‘You can’t expect Bumrah to bowl from both ends, from morning to evening’ – Rohit Sharma says all Indian pacers aware of sharing responsibility | Cricket News

Reminding the world that Jasprit Bumrah alone couldn’t shoulder the entire bowling burden all the time, India skipper Rohot Sharma said the team was aware that others will have to put their hand up as the Australian series progresses.
Sharma said India had to contend with matches when Bumrah wouldn’t be among the wickets. “Look, it’s great to have someone like Bumrah, but he is not going to be the only one who is going to do the job all the time,” Sharma said at the press conference.
The skipper reckoned others were equally to the task. “We saw Siraj, along with Bumrah, when he got those four wickets, the responsibility was shared. That’s what we look forward to. Bumrah will not get wickets at times. And the other guys need to step in,” he added.
It’s how the team’s batting philosophy rolled too. “That’s how we talk in the batting group as well, ‘x, y, z’ would not be scoring runs all the times. Everyone in the team understands that as well. It’s just not about one individual or two, if you want to win a Test or a series, everyone has to share the responsibility of putting the hand up and get the job done. That’s something that I have seen in this team all the time,” he assured.
Sharma said he was mindful of Bumrah’s workload, and in an earlier interview with Indian Express’s Tanishq Vaddi, former Aussie quick Shaun Tait had spoken about how the over-reliance on Bumrah could be a crucial difference between him and Pat Cummins in the series. Mitchell Starc proved at Adelaide that he was the difference between the two sides, and Cummins even joked that Starcy didn’t leave others too many wickets to take.
Sharma explained the Indian situation with Bumrah. “I keep talking to him during his spells, ask him how his body has been holding up. It’s a five-Test series and we want Bumrah to be fresh and play all the five Test matches. It’s important to analyse these things, the workload management is important. We have doctors, physios and trainers, and we see regularly which bowler has how much fuel. We keep talking about these things,” Sharma said.
The captain was hopeful others would step up. “We are not playing with just one bowler, there are others who have to take responsibility. Be it Siraj, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna or Nitish Reddy, these guys have come to the team only now. We need to give them confidence as well. When they play a match, they need confidence and it’s my job to give them that,” he said.
Sharma said India wasn’t unaware of the ‘Bumrah+’ challenge. “Planning always happens. You can’t expect Bumrah to bowl from both ends, from morning to evening. It’s important to manage the bowlers. We talk to the bowlers, and then take a decision,” he added.