Officially, Jasprit Bumrah is only out of South Africa series: Rahul Dravid

'He is being assessed, we are hopeful, not everything will be perfect'GUWAHATI: As India fret over how serious bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah's stress fracture injury is, head coach Rahul Dravid is hoping that the bowler manages to make it to T20 World Cup Down Under starting on October 16.

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With the match scheduled in the middle of Durga Puja, the traffic in the city here, and around Barsapara Cricket Stadium in particular, on the eve of the second T20 International match between India and South Africa, was clogged. The situation quite resembled the state of India's team combination

"As of now, he's (Bumrah) been officially ruled out, as you know, from this series against South Africa. He has gone to NCA. And we are waiting for the official confirmation on the next steps. So, as of now, officially he is only out of this series, but we will see what happens over the next few days. And once we get some official confirmation, then we will be able to share that," the former India skipper said about Bumrah's injury status right at the beginning of the pre-match press conference on Saturday, the eve of the second T20 International here on Sunday. Asked about his assessment of the injury, Dravid explained, "I honestly haven't gone deep into the medical reports. I mean, I rely on the experts to tell me what's happening. He's being assessed. And we will know in due course what happens in future. Obviously, till I get the official confirmation that he is ruled out, we will always be hopeful. We will always hope for the best not just for us as a team, but also just as individuals, we will always hope for the best for the remainder of the matches." "To a