As Indian Ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 due to back injury, Dale Steyn and Sanjay Bangar named posible replacements of Speedster for the tournament.
Team India will begin their campaign on October 23 against arch-rivals Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
It’s a tough one: Dale Steyn
“There were really small signs of concern, because when Jasprit Bumrah did not play the first match, then he played the second game, and then suddenly, he was rested. You suddenly start to think whether this is serious, because he had been out on rest and rehab for a long time and he was somebody who was given a task of strengthening,” said Sanjay Bangar while speaking on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Live’.
“It comes as a huge blow because an Indian attack without Jasprit Bumrah means that a lot of teams will start thinking differently as to how they would approach their batting against the Indian bowling attack. So, a huge blow for India, but again, in sport, one man’s loss is another man’s opportunity. Hopefully, maybe a Deepak Chahar or Shami or Arshdeep can be there and leave a mark on the World Cup Down Under”, he added.
Dale Steyn opined: “It’s a tough one. You can hope that the World Cup brings an opportunity for somebody to kind of be better than they actually are sometimes. They perform way better than they normally would. So, whoever takes his place, I hope that would be the case for them. Whoever gets selected, You probably want them to raise their game by a small percentage because of the hole that they are filling. Somebody like Bumrah, it’s so difficult to fill his place. He is such a world class player. India will miss him tremendously in this World Cup.”
