India’s home season is set to start with a white-ball series against Sri Lanka on January 3 and the squads of which were announced on Tuesday. But, there were no mentions of Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant in T20I as well as ODI squads.
As per an ESPNCricinfo report, Bumrah and Jadeja were available for selection for the Sri Lanka series, but the selection committee decided that the duo, who have been on the sidelines for a long time, will not be rushed back into the national team.
“They want to simulate training for him that replicates the workload of a proper match, and see how he holds up before he is brought back to international cricket,” said the report on Bumrah, who has been out of action since his back injury had reoccurred during the T20Is against Australia in September.
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Jadeja, on the other hand, had been named in the ODI and Test squads for the Bangladesh tour. But was withdrawn from both squads as his recovery from knee injury post surgery in September was still under way. “The selectors now want to see him in match simulation just to be sure of his match fitness,” added the report.
There is also Pant, whose name was absent from the white-ball squads for the series against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. But the report says that the left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman is being sent to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore for strength and conditioning before the four-match Test series against Australia.
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