Jasprit Bumrah undergoes match-simulation at National Cricket Academy

India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is currently undergoing match-simulation workloads at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Bumrah is gearing up for his much-awaited return to competitive cricket and is likely to return for the forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Mumbai Indians.

The ace pacer has not played competitive cricket since September 2022 as he was ruled out with a back injury. Bumrah featured against Australia at home in September but was ruled out of the South Africa series as well as the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia despite being named in the squad.

Since then, the bowler has been on the sidelines and is yet to receive clearance from the NCA. Bumrah is currently undergoing match-stimulation workloads at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore to acclimatize with the game and obtain the green signal from the NCA.

Mandeep Saharan@manusaharan

#Bumrah undergoing match-simulation workloads at the National Cricket Academy. Hope to see him playing for India soon. #BCCI

06:52 PM · Feb 17, 2023

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