{"id":14686,"date":"2025-07-17T14:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/17\/gautam-gambhir-and-ajit-agarkar-criticize-jasprit-bumrahs-workload-strategy-if-hes-healthy-he-should-play-every-game\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:31:35","slug":"gautam-gambhir-and-ajit-agarkar-criticize-jasprit-bumrahs-workload-strategy-if-hes-healthy-he-should-play-every-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/17\/gautam-gambhir-and-ajit-agarkar-criticize-jasprit-bumrahs-workload-strategy-if-hes-healthy-he-should-play-every-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar Criticize Jasprit Bumrah&#8217;s Workload Strategy: &#8220;If He&#8217;s Healthy, He Should Play Every Game&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dilip Vengsarkar Criticizes India&#8217;s Workload Management Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has expressed his discontent with the country\u2019s approach to player management, specifically regarding the absence of Jasprit Bumrah in the second Test against England. Vengsarkar, who was also an ex-chairman of selectors, believes that unless a player is injured, there is no valid reason for missing a match, especially for someone as talented as Bumrah.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with RevSportz, Vengsarkar praised Bumrah&#8217;s skills as a world-class bowler but took a strong stand against bowlers selectively choosing which matches to play. His comments come after Bumrah was rested for the second Test, despite having a break of more than a week following the first match. There is also uncertainty about Bumrah&#8217;s participation in the fourth Test in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t support the idea of bowlers picking which Test matches to play. If you&#8217;re fit and ready, you should play all the games for your country,\u201d Vengsarkar stated. \u201cBumrah is capable of winning matches for India, and once on tour, every match should be played. Decisions shouldn\u2019t be based on personal choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vengsarkar reminisced how such a practice wouldn&#8217;t have been accepted during his playing days. He found it hard to accept that Bumrah sat out the second Test given the ample gap between the matches. \u201cThe priority should be playing for India. If you\u2019re not fit, then you shouldn\u2019t be playing at all. With nearly a week off after the first Test, it\u2019s surprising he wasn&#8217;t included for the second Test,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion around Bumrah\u2019s workload and fitness management has sparked conversations among former players and analysts alike. Given Bumrah&#8217;s past injuries, the management has been careful in using him during back-to-back Test series. However, the team\u2019s struggles without him have raised doubts about this approach.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s challenges in finishing games, despite having one of the best fast bowlers at their disposal, have become a hot topic. With Shubman Gill navigating the intricacies of Test captaincy, Vengsarkar\u2019s insights point to a larger issue: whether the team is fully utilizing its top talents.<\/p>\n<p>As the series progresses, there is a growing call for India\u2019s best players, particularly Bumrah, to take the field more consistently, especially when the competition is so fierce.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dilip Vengsarkar Criticizes India&#8217;s Workload Management Strategy Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has expressed his discontent with the country\u2019s approach to player management, specifically regarding the absence of Jasprit Bumrah in the second Test against England. Vengsarkar, who was also an ex-chairman of selectors, believes that unless a player is injured, there is no valid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[17681,351,17680,15449,772,1284,1787,17621],"class_list":["post-14686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ajit-agarkar","tag-bcci","tag-dilip-vengksarkar","tag-eng-vs-ind","tag-gautam-gambhir","tag-indian-cricket-team","tag-jasprit-bumrah","tag-manchester-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}