‘Indian T20 League toh khel lega na?’ – Fans bash Jasprit Bumrah as reports of him missing entire Border-Gavaskar Trophy emerge

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah hasn’t played the game since being ruled out due to a stress fracture in September last year. Since then, he missed the Men’s 20-20 World Cup 2022 and quite a few bilateral series. He was set to make his comeback in the white-ball series against New Zealand at home. However, the doctor at the NCA advised him to rest more.

After a while, it was reported that the right-arm pacer might make his return to the national side for the third Test against Australia. However, it is now reported by Telegraph that the Gujarat player might be ruled out of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series. With this reported development, the fans aren’t happy. They have been bashing Bumrah and are speculating that he will make his comeback in the Indian T20 League 2023.

This is how Twitter reacted

Scenes if he plays full Ipl and has fitness issues leading up to WTC finals..

— Gagan Chawla (@toecrushrzzz) February 9, 2023

https://twitter.com/visala_josi/status/1623752675467591681?s=20

Yeah ipl is coming,bcci cannot rush him.

— KRISHNA (@KrishnaVK_18) February 9, 2023

https://twitter.com/IshuSinha2002/status/1623753085582704640?s=20

He should retire now!

— Irfan Amin Malik (@irfanaminmalik) February 9, 2023

IPL toh khel lega na? I am worried for him

— Dr Nimo Yadav (@niiravmodi) February 9, 2023

But still he will play the entire IPL as he can't risk missing those imp games even if it means missing WTC final if we qualify.

— Tom Gravestone (@Whygravestone) February 9, 2023

@Jaspritbumrah93 Will miss the world cup as it can be risky to him in the IPL 2024

— Naveen (@Naveenme061) February 10, 2023

Jasprit bumrah set to miss the world Cup 2023 too as it can be risky to rush him in the world Cup year 2024 (Reported by X)

— SUNIL OLAN (@brait_007) February 9, 2023

Jasprit Bumrah is being treated just the expensive product a middle class family brought and refuse to remove plastic cover on it !
Kahin kharab na ho jaye!

— Unaccompanied Thinking (@foolsmanual) February 10, 2023

Jasprit Bumrah sustained his second stress fracture in three years

Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time Bumrah has sustained a stress fracture in his career. In 2019, the five-time Indian T20 League winner was set to play his first Test in India. However, ahead of the three-match Test series, the 28-year-old was ruled out of the series. Bumrah made his comeback in the New Zealand tour in 2020.

Eventually, he played his first Test in India two years ago against England. Last year, after the England tour, he was rested for the Zimbabwe series and was hoping to play in the Men’s Asia Cup 2022. However, he picked up an injury and was ruled out. In September last year, he made his comeback in the first T20I against Australia, only to be ruled out again. Now, it will be interesting to see whether he keeps playing all formats of the game.

The Indian team management might consider him playing in some of the formats such as Tests or ODI. With the ODI World Cup coming this year, he might not play T20I games at all.