ICC Comes Up With Special Post For Jasprit Bumrah After He Returns To International Cricket

Bumrah has not taken part in any competitive cricket since a T20I match at home against Australia last September.

Jasprit Bumrah in action.

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India’s lethal bowler Jasprit Bumrah is set for his return to international cricket as he will be leading the side in the T20I match against Ireland after being struggling with injury for almost a year. To wish him on his comeback, the ICC shared a photo on its Twitter handle and where they welcomed Bumrah.

"The Lord of Swing-the Return of the King”, ICC captioned.

The senior pacer went through a back surgery in March and he has not taken part in any competitive cricket since a T20I game at home against Australia last September. He also missed out on playing in the  Asia Cup when his back injury took place. After this, he made a comeback during the  Australia T20I series at home in September, but then again his injury resurfaced.

Coming soon 🎬 pic.twitter.com/El862zWHz3

— ICC (@ICC) August 18, 2023

Bumrah was a part of the ODI series against Sri Lanka in January this year after he started his recovery in November last year and started bowling in December. But then while taking part in fitness sessions in January, he started struggling once again. He also missed out on taking part in the  ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

In the pre-match presentation, Bumrah said, "You have to respect your body and give it time to recover. But what it does is makes you hungry."

"I understood the moment my body recovered, I could do that little bit extra. I'm not holding back. I have had many net sessions. Not just at NCA even back home with the Gujarat team. I have no restrictions. The body feels good, " added Bumrah.

Squads

Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Theo van Woerkom, Ben White, Craig Young.

India: Jasprit Bumrah (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.