also a part of Return To Play (RTP).

"Strength and Conditioning (S&C) coach Rajnikanth Sivagnanam and physio Thulasi Ram Yuvraj are currently working on Bumrah's rehabilitation with Head of Sports Science, Dr Nitin Patel, personally monitoring the whole process. Obviously, the national team S&C coach Soham Desai and physio Kamlesh Jain are also kept in the loop," a senior BCCI official told PTI on condition of anonymity.

Moreover, when Bumrah would be allowed to bowl, it is expected that Troy Cooley will be monitoring and taking that decision. The final report will be prepare by Dr. Patel and will soon be sent to BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar.

Head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Rohit Sharma will also be notified about Bumrah's status. While the BCCI can straightaway name Harshit Rana as Bumrah's replacement if he fails to get ready in time, it is expected that the team would wait till last moment in order to get him ready for the marquee ICC event.