‘Bumrah Kedah Sono IPL 2025 para o teste IND vs, mas tem que acreditar em Ambani’

Ex-Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar reckoned that Jasprit Bumrah should have prioritized IND vs ENG Test series over IPL 2025. His remarks come amid the debate over workload management after the ace pacer only played three Tests in England. The selectors and Bumrah had mutually agreed before the series that he would only play 3 matches after he had sustained a back injury towards the end of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year.

Should Bumrah have prioritized IND vs ENG Tests over IPL 2025?

As per Times of India, Vengsarkar opined that the BCCI and the selectors should have convinced Mumbai Indians owner Mukesh Ambani that it was important for Bumrah to skip IPL 2025. The former Indian cricketer claimed that no one would remember the runs scored and wickets taken in the IPL while the performances of Siraj, Gill, Rahul, Pant, Sundar and Jaiswal in England would be etched in the minds of fans.

“Considering the importance of the IND vs ENG Test series and his fragile back, Bumrah should have been told by the BCCI, selectors, and the team management to miss IPL 2025. It was very important that we had a fully fit and refreshed Bumrah for such an iconic series. If I was the India chief selector, I would have convinced Mukesh Ambani and Bumrah that it was important for Bumrah to miss the IPL for the England series, or play a lesser number of matches in the IPL. I’m sure that they would have agreed to do so,” Vengarkar said.

Bumrah made his comeback in IPL 2025 after recovering from his back injury. He featured in 12 games for MI and bagged 18 wickets. In the IND vs ENG series, he played in 3 Tests – at Headingley, Lord’s and Old Trafford. He managed to take 14 wickets, including 2 five-wicket hauls. Intrestingly, both games that India won in the series came in the absence of Bumrah.

Vengasrkar claimed that India could have won the IND vs ENG series had Bumrah played all five Tests.

“A series like this one takes place probably once in four years. I believe India are not playing a five-Test series till Jan 2027 (against Australia). It was a series for the ages and I wish Bumrah was available for almost all the Tests. We could have won the series,” he added.