Ravichandran Ashwin weighs in on Jasprit Bumrah’s workload management before Test series vs England

New Delhi: India’s upcoming five-match Test series against England, starting June 20, marks their World Test Championship 2025-27 debut and their first Test series since the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The team’s success hinges significantly on Jasprit Bumrah’s performance, although workload management may limit him to three or four matches. Ravichandran Ashwin recently disclosed information about Bumrah’s recovery from a prolonged back injury.

During a conversation with RevSportz, R Ashwin stated that Jasprit Bumrah’s fatigue became apparent only during the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Melbourne, where Bumrah informed the team of his physical limitations. His subsequent breakdown occurred during the fifth Test in Sydney. Ashwin also criticized the insufficient use of sports science and technology in addressing Bumrah’s condition.

“We haven’t really made use of sports science and technology when it comes to Bumrah. At the moment, it is all very subjective. In Australia also, it wasn’t until Melbourne that Jassi said he was tired and his body wasn’t giving more. Thereafter, he broke down in Sydney. There are some real lessons here. And that’s what will define how you use him in England,” he said.

“See, it is subjective to say he will play three Tests or four Tests. Why not two, and why not four? Now, we can measure everything, and then when you add to it how the player is feeling, you can come to a near-perfect assessment of where you stand with Jassi.”

India’s squad for Tests vs England

Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav

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