Jasprit Bumrah has a 'stress reaction' and not a 'stress fracture'

This practically means that his injury isn't as bad as it seemed initially, and the recovery period will be much, much shorter, though it remains to be seen if India take a risk by taking the injured fast bowler to the T20 World Cup in Australia while hoping that he recovers for the knockout round at least.

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This should provide some relief to millions of fans of Team India and Jasprit Bumrah. A stress fracture of the back could put India's ace pacer out of the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia next month, but stress fractures cannot derail the star bowler's sparkling career, assures Dr Dinshaw

"Scans by the BCCI medical team at the National Cricket Academy (in Bangalore) have revealed that it's not a stress fracture, but 'stress reaction', which is one step less than stress fracture. It takes 4-6 months to recover from a stress fracture, but normally only about 4-6 weeks to recover from a stress reaction," the source said. It's highly unlikely that Bumrah would depart with the Indian team for the T20 World Cup on October 5 from Mumbai to Perth, where the team will prepare for the tournament. In any case, India can wait till October15 before taking a final call on whether to include an injured Bumrah in their squad or not. "If a squad member is injured between 16th September (initial submissions) and start of the support period (October 15), they can be replaced without going through the Event Technical Committee," revealed a source in the know of things to TOI. India to take 'normal' flight to AustraliaIn a bid to acclimatize itself with the local conditions, Team India will depart from Mumbai to Perth in Australia on the night of October 5, much ahead of the