Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian cricket team lost the first Test against England, while the top order in both the fairies batted amazing. Except Jasprit Bumrah, no one was able to impress even in bowling, but now the difficulty is that Bumrah will also play only 2 Tests. Head coach Gautam Gambhir has also confirmed that he will play a total of 3 Tests in this tour. Former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra has raised the question about this.

Due to the workload, Jasprit Bumrah will play only 3 Tests in the 5 -match series, one of which he has played. Even before the series started, Bumrah had told this, but now Gautam Gambhir has officially told it. Akash Chopra, while sharing the video on his YouTube channel, questioned it. He said that what was the need to tell the world to how many matches he would play.

What did Akash Chopra say about Jaspreet Bumrah?

Bumrah Saab said that I will play only 3 Tests. But I am wondering what was so needed to tell why it was told to the world. Could it not be kept secret? Do not tell, we do not even announce our team. If we do not tell the playing 11 before the toss, then why is it important to tell this again and again that we will feed them only 3 Tests (Jaspreet Bumrah). Let them think this, play whatever you want. Now out of the remaining 4 you will play only 2 matches, this is not a good thing. If you also play the second Test, then you will play only 1 out of 3 matches. I do not know why India wants to tell the world, what can be the reason behind this? “

Jasprir bumrah vs joe root: The Test series of India and England is going to start from June 20. A total of five Test matches will be played in this series, which lasts for about one and a half months. There was a time when Virat Kohli vs James Anderson’s battle (Virat Kohli vs James Anderson) had become a topic of discussion. But in the upcoming series, everyone’s eyes will be on the collision of Joe Root and Jaspreet Bumrah. Bumrah will be leading the Indian bowling attack, while Joe Root will be leading the batting unit of England.

Bumrah VS Route: Head to Head Battle

So far, Joe Root and Jasprit Bumrah have come face to face in 24 Test matches in the history of Test cricket. Till now Bumrah has dominated the route. Joe Root, called England’s ‘Record Breaker’, has so far faced 559 balls of Jaspreet Bumrah, in which the route has been able to score just 286 runs. In the Test format, the total average of the route is 50.80, but his average against Bumrah is reduced to just 31.77. Bumrah has so far dismissed this England batsman 9 times.

Jasprit Bumrah and Joe Root collided for the first time when Team India visited England in 2018. In that series, Root scored just 44 runs while facing 127 balls of Bumrah and was dismissed 2 times. At the same time, in the 2021 series, Bumrah dominated the route like a purin and dismissed him 3 times. At the same time, in the Indo-England Test series held in 2024, Bumrah also had a shock of Joe Root.

Only Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are the bowlers who have dismissed Joe Root in Test more than Jaspreet Bumrah. Cummins has taken him 11 times and Hazlewood has taken Root 10 times.

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