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Ravi Shastri Advises Jasprit Bumrah To Drop Formats And Focus On Test Cricket
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News18•19-10-2026, 12:46
Ravi Shastri Advises Jasprit Bumrah To Drop Formats And Focus On Test Cricket
- •Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah to skip playing all three formats to manage his workload effectively ahead of the World Cup.
- •Shastri believes Bumrah should prioritize Test cricket while selectively playing white-ball formats, ensuring he is fully preserved for crucial series.
- •Bumrah has been rested for the upcoming limited-overs series against New Zealand and will return to lead the pace attack in the vital two-match Test series in Wellington.
- •India faces a challenging path to qualify for the World Test Championship final, needing to win the majority of their remaining matches.
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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri advised Jasprit Bumrah not to play all three formats until the ODI World Cup, suggesting he should prioritize Test cricket and feature only sporadically in ODIs and T20Is.
Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the upcoming five-match T20I series and the five-match ODI series against New Zealand. He is scheduled to return to action for the two-match Test series starting on November 19 in Wellington.
Ravi Shastri described qualifying for the World Test Championship final as an uphill task for India, noting that the team needs to win around 90 percent of their remaining games, including both Tests in New Zealand and at least four against Australia, while also depending on other results.
