IND vs AUS ODI Series 2023: Captain Rohit Sharma’s statement regarding Jasprit Bumrah. Sharma said – the team has become used to playing without him.

The visiting team defeated India by 10 wickets:-

These days a three-match ODI series (IND vs AUS ODI Series) is being played between India and Australia.

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And in the second match played on Sunday, the visiting team defeated India by 10 wickets. After this, both the teams are tied at 1-1 in the series.

After the match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma gave a statement regarding the absence of fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.

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Captain Rohit Sharma’s Statement Regarding Jasprit Bumrah

Talking about the second match, Kangaroo team bowler Mitchell Starc threw a dangerous spell and took 5 wickets for the ninth time.

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Sharma responded to the absence of bowler Jaspreet in the team:-

Opener Mitchell Marsh scored an unbeaten 51 while Travis Head scored 51. Along with this, with the help of a 121-run partnership, Australia won by 10 wickets.

At the same time, after this match, captain Rohit Sharma replied about the absence of fast bowler Jaspreet in the team. Which will not go down well with Bumrah’s fans.

At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah is running out of the team due to injury for the last several months. Also, recently he has undergone his back surgery in Germany, after which he may take 6-7 months to recover completely.

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Captain Rohit Sharma’s Statement Regarding Jasprit Bumrah

Due to this, he has also been ruled out of IPL, WTC Final 2023, and ODI World Cup. On the other hand, when the captain was asked a question about Bumrah, he said that Jasprit Bumrah is not present on the team for more than eight months now.

Difficult to fill Bumrah’s Place:-

People and the team are used to it now. However, it is very difficult to fill Bumrah’s place. We know he is a quality bowler but now he is not available to us. Let’s not think about it now.”

Rohit further said, we have to move forward and the guys have taken the responsibility very well. Apart from Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Shami, and Shardul Thakur, we have also got Umran Malik and Jaydev Unadkat on the team.

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Captain Rohit Sharma’s Statement Regarding Jasprit Bumrah

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At the moment, in the second ODI, captain Rohit has blamed the batsmen for the defeat. He said that, if his team had batted well, the result might have been different.

That said, the pitch at Vizag was batting-friendly but they failed to score big.