IND vs AUS: Why is Jasprit Bumrah Not Playing Today's India vs Australia 1st T20I?

Jasprit Bumrah IND vs AUS: In a massive breaking news development, India’s premier pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah is not playing the first T20I match against Australia at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. India will be playing a total of three T20I matches at home against Australia after not doing well in the Super 4 stage of the recently concluded Asia Cup 2022 where they lost to Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

IND vs AUS: Why is Jasprit Bumrah Not Playing Today’s India vs Australia 1st T20I?

After losing the toss and being put in to bat first, India captain Rohit Sharma revealed the big news that Jasprit Bumrah unfortunately misses out on the playing 11 for this first game against the Aussies. Incidentally, the right-arm speedster is returning from a long injury lay-off after having played his last T20I encounter against England in July earlier this year. Rohit also clearly mentioned that Bumrah will surely be part of the Indian side for the next two matches against Australia on 23 and 25 September respectively. In his absence, senior pacer Umesh Yadav has been given an opportunity after getting included in the team as Mohammed Shami’s replacement who missed out due to Covid-19.

“It is an opportunity to test ourselves. Every game is a big game to learn. We got to learn so much in the last six-eight months on how to win games. This series will be no different for us to express ourselves. Looking at what happened in the Asia Cup, we had a chance to reflect on where we went wrong. This gives us an opportunity to correct ourselves as a group. Nothing changes in terms of our approach. Unfortunately there are some injuries in the squad. Bumrah is not playing, he will take a game’s break and probably come back in the second and the third game. We have Axar and Chahal. Pant misses out,” said Indian captain Rohit Sharma during the toss.

India Playing 11

1. Rohit Sharma (C)
2. KL Rahul
3. Virat Kohli
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Hardik Pandya
6. Dinesh Karthik (wk)
7. Axar Patel
8. Harshal Patel
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Umesh Yadav

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India vs Australia 2022 Schedule

Date	Format	Match	Time	Venue
20 September 2022	1st T20I	India vs Australia	7 PM IST	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
23 September 2022	2nd T20I	India vs Australia	7 PM IST	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
25 September 2022	3rd T20I	India vs Australia	7 PM IST	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad