The Test series has slipped from the hands of Team India. New Zealand has won the series by winning the Bangalore and Pune test matches. Now the last match is left which will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from 1st November. This is the last chance for Team India to save its honor in this series. In such a situation, she would like to enter this test with full strength but there is a demand to give rest to the star player of Team India from this match. These players are star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and the demand has been made by former wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik.
It is very important to win the last test
Team India had to face defeat in the Pune test match in just 3 days. With this, after a long gap of 12 years, Team India lost the series at home. This not only ended the dominance of Team India but also made the path to reach the final of the World Test Championship even more difficult. In such a situation, if Team India wants to avoid a clean sweep and keep the hopes of the final intact, then it will have to register a win in Mumbai and in such a situation, Team India will definitely need Bumrah.
Still demand to give rest to Bumrah
Despite this, former Team India player Karthik believes that Bumrah should be given rest for this test. Talking about this in a Cricbuzz show, Karthik said that Bumrah needs a lot of rest and this is going to happen. Karthik has expressed hope that Mohammad Siraj will return to the playing eleven in place of Bumrah. However, he did not expect any further changes in the team for the last test. Karthik said that changes would be needed only in case of injury to a player.
Why is rest important for Bumrah?
Now the question is, why did Karthik talk about giving rest to Bumrah? Does Team India need to do this? It is true that India needs to win the last match and Bumrah can play an important role in this because fast bowlers also get help in Wankhede Stadium and Bumrah has a lot of experience of playing on this ground. Despite this, he needs to be given rest because after the Mumbai Test, Team India has to go on Australia tour, where 5 Test matches will be played.
In Australia, the onus will be mostly on Bumrah because this time Mohammed Shami is also not a part of the team. In such a situation, the star pacer may have to play all the 5 matches there, which can also prove to be harmful. Therefore, Bumrah will have to take the risk of being rested for one test. Apart from this, there is also a coincidence involved in this. Bumrah has played 5 test matches against New Zealand so far in his career and Team India has faced defeat in all of them. In such a situation, it is possible that by giving them rest, the team may even get victory.
