Jasprit Bumrah Fitness Update: India Pacer’s Availability vs Namibia in T20 World Cup in Doubt?

Jasprit Bumrah, India’s fast bowler, missed the team’s inaugural T20 World Cup game against the USA on Sunday at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium owing to a high temperature. Mohammed Siraj replaced him in the playing XI and took three wickets. India’s second game against Namibia is scheduled on Thursday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, and Bumrah appears to be returning to the playing XI.

Tilak Varma attended the pre-match news conference on the eve of the game and confirmed Bumrah’s fitness and availability for the game. “Bumrah should return for the second game.” “He’s fine,” Tilak remarked during the pre-match press conference.

Meanwhile, India is concerned about Abhishek Sharma, who was hospitalized for a stomach virus but has since been discharged. Tilak said that a decision on his availability will be made immediately before the match. “When we arrived in Delhi, Abhishek had been inspected. He went to the hospital for an assessment. So I believe he was discharged today, and he is doing great. We have one more day before the game, so hopefully we’ll know how he feels by tomorrow (Thursday), and we’ll proceed with it,” he continued.

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Who will Jasprit Bumrah replace in the starting eleven?

Jasprit Bumrah is now bowling hard in the nets and appears to be in line for a place in the playing XI against Namibia. However, it remains to be seen whether he would replace Arshdeep Singh or Mohammed Siraj in the lineup. Both fast bowlers performed well against the USA, taking two and three wickets, respectively. As of today, it appears that Bumrah will replace Siraj, who was a last-minute addition to both the starting XI and the squad.

Siraj replaced Harshit Rana in the playing XI, who was hurt during a warm-up game against South Africa last week.