NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah's emergence as 'Test match bowler' was once India's biggest achieve all over the lately concluded tour of South Africa and nationwide alternative committee chairman MSK Prasad made it clear that the Gujarat speedster's "workload control'' is paramount for him.
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Bumrah bowled a whopping 162.1 overs across 3 codecs, including 112.1 overs all over the three-Test series in South Africa.
"I am delighted with Jasprit's performance. We at all times had confidence in his skills as he had done smartly for Gujarat in Ranji Trophy. But now our number one purpose is to observe his workload very moderately with so much international cricket ahead. We need to be careful that he's no longer over-used," Prasad said all over an exclusive interview.
The chairman additionally indicated that Bumrah might be used only for the "necessary Test series" as his slinging motion is one of the rarest of uncommon.
"If you look at his motion, it is a uncommon one and he can be at risk of injuries. We need to use him for the necessary Test series coming ahead. For each speedy bowler, the steadiness of workload is essential and the high performance team might be tracking it closely," the former India wicketkeeper explained.
The different large achieve has been the performance of the 2 young wrist spinners in Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, who shared 33 wickets between them in India's emphatic Five-1 win within the ODI series.
"We at all times believed that wrist spinners are wicket-taking investments that we needed to make. Both Chahal and Kuldeep have in reality lived up to our expectations. The most heartening side has been the pool that we have controlled to create. We now have 5 high quality spinners for 3 codecs -- Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel," Prasad said.
He additionally said that the endeavour of the present alternative committee was once to create a correct bench-strength and they're slowly but definitely inching towards that purpose.
"I attribute our team's luck to the good bench energy that we have. We have a couple of avid gamers for every spot. Like we have rested Hardik Pandya for the Sri Lanka series and we wish to create a back-up all-rounder in Vijay Shankar."
For anyone, who has been stressing on the side of verbal exchange, Prasad believes that each player has the precise to understand where they stand with regards to nationwide alternative.
Talking to this season's easiest run-getter Mayank Agarwal (2141 runs across codecs) and explaining to him the rationale in the back of his non-selection within the Indian team is one in all them.
"No player should be puzzled about where he stands. Our committee speaks to every player -- even those that are to be decided on and check out to present them a good picture. Accordingly, I spoke to Mayank and told him that with his sensible performances in domestic cricket, he has now undoubtedly got himself within the mix (nationwide team reckoning). I told him that he's now within the queue," Prasad informed.
"We have adopted a trend in our alternative process. Each and every nationwide contender is within the queue and we don't consider that anybody can jump the queue. Mayank is an excellent child and he totally understood what I explained to him. He told me 'Sir, you might be spot on and 'I am not in a rush at all'."
He had said just after Test squad alternative that current team was once the "perfect" that have hit South African shores and now feels glad that he has been vindicated.
"I had said prior to the start of South African tour that this is our perfect team and I stand by means of it totally. The Test series was once a case of so-near yet-so-far. But full marks to Virat and the team control for maintaining the power. It was once no longer simple but Virat led from the entrance as he has at all times done," Prasad said.
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Bumrah bowled a whopping 162.1 overs across 3 codecs, including 112.1 overs all over the three-Test series in South Africa.
"I am delighted with Jasprit's performance. We at all times had confidence in his skills as he had done smartly for Gujarat in Ranji Trophy. But now our number one purpose is to observe his workload very moderately with so much international cricket ahead. We need to be careful that he's no longer over-used," Prasad said all over an exclusive interview.
The chairman additionally indicated that Bumrah might be used only for the "necessary Test series" as his slinging motion is one of the rarest of uncommon.
"If you look at his motion, it is a uncommon one and he can be at risk of injuries. We need to use him for the necessary Test series coming ahead. For each speedy bowler, the steadiness of workload is essential and the high performance team might be tracking it closely," the former India wicketkeeper explained.
The different large achieve has been the performance of the 2 young wrist spinners in Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, who shared 33 wickets between them in India's emphatic Five-1 win within the ODI series.
"We at all times believed that wrist spinners are wicket-taking investments that we needed to make. Both Chahal and Kuldeep have in reality lived up to our expectations. The most heartening side has been the pool that we have controlled to create. We now have 5 high quality spinners for 3 codecs -- Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel," Prasad said.
He additionally said that the endeavour of the present alternative committee was once to create a correct bench-strength and they're slowly but definitely inching towards that purpose.
"I attribute our team's luck to the good bench energy that we have. We have a couple of avid gamers for every spot. Like we have rested Hardik Pandya for the Sri Lanka series and we wish to create a back-up all-rounder in Vijay Shankar."
For anyone, who has been stressing on the side of verbal exchange, Prasad believes that each player has the precise to understand where they stand with regards to nationwide alternative.
Talking to this season's easiest run-getter Mayank Agarwal (2141 runs across codecs) and explaining to him the rationale in the back of his non-selection within the Indian team is one in all them.
"No player should be puzzled about where he stands. Our committee speaks to every player -- even those that are to be decided on and check out to present them a good picture. Accordingly, I spoke to Mayank and told him that with his sensible performances in domestic cricket, he has now undoubtedly got himself within the mix (nationwide team reckoning). I told him that he's now within the queue," Prasad informed.
"We have adopted a trend in our alternative process. Each and every nationwide contender is within the queue and we don't consider that anybody can jump the queue. Mayank is an excellent child and he totally understood what I explained to him. He told me 'Sir, you might be spot on and 'I am not in a rush at all'."
He had said just after Test squad alternative that current team was once the "perfect" that have hit South African shores and now feels glad that he has been vindicated.
"I had said prior to the start of South African tour that this is our perfect team and I stand by means of it totally. The Test series was once a case of so-near yet-so-far. But full marks to Virat and the team control for maintaining the power. It was once no longer simple but Virat led from the entrance as he has at all times done," Prasad said.
We have to be careful about Bumrah's workload: MSK Prasad
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