India vs South Africa: Indian pacers look to impress in Jasprit Bumrah's absence as Guwahati gears up for 2nd T20I

Umesh Yadav, bowled their hearts out at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati ahead of the second match on Sunday. Bumrah, in all likelihood, is set to miss the upcoming T20 World Cup Down Under and that possibility was enough to add extra fuel to the pace duo’s efforts in hot and humid condition. Not in the original squad for the big-ticket event, Siraj and Yadav breathed fire at the nets during an optional practice session on Friday.

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Mohammed Siraj on Friday replaced injured pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for India's remaining two T20I matches against the visiting South African team. Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup due to a back stress fracture. "The All-India Senior Selection Committee named Siraj

“The all-India senior selection committee named Mohd. Siraj as replacement for injured Jasprit Bumrah for the remainder of the T20I series against South Africa. Bumrah has sustained a back injury and is currently under the supervision of the BCCI medical team,” Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah said in a statement issued by the board on Friday morning. While most of the regular players, including skipper Rohit Sharma, vice-captain KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and in-form Suryakumar Yadav decided to skip the afternoon practice session, wicketkeepers Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik, along with Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel, sweated it out.

The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) is all prepared to welcome the teams in front of a packed stadium on Gandhi Jayanti.The weather forecast for the match day is also mostly clear, but ACA is battle ready to make