IND vs IRE: Jasprit Bumrah Leaves For Ireland With Team India As Pacer Gears Up For Much-Awaited Return

While a second-string Indian team will be playing against Ireland in the upcoming three-match T20I series, the contest will garner a lot of attention. And the reason is Jasprit Bumrah.

The India pace spearhead is all set to make his much-awaited return to international cricket after a gap of almost a year. The right-arm pacer has not played a competitive match since the home T20I series against Australia in September last year.

Jasprit Bumrah was sidelined with a back injury. He was targeting to return to action at the beginning of the year and was named in the Indian team for the home ODI series against Sri Lanka. But on the eve of the series, he experienced pain once again and decided to withdraw from the series.

Later in March, he underwent back surgery in New Zealand. After undergoing surgery, Jasprit Bumrah went to the National Cricket Academy for rehabilitation and remained there until recently. All eyes will be on him as he will be proving his match fitness ahead of the Asia Cup and the all-important World Cup. He is likely to be a part of India’s Asia Cup squad if everything goes well.

Jasprit Bumrah & Co. depart for Ireland:

Jasprit Bumrah has not only been named in the India squad for the Ireland tour but has also been named as the captain. Apart from him, fellow pacer Prasidh Krishna is also a part of the team. Just like Jasprit Bumrah, Krishna is also gearing up to return to action in international cricket after a year.

The pacer has not played an international game since August last year as he was sidelined with a lumbar stress fracture. Krishna recently played one game in the ongoing Maharaja T20 Trophy and looked in fine form.

And on Tuesday (August 15), the BCCI finally delivered the news that the fans were desperate to hear for quite some time now. The BCCI posted photos of Jasprit Bumrah accompanying Team India to Ireland on their social media handle.

Ireland ??, here we come ✈️ #TeamIndia | #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/A4P66WZJzP

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 15, 2023

India squad for Ireland T20Is: Jasprit Bumrah (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan