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Cricket News: Jasprit Bumrah rested for remainder of Australia and New Zealand Tour

Leading wicket taker of India vs Australia test series Jasprit Bumrah is rested for the 3-match ODI series against Australia and also for the upcoming tour of New Zealand where India will play 5 ODIs and 3 T20s. The decision to rest him comes after captain Virat Kohli also emphasised on managing the workload of the pacers following India's maiden Test series win in Australia. Hyderabad based pacer Mohammad Siraj has been called in as Bumrah's replacement in ODIs against both Australia and New Zealand while Sidharth Kaul is Bumrah's replacement for T20 squad against New Zealand.

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  • Released : 09-Jan-2019

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