Former Indian batter Robin Uthappa has acknowledged that gun fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is expected to go through injury woes, with the kind of the action he has. Bumrah is known to stutter to the crease and his body takes a lot of load when he delivers the ball.

The ace pacer had to do the heavy lifting on the tour of Australia and he broke down in the first innings of the fifth Test match at Sydney. Bumrah then could not bowl in the second innings of that Test and was also ruled out of the Champions Trophy.

Uthappa noted that Bumrah has had the rub of the green in his career as he has not suffered any major injuries, barring the last one.

Robin Uthappa said on his YouTube Channel, “He (Jasprit Bumrah) is very lucky, yes, he does a lot of hard work and is a god-gifted player. He is lucky because with that kind of action, not having major injuries is a big thing. He’s had minor injuries, but the last one was his first major injury he’s gone through. Generally, bowlers with such actions break down very often, look at Mayank Yadav.”

“He’s bowled according to his body and has brought so much innovation into his bowling. With that action, you can’t even conceive how he is able to bowl the outswing. He has done the impossible for a guy with that kind of bowling action,” he remarked.

Meanwhile, according to reports, Bumrah is expected to be rested for the second Test match against England. In the opening Test match, Bumrah returned with impressive figures of 5-83 but went wicketless in the second essay. 

Bumrah has been the pick of the bowlers and he has been doing the bulk of the work. The other fast bowlers would look to support in the rest of the series.

The second Test match between India and England will be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from July 2nd onwards.