Team India has suffered a major setback as star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is slated to be ruled out of the forthcoming T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia with a back stress fracture injury. As per media reports, he will not need surgery but it will take four to six months for recovery.

Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the ongoing T20 series against South Africa. Also, he’s in danger of missing out on the T20 World Cup 2022 too. He is set to report to the National Cricket Academy(NCA) in Bengaluru.

Having featured in the two T20Is against Australia, Jasprit Bumrah did not travel with the team for the first T20I against South Africa, played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.

Jasprit Bumrah has scalped 70 T20I wickets and is only behind Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for most wickets for India in the shortest format.

What happened to Jasprit Bumrah?

India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the T20 World Cup with a stress fracture, dealing a massive blow to the team’s chances in the ICC event. A BCCI official told PTI that Bumrah has a stress fracture and could be out of action for months.

But sources within the Indian team management and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have revealed that the chances of the Indian star’s recovery by the first game in the T20 World Cup 2022 are remote but hope is not being given up.

The selectors will be naming the replacement and he can likely be Mohammed Siraj or Deepak Chahar.

Shami has missed the Australia and South Africa T20Is due to covid. But he has tested negative and is available for selection as well.

Jasprit Bumrah will be the second senior player after Ravindra Jadeja who will miss this T20 World Cup 2022 due to injury.

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