'We all know that he is...' - Skipper Rohit Sharma's big statement on unavailability of Jasprit Bumrah in Team India

Star Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is not in action for Team India in international cricket for more than a period of eight months. He sustained a back injury before the commencement of the Asia Cup 2022; later on, he had to miss a lot of major international tournaments and bilateral assignments including the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

Recently, the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has come up with a big statement on Jasprit Bumrah and his unavailability from the team. Rohit felt that Bumrah’s void is something that is irreplaceable but the team management is quite a bit used to the same fact.

“Bumrah has been absent for more than eight months now, the guys and the team are very much used to it. It is very hard to fill Bumrah’s shoes. We all know that he is a quality bowler but now that is not been available for us. Let’s not just keep thinking about that,” said Rohit Sharma while talking with journalists in the aftermath of the second ODI against Australia.

We have to move ahead - Rohit Sharma added on Jaspirt Bumrah

“We have to move ahead and guys have taken the responsibility pretty well (Mohammad ) Siraj, (Mohammed) Shami, Shardul (Thakur), we have got Umran and Jaydev (Unadkat) as well,” he added later.

Rohit Sharma admitted line of fault in the second ODI against Australia

Later on, the 35-year-old also talked about the poor outing of the men in blue in the penultimate fixture of the three-match ODI series against Australia. He admitted that the team didn’t bat up to the expectations.

“We did not bat well. It was not the pitch where we could have gotten out for 117. We didn’t apply ourselves. When you lose a couple of wickets early, it’s important to create a partnership or two so that you can get back into the game,” noted Sharma.

“When you have only 117 runs on the board, the (opposition) batters have nothing to lose other than to come and try and swing the bat,” he concluded.