Why isn’t Jasprit Bumrah playing 3rd test vs New Zealand? BCCI provides worrying update

Indian cricket team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was not included in the playing XI for the third Test match against New Zealand in Mumbai on Friday. India captain Rohit Sharma said Bumrah was “not fit” and he was replaced by Mohammed Siraj in the team. “We understand we haven’t bowled well in this series. It looks like a good pitch. Hopefully we can restrict them as soon as possible. Our focus is on this Test match. Bumrah is not well, Siraj will come in for him.” Rohit said at the toss.

BCCI also took to social media to give an update on Bumrah.

“Mr Jasprit Bumrah has not fully recovered from his viral illness. He was not available for selection for the third Test in Mumbai,” BCCI wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).

UPDATE:

Jasprit Bumrah has not fully recovered from his viral illness. He was not available for selection for the third Test in Mumbai.#TeamIndia | #INDvNZ | @IDFCFIRSTBank

— BCCI (@BCCI) 1 November 2024

New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and elected to bat.

“We want to bat. It’s looking reasonably good, hopefully put some runs on the board again and put a little bit of pressure later on. We’re definitely focusing on this game. We talked about it before the second Test in Pune. What we did in Bangalore was great but we had to switch focus quickly for the second test and nothing changed. It’s a fun game. Unfortunately you can just fall on the wrong side of the result. I don’t think we’ve changed much in the the last two weeks It’s all about adapting to the surface as quickly as possible Mitch Santner has a little bit of a side load.

Team:

New Zealand: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke.

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.