"There Should Be Transparency": Ex-India Star Slams NCA Over Jasprit Bumrah Injury

15.04.2023 - 06:01 sports.ndtv.com

Former Indian cricket team batsman Mohammad Kaif has expressed his concern over Jasprit Bumrah's road to recovery following injury concerns and questioned the VVS Laxman-led National Cricket Academy (NCA) over the lack of ‘transparency” over his expect time of return.

Bumrah has been out of action since September 2022 and his back injury resulted in him missing the Asia Cup as well as the ODI World Cup.

The fast bowler is currently recovering from the injury but nothing is clear about his availability for the World Test Championship final against Australia in June 2023. “I have noticed faults in the system.

Players have gotten picked in the squad, and then pulled out before the match citing they weren't fully fit. This happened to Bumrah recently and even Mohammad Shami has done this a couple of times,” Kaif told Sportskeeda. “So the NCA trainers, physios, VVS Laxman and his team have to take care of these situations.

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