Jasprit Bumrah will miss three tests in England: Report

Bumrah Jasprit was injured during the first T20I against Ireland. (Source: PTI)

Jasmine bowling player Bumrah in India will likely miss the first three tries of the five games against England, with the series scheduled to start on August 1st. He is still recovering from the contracted thumb injury First match of the UK tour, a T20 against Ireland last month. Bumrah has not yet fully recovered from the injury that missed the two T20s against Ireland, the T20 and the ODI against England, according to ESPNCricinfo.

The test team will be announced Wednesday and Bumrah should not find his place there. According to the report, the breeders will reward spinner Kuldeep Yadav for his strong performance against England who picks up fifes in both the T20 and ODI. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is ready to receive a test call for the most important series. With Bumrah out, Mohammed Shami is set for a comeback after pbading the mandatory yo-yo fitness test. Shami had previously missed most of the IPL with a hamstring injury. Subsequently, it was not included in the above limited teams for England having failed the fitness test.

Shami joins the fast bowling contingent which includes Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav. Allrounder Hardik Pandya is also included in the sewing bowling options.

Kuldeep, who was India's biggest goalkeeper in the limited against England, will be part of a three-man attack including R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.

In the wicketkeeping department, Wriddhiman Saha is still recovering from the thumb injury contracted during the IPL and Dinesh Karthik is the wicketkeeper's first choice goaltender. Keeping this in mind, the likely inclusion of Pant is an added interest for the team. He is currently in the UK playing for India A against Lions with 15 dismissals on tour A.

In the post-game interaction after losing the ODI series, Kohli said he and the breeders did not have to make tough decisions. . "Our team is pretty well established, we're really excited to go into a long series of tests, it's going to be very difficult, but it's something we're looking forward to." We want to play hard cricket We want to play cricket, which I'm sure the English team will provide us with.It's going to be a tough series between two sides of quality, "he said.

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