A fit-again Washington Sundar slogged hard at the Indian team’s afternoon net session on Thursday as the team management awaited the arrival of Jasprit Bumrah and Nitish Reddy ahead of the three-match away series against Afghanistan, starting Sunday. Bumrah, who has recovered from his impact injury, has completed his return-to-play protocols and along with Nitish will join the team in training from Friday. With Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma finishing their Duleep Trophy final assignment in Chennai on Thursday, only 10 players were available for training under the scorching Delhi heat.
It was reported that with the national selectors and head coach Gautam Gambhir worried over the frequent breakdown of key players, someone from the sports science team had to take the fall.
The BCCI is all set to remove senior Team India physio Kamlesh Jain, a result of the spate of injuries over the past six to eight months which has massively affected team’s planning. “Kamlesh is on notice period. It is understood that with the national selectors and head coach Gautam Gambhir worried over the frequent breakdown of key players, someone from the sports science team had to take the fall. On the day, the notable absentee was Team India pace bowling coach Morne Morkel who had gone back home from Sri Lanka. “Morne’s work visa had expired. He had to go back to South Africa for renewal of his work visa.
Since this is the Asian Games squad that is playing Afghanistan series, the physio and S&C coaches are the ones who will be travelling to Japan,” a BCCI source told PTI. We are expecting his arrival in the next few days,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
