Former English dough David Lloyd feels that India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir will have to change his plans for Jasprit Bumrah for the ongoing series against England. India is 1-2 behind in a series of five matches, which recently lost the third test for Lord’s 22 runs.
Therefore, Bumhrah’s raid five goal went for the second time in the series for the second time As his five-to-one during the first test in Edgbaston, Birmingham also ended with a loss. As a result, India has lost both matches that Bumrah played and leaves them in an uncertain position because a fast pitch in a series is to play only three matches in the series, as Gautam Gambhir revealed before the tour.
David Lloyd feels that India may have to change his plans to Bumrah, which continues the series if they win another test in Manchester, which will be played from 23 July.
“That’s what they said and what coach Gautam Gambhir said he would play three out of five tests. So he has a choice. There are two matches to go. He played two. If they are faithful to their words, he should play another Old Trafford game.
He also mentioned the Indian record of victory/loss with Bumhrah’s presence in the XI and said that if he does not play, they will not win so much.
“That’s extraordinary. There was something she said when he played, losing more than when he doesn’t play, and he’s as the best pitch in the world. And he’s embarrassing and ugly with his action, but as a decent guy,” he added.
India won 20 out of 47 tests that were played with Bumrah while playing XI and lost 23. On the other hand, they won 19 out of 27 matches without Bumrah since his debut in 2018 and lost five games. However, only two of these 19 victories came in hay conditions (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia), where the presence of a fast bowler is essential.
On the contrary, India won 10 out of 33 matches in the hay of Bumhrah’s presence, which had a winning percentage of 30.30, which is almost double of what they had (15.65%) before the debut of the fast bowler. Therefore, Bumhrah’s presence will be extremely essential for India to return in the ongoing series.
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Published:
Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
July 17, 2025
