Mumbai: India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness will be tested before his national return when he is out for Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy match against Kerala starting here on Wednesday.
Bumrah, who had been out of action since September due to a stress fracture, was named in the India squad for the domestic T20 and ODI matches against Sri Lanka and Australia respectively next month on Monday.
All eyes will be on the 26-year-old Ranji Trophy game and the chief selector of these will be MSK Prasad.
Bumrah, who has become India’s bowler in all three formats, last played for India during the Test series in the West Indies. In the second game of Jamaica, he became only the third Indian to take a Test hat-trick after veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and fast bowler Irfan Pathan.
His comeback was expected after he bowled full tilt in a training session ahead of the second ODI against the West Indies in Visakhapatnam last week.
Bumrah has taken 62 Test wickets in 12 games at 19.24 besides 103 and 51 scalps in ODIs and T20s respectively at 21.88 and 20.17.
Bumrah’s state team’s pace attack will be bolstered by his presence.
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