Jasprit Bumrah can still play T20 World Cup? Sourav Ganguly hopeful about India pacer's recovery, says THIS

Bumrah, who played the second and third T20 against Australia, had travelled with the team to Thiruvananthapuram for the series-opener against South Africa but left for Bengaluru to be at National Cricket Academy (NCA) for rehabilitation.

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Former India captain and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has opened up on Jasprit Bumrah's chances of playing in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 scheduled to be played in Australia in the month of October. According to a report by RevSportz Ganguly said that Bumrah is not out of the T20 WC as the mega event is in October last week. He also added that no one should jump the gun.

"Jasprit Bumrah is still not ruled out of T20 World Cup yet. The World Cup is still quite some time away. Let's not jump the gun," Ganguly told RevSportz.

With unorthodox bowling action, there was always a fear of back injury and unfotunately it came right before #T20WorldCup2022 _
#JaspritBumrah pic.twitter.com/WUADNjFJfq — Prince Agarwal (@princeagarwal08) September 29, 2022

BCCI president's comments come on the back of a BCCI media release earlier in the day which stated that Bumrah had "sustained" a back injury and was being monitored by their medical team at the NCA. Mohammed Siraj was named as the replacement for injured Bumrah for the remainder of the T20I series against South Africa. India is now awaiting the health update of Hooda and Jasprit Bumrah, who are both receiving treatment for back problems at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Hooda was declared ineligible for the South Africa series, but Bumrah was only dropped on Wednesday, the day before the first T20I after he reported a back injury.

India has put a lot of effort into getting ready for the T20 World Cup. They played T20Is in Ireland, England, the Caribbean, and the UAE over the course of the past three months, in addition to the home series against Australia and South Africa.

At the ICC competition, India is in Group 2 with Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, and two qualifiers. Following their October 23 encounter against Pakistan at the MCG, they will play on October 27, against a qualifier in Sydney, on October 30, against South Africa in Perth, on November 2, against Bangladesh in Adelaide, and on November 6. (vs qualifier in Melbourne).

India T20 World Cup squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-capt), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Reserve players: Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.