Team India and its fans were dealt a massive blow when it was reported on Sunday that Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Sri Lanka tour.
There is the Asian Games, the New Zealand tour, and also the Border-Gavaskar Trophy early next year.” The pace bowler has played 52 Tests for India, taking 234 wickets, including 16 fifers. The latest knee Injury happened before the third ODI against England at Lord’s. Arshdeep Singh made his way into the side, which saw the Indian side concede over 387 runs and ultimately lose the match. Here are the three pace bowlers who could replace Jasprit Bumrah for the Sri Lanka Test series 3-Yash Thakur The 27-year-old recently played for India in the final two T20I matches against Zimbabwe.
Yash Thakur has been a part of 32 first-class matches and taken 93 wickets, including one fifer. The bowler also played for India A during the Test series against Sri Lanka A and took five wickets from three matches. Thakur can swing the ball and is also a very decent exponent of reverse swing. He can also bowl long spells.
2- Mohammed Shami One of the most logical choices, but will the selectors agree? Mohammed Shami has been a loyal servant of Indian cricket for close to 13 years now. The 35-year-old picked up 37 wickets for Bengal in the last Ranji season to show that he is still a force to be reckoned with. Shami has taken 229 wickets from 64 Tests and has a good record with the ball in the longest format.
He has also done well with the ball for India in their last tour of Sri Lanka, which took place in 2017. 1- Auqib Nabi The outright favourite to replace Bumrah in the Indian squad for the Lankan series will be the right-arm seamer from Jammu and Kashmir. Auqib Nabi has picked up 60 wickets for his side in the last Ranji season and helped the side win the title. His absence from the team for the tour raised a lot of questions, and the selectors now have a chance to rectify the mistake and pick the seamer as the replacement.