Bumrah Ka Timeout! Team India Ko Laga Bada Jhatka For Birmingham Test

Arre bhai, badi tension wali khabar aa gayi hai England se! Team India ko pehle Test match mein haar ke baad ab aur bhi bada jhatka laga hai – hamare “yorker king” Jasprit Bumrah ko Birmingham mein hone wale doosre Test se rest diya jayega! BCCI sources ne NDTV ko confirm kiya hai ki hamara star pacer, jisne Leeds mein 5 wickets chamkaye the, workload management ke chalte doosre match mein nahi khelenge.

▶ Bumrah Ki Kami Padegi Bhaari!

First Test mein jab baaki bowlers “thande paani” jaise perform kar rahe the, tab Bumrah hi ek lauta “teekha mirch” tha England batsmen ke liye! Unki bowling figures – 43.4 overs mein 5/140 wickets at economy rate of 3.20 – itni zabardast thi ki baaki bowlers toh kahi door peeche reh gaye.

“Bumrah ki jagah kaun lega? Yeh toh wahi baat ho gayi ki Taj Mahal ka photo frame se Taj Mahal gayab ho gaya,” joked a cricket fan from Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar while discussing the news over chai.

▶ Baaki Bowlers Ka Haal-Chaal Kuch Theek Nahi

Leeds mein hamari bowling attack ka haal-chaal kuch theek nahi tha. Prasidh Krishna ke figures first innings mein 20 overs mein 3/128 aur second innings mein 15 overs mein 2/92 the. Mohammed Siraj bhi struggle karte nazar aaye – first innings mein 27 overs mein 2/122 aur second innings mein 14 overs mein 0/51. Inke aur Shardul Thakur ke combined figures the – 92 overs mein 9/482! Bilkul “dhaga-dhaga” ho gaye the yeh bowlers England batsmen ke saamne.

“Hamari bowling Bumrah ke bina aisi hai jaise biryani mein se chicken nikal diya ho,” remarked former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu in a TV debate.

▶ Arshdeep Ko Milega Test Debut?

Ab million-dollar question ye hai ki Bumrah ki jagah kaun lega? Squad mein Akash Deep aur Arshdeep Singh specialist pace bowlers hain. Medium pace all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy bhi ek option hai. Sources ka kehna hai ki left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh ko playing XI mein jagah mil sakti hai.

Arshdeep ne abhi tak koi Test nahi khela hai, lekin ODI aur T20I experience hai. T20Is mein, woh India ke all-time highest wicket-taker hain with 99 wickets in 63 games! “Pressure cooker” jaise situation mein Arshdeep ki “thandi dimaag” wali bowling team ke liye game-changer ho sakti hai.

▶ Ravi Shastri Ne Di Warning

Former India coach Ravi Shastri ne already team ko warn kiya tha Bumrah ko rest dene ke bare mein. “If he (Bumrah) was looking at a rest, you may have to think twice. If you don’t have him and then go 2-0 down, it could be an uphill task,” unhone Sky Sports par kaha.

Cricket ke “Little Master” Sunil Gavaskar ne suggest kiya tha ki India ko Bumrah ko all five Tests mein khelana chahiye. Lekin coach Gautam Gambhir ne is suggestion ko jhatakte hue kaha ki unki priority Bumrah ka workload manage karna hai.

“Team India ke liye abhi long-term sochna zaroori hai. World Test Championship final tak pahunchna hai toh Bumrah ko sambhaal ke rakhna padega. Abhi toda sacrifice karna padega,” said a BCCI official on condition of anonymity.

▶ Birmingham Se Lord’s Tak Plan Kya Hai?

Birmingham mein 2 July se doosra Test shuru hoga, aur uske baad thoda gap hai kyunki teesra Test 10 July se Lord’s mein hai. Good news ye hai ki Bumrah teesre Test ke liye available honge. Series se pehle hi tay kiya gaya tha ki Bumrah paanch Tests mein se sirf teen khelenge.

“England mein India ka safar abhi lamba hai. Ek haath se taali nahi bajti. Team ko collectively perform karna hoga Bumrah ke bina bhi,” said a cricket analyst from Kolkata’s Salt Lake stadium.

Ab dekhna ye hai ki Birmingham mein Team India ka “Plan B” kitna kaamyaab hota hai. As they say in gully cricket, “Jab mushkil aati hai, tab asli khiladi ubhar ke aate hain!” Let’s see kaun banega Birmingham ka hero!