'Workload and stuff like that...': Sunil Gavaskar urges Jasprit Bumrah to play all remaining Tests vs Australia

Jasprit Bumrah faced an injury scare during 2nd Test vs Australia. (Photo: PTI)

Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar wants Jasprit Bumrah to play all the remaining Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The star pacer has played both the games in Perth and Adelaide so far and there are already concerns about his workload. The 31-year-old has been the standout performer for India with 12 wickets in the series so far.

India faced a huge injury scare of Day 2 of the Pink-ball Test which they eventually lost by ten wickets as Bumrah was seen holding his abductor muscle. However, moments later he got up and started bowling again. His involvement in the remaining games still remains uncertain but Gavaskar wants him to play all the games as he is the best-performing bowler of the team.

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"I would like him to play all 5 Test matches. You are playing for India, there is no question of all this workload and stuff like that. He has to play all 5 Test matches unless he is injured. This match has finished in two-and-a-half days and it hasn't gone on for 5 days," Gavaskar told India Today.

"So the man gets five days of break. If the man has a problem, if he has an injury then yes but if he doesn't have an injury, yes you have been giving him 4-5 over spells, that is perfect and that is the way to go. I think he is your battering ram. If you are not going to play him for all five Tests, then you reduce your chances of taking all 20 wickets. So he has to play, how he is used, it is up to the captain," he added.

Bumrah was attended by the team's physio after he got injured but resumed bowling immediately, completing his over and delivering three more overs later in the session.

"Firstly, with Bumrah, he's fine; it was just this cramp. Yeah, even because after that, you know, he bowled and you got the wickets twice," Morkel said at the post-match press conference.

The star pacer returned with figures of 4 for 61, helping India bowl out Australia for 337.