AUS vs IND: Jasprit Bumrah escapes potential injury in Adelaide Test

The second Test of the BGT 2024-25 (Border-Gavaskar Trophy) continued at the Adelaide Oval between India (IND) and Australia (AUS) on Day 2, as the visitors aimed to bundle the hosts in a bid to reduce the lead as minimal as possible. In their pursuit of this, pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the torchbearer picking Nathan McSweeney and Steven Smith upfront. Just when India were looking to have got the lost rhythm, there was an injury scare concerning Bumrah. 

The star India pacer, towards the end of the second session’s play, was bowling 20th over of the match. After bowling the third delivery, he was walking back to his mark and he showed discomfort with his adductor muscle. As soon as the sight of Bumrah in discomfort was evident, the physio of the team rushed towards him and provided the treatment.

Soon after the treatment, Jasprit Bumrah was seen bowling in his usual flair. Rishabh Pant had tried the technique of halting the game to break the momentum of the batters during the T20 World Cup 2024 final applauded as it bore result. But in Bumrah’s case, the small discomfort could well be real as he has previously been rested for the series against Bangladesh, to provide him ample rest.

Bumrah had to re-train himself: Glenn McGrath 

Australian legend, Glenn McGrath had a word or so for Bumrah who is touted to be at his peak. He has been in marauding form and McGrath noted that the 31-year-old has “retrained” himself to get to where he was now while also adding that the process was “not easy”.

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“I saw Jasprit when he was younger, he had good pace, but his action was completely different. Short run-up, he came in, he was bowling quick but he had a massive jump-out. I sort of suggested it would be better if he went through the crease, but he couldn’t do it. He played like that but then I think he had a problem with his knee. When he came back, he had to train himself to go through the crease,” said McGrath as quoted by Hindustan Times (HT). 

“Let me say, I’m not taking any credit whatsoever for that, but he had to re-train himself, which is tough, and now he goes straight through the crease, arm right behind the ball with that pace and skidding it into the stumps. He’s definitely a handful,” he added.