Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik to travel to Australia as net bowlers for T20 World Cup 2022: Report

Following speculations over Jasprit Bumrah‘s participation in T20 World Cup 2022, Indian cricket board (BCCI) is reportedly planning to send Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik as pace backups to Australia. The duo will be travelling with the Indian squad as net bowlers, reported Sportstar.

The report further stated that India will travel to Perth on 6 October and will train there for a week before travelling to Brisbane for a warm-up game aon October 17.

While several reports cited that a stress fracture is likely to force Bumrah out of the T20 World Cup, Sourav Ganguly clarified on Friday that the 28-year-old pacer isn’t out of the recokning yet.

A BCCI statement on Friday morning confirmed that Bumrah is out of the South Africa series with a back injury but didn’t mention the nature of injury. News agency PTI reported a stress fracture in the lower back adding that National Cricket Academy’s medical staff in Bengaluru will take a final call after examining Bumrah’s medical reports.