With a busy schedule in the coming months, Indian bowling coach Paras Mhambrey revealed that star pacer Jasprit Bumrah is one player the squad has missed a lot recently. He said that there have been numerous discussions about the workload management of bowlers within the camp.
Speaking after the first Test win in Dominica he said: “If we look at the last 1-1.5 years Jasprit Bumrah is one player we missed a lot.”
As of now, there haven’t been any discussions on who would play white ball and who will play red ball, but moving ahead management have to give breaks to specific bowlers, added Paras. Team India may bring in another bowler as soon as management gives one a break, building bench strength.
“A lot of other bowlers like Mukesh who have done well in Ranji cricket and bowlers who have been also part of the team like Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh there will be an opportunity to work with them,” he added.
The 51-year-old added that with the World Cup and Asia Cup approaching, it is crucial for the team to plan the workload of the bowlers.
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“Workload management is one of the important things we have been working on it for the last couple of years obviously we have missed Bumrah and Prasidh who have been part of the set-up. We have learnt from that looking at the schedule we have ahead we play a lot of different formats in that sense workload management will be important. A lot of discussion has been going on with the captain and in the team management as well,” he said.
Mukesh Kumar, who has excelled in Ranji cricket over the past few of years, was chosen for the squad in the absence of the big guns in the fast bowling department. “He is a very interesting talent one thing is he is coming on the back of a lot of hard work and performance. He knows the value of himself. We have been following his performance for the last couple of years and how he has been performing in the Ranji Trophy,” The Indian bowling coach remarked.
In just 33 games, Mukesh amassed 123 wickets at an average of 21.49. He has also served in the WTC squad’s reserves. “This is my opportunity to work with him and create bench strength. We have Siraj now who is bowling well to supplement him we have Shami and Bumrah there and we need to create a bench strength even beyond that. It is a good opportunity for Mukesh to sit with the people here talk to them and learn. There are a lot of senior bowlers here for him to interact with,” said Mhambrey.
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