Jasprit Bumrah comeback date: When will India pacer return after knee injury?

Jasprit Bumrah has been key to India’s success across formats over many years now. The entire cricketing world saw India’s performance across formats in the recently concluded UK tour when Bumrah did not play the game, and what a difference and quality he adds to the India National Cricket Team’s bowling attack.

Jasprit Bumrah carries the Men in Blue's bowling attack on his shoulders, especially in the SENA countries, where he has performed amazingly. The quality he brings to the side is unmatched, as he troubled the England openers in the first two matches of the series but was ruled out in the third and final match, where the India bowlers were smacked all over the park at Lord’s.

In this article, we find out when Jasprit Bumrah will return to the side and whether he will be featuring in the upcoming games for India in August, with all the details and timings of the matches.

Why Jasprit Bumrah missed the Lord's ODI against England?

Jasprit Bumrah missed the Lord’s ODI against England due to a knee injury. He sustained the injury while fielding in the second ODI in Cardiff and had swelling in his left knee, which kept him out of the match. Arshdeep Singh replaced him in the XI, but he failed to have an impact with the ball.

BCCI provided a statement on Bumrah missing out, as they stated that the speedster suffered an injury while fielding. The statement read, "Jasprit Bumrah had an impact injury on his left knee while fielding in the second ODI in Cardiff. He was not available for selection for the third ODI due to reactive swelling in his left knee."

Jasprit Bumrah injury update: Expected return date and fitness status

There has been no official update on the severity of Bumrah's injury. It has been learned that swelling forced him to sit out the final ODI match. As a result, the injury is likely to heal quickly, and nothing was reported to be very serious. The Team India management will be hopeful that there is no serious injury that makes him unavailable in the upcoming months.

As per our understanding, Bumrah will be returning to the Test side for the upcoming two-match Test series in Sri Lanka, which is scheduled to begin on 15th August. Ahead of the series will have to pass the fitness Test to be added to the squad.

India's pace attack in Jasprit Bumrah's absence

Bumrah had a stellar return to ODI cricket after a gap of 968 days due to fitness issues and workload management. In the first ODI against England, he bowled beautifully, and the openers Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell had no answers to his opening spell.

He bowled 1/31 in his 9-over spell in the first game and created pressure, as the other bowlers got wickets in that process. In the second ODI as well, he bowled a full spell of 10 overs for 1/45; though India lost the match, he bowled well.

While in the third and final ODI match, when he was absent, Team India bowlers were smacked all over the park, and the difference was clearly visible in the quality of India's bowling attack without the 32-year-old speedster, as Gurnoor Brar went for 97 in 10 overs without picking up a wicket, with Arshdeep going for 72 and Prince Yadav 79 runs as they picked one wicket combined.