IND vs IRE: Bowling Really Well In The Nets - Ravichandran Ashwin On Jasprit Bumrah

Senior Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin gave a massive update about Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness. He revealed that the pacer is gearing up for the Ireland series and is bowling really well in the nets. 

The wait to see Jasprit Bumrah in action is about to get over. The pacer has regained his full fitness and will be seen in action during the upcoming three-match T20I series against Ireland, which will begin on 18th August at The Village, Malahide. 

Jasprit Bumrah has been out of action since September 2022 due to a back injury and him regaining full fitness will be a massive boost for the team ahead of the all-important Asia Cup as well as the ICC World Cup 2023. Fingers will be crossed related to his comeback and he’ll be bowling in international cricket after almost a year. 

Apart from him, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant are also nursing injuries and have begun batting at NCA. Ravichandran Ashwin along with Jasprit Bumrah gave an update about other injured players as well.

Speaking in a video posted on his YouTube channel, he explained: “Indian players also got their much-needed break. A few players are coming back from their injuries. KL Rahul has begun batting in the NCA. Jasprit Bumrah is gearing up for the Ireland series, and he is bowling really well in the nets, it seems. I don’t know what the chances for Rishabh Pant’s comeback for the ODI World Cup are. But he has also begun batting in the nets.”

IND vs IRE: This is a kind of lean phase for cricket – Ravichandran Ashwin  

Ravichandran Ashwin pointed out that cricket is having its lean patch as a lot of teams haven’t played many ODIs going into the ICC World Cup 2023. As far as India is concerned, according to him, their campaign will begin with Asia Cup.

He explained: “This is a kind of lean phase for cricket. As we all know, this is a 50-over World Cup year. A lot of ODIs should occur in a World Cup year. But most teams haven’t started playing more ODIs leading into their World Cup campaigns yet. 

“In fact, India will begin their World Cup campaign with the Asia Cup in September. The Asia Cup will take place in Sri Lanka in September. Australia will tour India later for a home series. Things will start heating up for the ODI World Cup only at that time.” 

The ICC World Cup 2023 will begin from 5th October in India. The opening game will be played between England and New Zealand whereas India will open their campaign against Australia on 8th October.