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We Want To Wheel Bumrah In, But Also Want To Respect Where His Body's At: India Assistant Coach

By IANS News August 01, 2025 • 10:12 AM View: 109

India Assistant: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said the team management felt "it was right to honour Bumrah's call to play just three games" of the five-match series against England, suggesting the long-term future of the No.1 ranked Test bowler was more important than a single Test match.

Bumrah completed his scheduled workload of playing in just three Tests across the series during the recent contest in Manchester and the team decided to take no risks with the star pacer for the fifth and final Test in London.

"It's quite a complex issue around Bumrah. We obviously want to wheel him in, but we also want to respect where his body's at, and on the basis of that, we just felt that it wasn't worth including him in the squad," ten Doeschate told reporters after end of Day 1 play.