IND vs NZ: Jasprit Bumrah to miss third India vs New Zealand Test at Wankhede because…
GH News October 31, 2024 07:06 PM
New Delhi: The third Test will be played between India and New Zealand from Friday. Both teams will face each other at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. At the same time big information related to the Indian playing XI is coming out. Jasprit Bumrah will not be a part of Team Indias playing XI in the third Test. The team management has decided to give Jasprit Bumrah a rest. According to media reports the decision has been taken to reduce Jasprit Bumrahs workload and in view of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
At the same time the Indian team has lost the Test series against New Zealand. New Zealand defeated the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team in the first and second Tests. In this way the Kiwi team is ahead 2-0 in the series. The Indian team would like to avoid being whitewashed by winning the third Test. Apart from this India may have lost the series but the third Test is very important in view of the World Test Championship points table. If the Indian team loses in the third Test then the dream of playing the World Test Championship final may be shattered.
It is worth noting that the Indian team will tour Australia after the series against New Zealand. On this tour the 5-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia. This series is starting on November 22. The first Test between the two teams will be played between November 22 and November 26. After this both the teams will face each other from December 6. The third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played between December 14 and December 18. The fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played on the Melbourne ground from December 26. At the same time the fifth and last Test of this series is to be played in Sydney from January 3.