India were 2-0 up going into the final Test in Mumbai against New Zealand last November. Whether having Jasprit Bumrah made any difference in that game can be debated till the end of time. However, citing workload management, he was given a break for the game, and India lost the Test match by 25 runs. For the first time in the history of the game, India was whitewashed in a two-match Test series on home soil. It is a feat neither Rohit Sharma nor Gautam Gambhir would have wanted in their CV as captain and Head Coach, respectively. Former Indian cricketer Varun Aaron predicted that, as the upcoming tour of the West Indies is coming after that dreadful series for India at home, neither Gambhir nor the new Indian skipper, Shubman Gill, would even want to get an inch or quarter to the visiting side.
“After the drubbing we got against New Zealand, I don’t think Gautam Gambhir or Shubman Gill, because it is his first home series as captain, I’m sure he does not want to give even an inch, not even a quarter. I think they are very serious about Test cricket,” Varun Aaron said on ESPN Cricinfo. India has made a lot of accommodation for Bumrah. If you are managing someone’s workload to that extent, you want him in every series. I think they might manage Bumrah’s workload in the ODIs in Australia as well. He might just play two.”
In the recently concluded Test series against England, India has played Bumrah only in three games. When the announcement was made, quite several polarizing opinions were given on the matter, but India, with a young side, managed to draw the series 2-2.
Additionally, Aaron also hoped that Kuldeep Yadav would get game time against the West Indies. Similar to Bumrah’s workload management, Kuldeep’s absence in all five Tests has come to some sharp criticism in the England tour, where the wickets were on the flatter side compared to the previous tours when India traveled to the English shores.
“All three (spinners) can bat, that is the best part of the Indian set up, where you have somebody like Axar, Jadeja, and Sundar. I hope that Kuldeep Yadav gets a game in this series, but if they choose that route, they can have 3 spinners who can bat. Kuldeep Yadav has been waiting too long in the wings, and he has been putting up performances in every competition, except Test cricket,” Varun Aaron said.
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