South Africa Batting Great and former Captain AB of Villiers has advised the Indian team management to take the example of how the proteins managed the workload of the Legend of Pace Dale Steyn while it is an outstanding bowling player like Jasprit Bumrah.
Bumrah has reached the peak of his career, after having claimed 77 WICKETS of 28 test tickets in the last two years to an outstanding average of 15.09. Even when India lost the Border-Gavavar 2024-25 trophy in Australia 3-1, Bumrah was the best player in the series for a mile, claiming 32 WICKETS of only nine entries.
When he joined the Mumbai Indians after four games at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, he inspired the five times champions to recover from four losses and win six games in a row and reach the playoffs.
Bumrah finished the tournament with 18 WICKETS of 12 games to an average of 17 in an amazing economy of 6.67.
Ab de Villiers takes Dale Steyn’s example to manage Jasprit Bumrah’s workload
Despite its heroity for the franchise and the country, Bumrah is also in a vulnerable situation due to its back injuries in recent times that Indian management need not to use its prime minister.
De Villiers suggested that it is better to play Bumrah in the remaining four tests of the Tendulkar-Anderson trophy against England and rest it for the White-Ball series. He said that this is what South Africa did with a talent talent like Steyn, which is the highest of South Africa Wickt in tests with 439 WICKETS of 93 tests.
“Test Cricket is the definitive form of the game. And this series of tests would probably have been the one that, in my opinion, prepared it for the five trial games. That is what we used to do with Dale (Steyn). Rest in a series of T20 and hate less important and prepare it for the series of great tests against Australia, England and India away from Neozeland to a reference point, depending on a point of reference.
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It is unlikely that India play Bumrah in the five tests of the series, which also played a very important role in Shubman Gill, appointed test captain after Rohit Sharma announced her retirement.
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Bumrah was out of the 2025 Champions Trophy in February and March due to a stress -related injury he suffered during the final test in Australia.
“I don’t know if it was a bad management or perhaps because he recently returned from an injury, he saw the IPL as the heating phase. Maybe, he went to the surgeon, which let him know: ‘You can’t play the five test games,'” added Villiers.
Bumrah played the first test in Headingley and claimed 5-83 in the first tickets. The 31 -year -old did not play much in the second tickets when England won the game for five WICKETS. He, however, participated in an optional training session before the second test in Edgbaston as of July 2.
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