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'Aate aate boht der kar di janab' - Fans react as Jasprit Burmah leaves for Ireland to lead Team India in three-match T20I series

Notably, Jasprit Bumrah was not in action in the international for last 11 months due to a back injury that he sustained last year in 2022.

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In a delightful piece of news for Indian cricket fans, the star pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has left for Ireland to lead the men in blue in the upcoming three-match T20I series. Notably, Bumrah was not active in international cricket due to a back injury that he sustained last year in September 2022.

The three-match T20I series between India and Ireland will start with the first T20I at the Malahide Cricket Stadium in Dublin on the 18th of August later this week. Speaking of Jasprit Bumrah, he will be eyeing to confirm his slot in India squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023, and ODI World Cup 2023.

Here’s a look at the schedule of the India vs Ireland three-match T20I series:

1st T20I, India vs Ireland, 18th of August, The Village Ground, Malahide,

2nd T20I, India vs Ireland, 18th of August, The Village Ground, Malahide, and

3rd T20I, India vs Ireland, 18th of December, The Village Ground, Malahide.

Here’s a look at the squads of both the teams for the three-match T20I series:

India's squad for Ireland tour: 

Jasprit Bumrah (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, and Avesh Khan.

Ireland squad:

Paul Stirling (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Ben White, Theo Van Woerkom, Craig Young.

Currently, Team India under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya played against West Indies in the recently-concluded five-match T20I series. The men in blue faced a humiliating loss against the hosts by 2-3 in the five-match T20I series. Hardik’s men made a strong comeback with two consecutive wins in the third and fourth T20I after defeats in the first and second T20I. But they could not go past the Caribbean side in the series decider and lost the match by 8 wickets.

Returning to Bumrah’s comeback in international cricket, it garnered a lot of reactions from Indian cricket fans on social media. They came up with different opinions on the star pacer’s return for Team India at the highest level of the game.

Here’s how fans reacted:

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