Shane Bond warns one more injury could end Jasprit Bumrah career

Former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond expressed concerns about the Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah recurring back injuries, stating that another injury in the same spot could be “a career-ender.”

After a superlative performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Jasprit Bumrah was initially ruled out for the next few weeks due to a back injury on the second day of the final Test.

Due to his injury, the pace bowler couldn’t feature in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

Bond emphasized the importance of workload management and open dialogue to ensure Bumrah’s longevity. He advised caution to prevent further injuries with the IPL and England Test series looming.

“When he went off for scans, it was at Sydney, there was some messaging coming up around that he had sprains and stuff like that. I worried that it wasn’t going to be a sprain, it might be a bony injury around that area,” he said.

“Looking at the tours and the schedule going forward, where are the opportunities to give him a break, but really where are the danger periods? And often, it is that the IPL to the Test championship will be a risk,” Bond said, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

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Shane Bond cautioned that if Jasprit Bumrah suffers another injury in the same area, it could jeopardize his career.

“If we can get him through the English summer and he’s fit, we can probably then go with some confidence that we can carry him across the rest of the formats.”

“So that’s hard because he is your best bowler, but If he has another injury in the same spot, that could be a career-ender, potentially, because I’m not sure you can have surgery on that spot again,” he added.

The 49-year-old emphasized that he would not want Jasprit Bumrah to play more than two consecutive Tests in a row.

“He’s too valuable for the next World Cup and stuff. So you’d be looking at five Tests in England, I wouldn’t want to be playing him in any more than two in a row.”

“Coming out of the back end of the IPL into a Test match is going to be a huge risk. And so how do they manage that is going to be key,” he concluded.

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