‘Jasprit Bumrah is one player we have missed a lot’: Team India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey says going forward workload management will be important
Indian bowling coach Paras Mhambrey acknowledged that ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah is one player the team has missed a lot in recent times and with a jam-packed schedule in the next few months, he said there have been a lot of discussions about workload management of bowlers within the camp.
Speaking after the first Test win in Dominica he said: “If we look at the last 1-1.5 years Bumrah is one player we missed a lot.” When asked about giving breaks to the bowlers he said, “ As of now, there haven’t been any discussions on who will play white ball and who will play red ball but going forward we have to give breaks to individual bowlers. The moment we give a break to a bowler we can bring another one which will create bench strength.”
“A lot of other bowlers like Mukesh who have done well in Ranji cricket and bowlers who have been also part of the team like Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh there will be an opportunity to work with them,” he added.
The 51-year-old also said that with World Cup and Asia Cup coming up it becomes important for the team to plan bowlers’ workload. “Workload management is one of the important things we have been working on it for the last couple of years obviously we have missed Bumrah and Prasidh who have been part of the set-up. We have learnt from that looking at the schedule we have ahead we play a lot of different formats in that sense workload management will be important. A lot of discussion has been going on with the captain and in the team management as well,” he said.
In the absence of big guns in fast bowling Mukesh Kumar who did a fabulous job in the last couple of years in Ranji cricket was included in the squad. “He is a very interesting talent one thing is he is coming on the back of a lot of hard work and performance. He knows the value of himself. We have been following his performance for the last couple of years and how he has been performing in the Ranji Trophy,” The Indian bowling coach said.
Mukesh picked up 123 wickets from just 33 games at an average of 21.49. He also has been in the reserves of the WTC squad. “This is my opportunity to work with him and create bench strength. We have Siraj now who is bowling well to supplement him we have Shami and Bumrah there and we need to create a bench strength even beyond that. It is a good opportunity for Mukesh to sit with the people here talk to them and learn. There are a lot of senior bowlers here for him to interact with,” said Mhambrey.
