Won't go deep into medical reports, will wait for official confirmation: Rahul Dravid on Jasprit Bumrah

Rahul Dravid on Saturday said he won't go deep into his medical reports and will wait for an official confirmation regarding his availability for the showpiece in Australia. India suffered a big setback when their pace spearhead Bumrah was ruled out of their final preparatory series against South Africa due to stress fracture in his lower back. "We are awaiting the official confirmation on the next steps. As of now, he's officially ruled out of this (SA) series. But we will see what happens over the next few days," Dravid told reporters on the eve of the second T20I against South Africa.

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Jasprit Bumrah’s recurring back injury has dealt a huge blow to Team India’s preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup. After all, Bumrah is not the Indian pace spearhead for nothing. He is dangerous with the new ball and lethal with the old one. An expert in bowling yorkers at will.

Usually a stress fracture in the back takes about six months to heal completely but Dravid said they are still "hopeful". "Honestly, I've not gone deeply into the medical reports, I rely on the experts to tell me what it is. They ruled him out for this series and he's being assessed. We will know in due course what happens in the future," the 49-year-old said. "Obviously till he's completely ruled out, and we get an official confirmation that he's ruled out, we will always be hopeful. We will always hope for the best just for us as a team and Jasprit as an individual."

Bumrah, who has been out of action since the India tour of England in July, had recently made a comeback during the home T20I series against Australia but the 28-year-old has been forced to head back to