Jasprit Bumrah’s absence is an opportunity for someone else to deliver in T20 WC: Shastri

A
huge
blow
was
dealt
to
India
as
star
pacer
Jasprit
Bumrah
was
ruled
out
of
the
upcoming
ICC
T20
World
Cup
2022,
starting
October
16
due
to
a
back
injury
on
Monday.

Jadeja
is
also
ruled
out
of
the
T20
World
Cup
as
he
underwent
knee
surgery
in
September.

Axar
Patel
has
been
selected
for
India’s
T20I
XI
as
a
like-for-like
replacement
for
Jadeja
while
Mohammed
Shami
has
appeared
as
a
frontrunner
to
take
Bumrah’s
place
in
India’s
squad
for
T20
World
Cup.

Batting
all-rounder
Deepak
Hooda,
who
was
sidelined
from
the
recent
T20I
series
at
home
against
South
Africa,
is
believed
to
have
recovered
from
a
back
injury.

The
BCCI
is
yet
to
name
a
replacement
for
Bumrah,
although
fellow
seamers
Mohammed
Shami
and
Deepak
Chahar
are
among
the
players
already
on
standby
for
the
tournament.

“It’s
unfortunate.
There’s
so
much
cricket
being
played,
and
people
get
injured.
Bumrah
is
injured,
but
it’s
an
opportunity
for
somebody
else.
There
is
nothing
you
can
do
with
injury,”
ESPNcricinfo
quoted
Shastri
as
saying.

“I
think
we
have
got
enough
strength
and
we
have
a
good
team.
I
have
always
believed
if
you
make
it
to
the
semi-finals,
it
could
be
anyone’s
tournament.

The
endeavour
would
be
to
start
well,
get
to
the
semis,
and
then
you
have
got
enough
strength
to
probably
win
the
World
Cup,
for
all
you
know.

Bumrah
not
being
there,
Jadeja
not
being
there
–
it
hampers
the
side
–
but
it’s
an
opportunity
to
unearth
a
new
champion,”
he
further
stated.

India
commence
their
T20
World
Cup
campaign
with
a
blockbuster
match
against
archrival
Pakistan
at
the
Melbourne
Cricket
Ground
on
October
23.

Following
their
October
23
encounter
against
Pakistan
at
the
MCG,
they
will
play
on
October
27,
against
a
qualifier
in
Sydney,
on
October
30,
against
South
Africa
in
Perth,
on
November
2,
against
Bangladesh
in
Adelaide,
and
on
November
6.
(vs
qualifier
in
Melbourne).

India
T20
World
Cup
squad:
Rohit
Sharma
(capt),
KL
Rahul
(vice-capt),
Virat
Kohli,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Deepak
Hooda,
Rishabh
Pant
(wicket-keeper),
Dinesh
Karthik
(wicket-keeper),
Hardik
Pandya,
R.
Ashwin,
Yuzvendra
Chahal,
Axar
Patel,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
Harshal
Patel
and
Arshdeep
Singh.

Reserve
players:
Mohammed
Shami,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Ravi
Bishnoi
and
Deepak
Chahar.