India Will Miss The Service Of Jasprit Bumrah In The Upcoming Test Series, Feels Sachin Tendulkar

Team India received a major jolt ahead of the start of the Test series against South Africa with star pacer Jasprit Bumrah sidelined with an injury. Legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar recently weighed on the absence of Bumrah from the high-profile series.

Since making his Test debut in South Africa in 2018, Bumrah has been in the headlines. He has come up the ranks to be India’s main bowler across formats. Beside, Jasprit Bumrah was in spectacular form during India’s recent Test series against West Indies paving way for his side’s victory.

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Notably, Bumrah has so far played in Test matches outside India and was looking forward to playing against South Africa at home. But an untimely injury has ruled him out of the contention. Jasprit Bumrah sustained a minor fracture on his lower back which will keep him out of action.

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Speaking on the eve of the Test, Sachin Tendulkar the young fast bowler is an impact cricketer and Virat Kohli will miss his service. Besides, Tendulkar believes the host has enough firepower in their ranks to put South Africa in trouble in his absence.

“When it comes to Bumrah, you are surely going to miss someone of his caliber when he is forced to sit away from cricket for some time because of his injury. But, I feel the Indian team does have the back-up strength as far as our fast bowling department is concerned. It looks pretty good to me and so is the spin bowling department,” Tendulkar said.

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The International Cricket Council has introduced World Test Championship to give meaning to the bilateral Test series. Sachin Tendulkar also backed the idea and feels things will heat up in the last six months as every team will want to bag as many points to finish at the top of the points table.

“I think the World Test Championship is important, more so for spectators as they would be following each and every match. I believe the last six months are going to get really exciting because many numbers will come into play. WTC means a lot to everyone and that includes cricketers also. I know cricketers will go out to win each and every match and at no stage the rubber will be dead,” he concluded.

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