Jasprit Bumrah To Miss New Zealand ODIs Despite No Injury Concerns: Report

Jasprit Bumrah to miss New Zealand ODIs - (Source: AFP)In a significant development, Jasprit Bumrah is set to miss New Zealand ODIs to focus on red-ball cricket. The speedster, who is preparing for the Kiwis challenge at the CoE, wants to be carefully managed by the BCCI.In the latest development, a Times of India report mentioned that the BCCI wants to manage Bumrah’s workload carefully and want him to avoid bilaterals and white-ball matches to be fit for New Zealand Tests and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Jasprit Bumrah To Play One India A Game, To Miss New Zealand ODIsJasprit Bumrah suffered a knee injury during the England tour, which ruled him out of Sri Lanka Tests. The star pacer regained full fitness and featured in the Asian Games in Japan. The right-arm seamer missed the ongoing T20Is against West Indies, which raised eyebrows about his fitness.However, BCCI is clear on their plans as they want Bumrah to just focus on red-ball cricket till the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Times of India report mentioned that Jasprit is fully fit and will play one of the three India A vs New Zealand A fixtures, and miss the ODI series.Notably, the 32-year-old is not a part of India’s T20I squad, which prompted Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s return to the team. "Bumrah is completely fit, but for a long tour, it's important to prioritise. The Test series is very important, so there's no point making Bumrah slog it out in the OD|s and then suddenly shift focus to red-ball cricket. He is the leader of the bowling pack, and a fresh, ready Bumrah is the priority right now," said a source to TOI.ALSO READBCCI Reveals When India ODI Squad vs New Zealand Will Be AnnouncedIndia To Host Australia in January 2027As mentioned above, the idea is to have Jasprit Bumrah fresh and ready for Border Gavaskar Trophy. The Indian team will host Australia for a five-match Test series starting from January 21, 2027.Notably, Bumrah suffered a back injury during Sydney Test in the last BGT due to excessive workload. Hence, the management wants to avoid such scenario in the future, which is by carefully managing Jasprit.ALSO READSanju Samson Provides Update On Arshdeep Singh's Injury Ahead of IND vs WI 5th T20I