“Make care” – this cliché is suitable for Jasprit Bumhrah.Fast bowling is a cricket of the most amazing vessel, but also its most prominent. He takes a brutal tax on his body. For Bumrah, whose unorthodox action and heavy workload are pushing physical limits, injuries were less risk and more inevitability.
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Jasprit Bumhrah’s workload management caused a debate after playing only three out of five tests against England. Former crickets like Sunil Gavascar, Sandeep Patil and Dilip Vengsarkar questioned the “workload management” and called it nonsense.However, they did not understand that Bumhrah’s problem was not fitness, but the biomechanical tribe of his unique action, which despite his exceptional condition puts great stress on his back.Understanding of Bumhra’s actionGenerally, fast pitchors can be divided into two categories: dominant dominant and hip dominant. Simply put, the dominant hip pitters, in general, among other factors, create a pace from the speed and momentum of their start and do not rely solely on the strength of muscles. On the other hand, the dominant knee pitchers mainly generate the pace of their muscle strength. Thus, the dominant hip pitters also have a generally relatively faster start than the dominant knee pitch.
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Dominant knee pitchs tend to have side action; The dominant hip pitters have a leading action more often. The best examples of the dominant knee pitching are Shaun Tait and Dale Steyn.Bumrah is a dominant hip pitch with front action. He does not have too long or based on strength to help him build strength and approach the goal.Bumrah begins a few steps of walking and then a stuttering short start, almost like him hesitant to run towards the goal. So he doesn’t have much momentum while approaching the bowling fold, which is unusual for a fast pitch. This means that it does not depend on its starting to generate the pace. It creates most of the pace and strength in its bowling through the pulse step, reinforced front leg, arm rotation, hyper-scattered elbow and ridiculously flexible wrist.When delivering the ball, the Bumrah also has a significant degree of side flexion of the trunk, which means it releases the ball outside the front leg line. Simply put, it bends the upper body towards the left side more than the others.While all of these factors make the bumrah of the deadly and misleading pitch that is, they also exerted huge pressure on their backs, much more than most of the other elite quick pitching in the world cricker. As a result, Bumhrah’s back is more vulnerable to injuries such as stress fractures than many others.Bowling biomechanical experts and even some former crickets warned in the early stages of Bumhra’s international career.“Bumrah tends to release the ball outside the front leg line. This means it can” push “on the ball, which usually leads to excellent delivery to the right dough.“However, if it exceeds 45 degrees of side flexion of the strain (which may be on some occasions), then this element of its action may be some concerns about injury for its lumbar vertebrae,” she read a study conducted by the Burah Sports Team Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.And all these warnings were fulfilled when Bumrah suffered an injury after an injury, which has held him out for more than a year over the last decade. Since his 2018 debut, Jasprit Bumhrah’s career has been disrupted by repetition of back injuries, starting with stress fracture in 2019. The problem appeared in 2022, forcing him to miss the main tournaments and undergo surgery in 2023.
Manchester, England – July 24: Indian Bowler Jasprit Bumrah in a bowling event during the second day of the fourth test match between England and India in Emirates Old Trafford 24 July 2025 in England Manchester. (Photo: Stu Forster/Getty Images)
The numbers do not lieSince December 2023, Bumrah bowed 513.2 overs in the tests after returning from the injury and subsequent operation. And these numbers are only in tests. Add to this 128.5 ODI exceeding, 37.4 overs in the T20is and another 99.1 in IPL. This is a lot of breaks and the fact that it came after surgery on the back is even more worrying.Let’s take an example of two Bumrah test series in Australia before and after surgery. In 2018-19 Border-Gavascar Trophy (BGT) in Australia, which was Bumhrah’s first mine and the third overall, 157 overs bowed in 4 tests. In 2024-25 BGT, Bumrah sent 151.2 exceeding in 4 and a half tests-fields during the fifth and final test after suffering back convulsions.One more set of numbers should clarify the image. In BGT 2018-19, Bumrah was part of the best fast bowling unit that has ever gathered in the history of the Indian cricket. While Bumrah took 21 goals in 4 tests, Mohammad Shami bowed 136.4 overs in 4 tests and took 16 goals. Ishant Sharma played 3 tests, sent 103 exceeding while taking 11 goals. In one test match he played, Umesh Yadav bowed 37 exceeding.Now look at the numbers 2024-25 BGT. In five tests (four and a half), Bumrah issued 151.2 exceeding and took 32 goals. In a box test on MCG he sent 53.2 exceeding and at one point Rohit said: “Bas Abhi. Nai lag raha hai zor“(Now enough. I can’t push more). The only line of support Bumrah had Mohammed Siraj, who bowed 157.1 exceeding in five tests and took 20 goals. No other pitch in series took more than 6 goals.The only other sailors who have disappeared even 40 overs were Akash Deep (77.5 overs in 2 tests, 5 goals) and Harshit Rana (45 exceeded in 2 tests, 4 goals). The rest of the bowling attack had a small impact. Nitish Kumar Reddy, chosen as a versatile cockroach, has released only 44 overs in the series and claimed five goals. As a result, the Bumrah, no stranger injured, was more often relied on to move the momentum of the game and leave him a shorter recovery time between magic. This workload took a toll on his body.In the recently closed Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, India played in all five tests with a fast bowler to minimize the number of end tails, which in turn meant that Bumrah and Sraji had to do most of the heavy lifting. Bumrah played three out of five tests, and in the five shifts in which he bowed, ESO Pacer sent 119.4 overs – that is 30 overs for shifts.
Indian Jasprit Bumrah, Middle, is celebrated with teammates after release during the third cricket match between England and India on Lord Cricket land in London, Friday, July 11, 2025 (AP Photo/Richard Pelham)
Since 2024, Bumrah bowed a total of 2,920 balls. So it is only about how many tests the Bumrah plays, but also how many exceeds in these matches. And when you look at the numbers, Bumrah is clearly above the bowled.Let Bumhrah choose his battlesFor almost eight years, Bumrah has suffered three back injuries, including two fractures of stress. It is also 31 and is not younger. It is also the fact that once part of the body is injured, not only is more susceptible to future injuries, but also harder to recover from these injuries.Jasprit Bumrah is the best and most successful pitch that India has ever created. He can connect with a new ball and older, whose ejectors and Yorkers are as sharp and deadly as his lengths are deceptive. It can go through opposition launching and turn the game on the head. Borrow a phrase from Peter Drury: “It’s a wonderful power of nature.”Jasprit Bumrah is a rare combination of tempo, accuracy and perfection – something that the world has rarely testified.While fans and former crickets naturally want to see Bumrah in every match, we must remember that its exaggerated risks threaten the impact it brings.It is like a fighter aircraft capable of turning the influx of battle with one hand. Let him choose his battles. It is an invaluable work of art, it processes carefully and carefully or risks that it follows it as it crumbles.
