Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar predicted the player for the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka.
Team India will return to action in Test cricket on Friday when the team takes on Sri Lanka in the first match of the two-match series in Mohali. The Test at the PCA Stadium is important for several reasons - it will be former India captain Virat Kohli's 100th Test, and the game will also mark the beginning of Rohit Sharma's tenure as full-time captain in Tests.
The team for the Test series against Sri Lanka also saw the start of a transitional phase in the longest format, with senior players like Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha dropped. The selection committee relied on youngsters like Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, KS Bharat, and Mohammad Siraj in roles that fell vacant after the departure of the seniors.
In the bowling attack, Jasprit Bumrah continued to lead the pace attack, along with others such as Siraj and Mohammed Shami, and former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that Bumrah would be required to take "at least two five-wicket hauls" if he took Wouldn't be surprised. In the upcoming two-Test series.
"Don't be surprised if you see Jasprit Bumrah taking five wickets at least twice in these two Test matches. In any kind of situations, he will get you wickets at the start, he will get you wickets anytime. So I don't does." I don't think it makes any difference," Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
“Not a lot of bowlers, especially fast bowlers, like to be kept away unless they are injured because careers are short for fast bowlers, batsmen can play till 35-40, there are very few fast bowlers. Those who go beyond 34. -35."
After a disastrous multi-series defeat against South Africa, Indian pacers Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami will be eager to stay in form for the series against the Lions. Against the Proteas, the Indian pacers struggled to make an impact in the last two Tests and now against their subcontinental neighbors, they will be looking to do their best at home.