Birmingham: Sunday was a pleasant, frightening day in Birmingham, in which the clouds were sometimes made a way for the hard sun. This week Edgbaston is expected to have a decent cloud cover, which means that the overhead status will be ideal for a fast bowler, when the second test between India and England begins on Wednesday. The Indian team, which is still hurting the defeat in Headingley last week, enjoyed one day, but for the second test, the Pace Trump Card is still speculated and concerned over the availability of Jasprit Bumrah. A lot has been said about Bumrah’s charge and his availability for only three of the five tests on this tour. The decision on Bumrah’s charge for this tour, it has been learned, was done in the beginning of the second week of March. Soham Desai, Team India’s strength and conditioning coach until the Champions Trophy for five years, Bumrah’s availability and match-selection was predetermined months ago. Desai told TOI, “When the Bumrah could not go to the Champions Trophy, India’s Future Tours Program (FTP) was studied and decided that he would play three Tests only in England.”
While the workload management for fast bowlers has been in some form or at least half a decade in another, it is interesting to note how it actually works. Deciding which matches a player, which includes much more than data coming through various devices, especially in the case of a unique and one -time talent like Bumrah. “There are two ways to analyze the assignment. There is a purposeful way, where we collect data from the weedable GPS devices. And then it is a subjective way to see how the bowler is behaving. Some benchmarks for each player are determined as ‘normal’ behavior when they are on the peak performance,” Desai said. “If it has been observed that a bowler is moving differently or there is a lack of intensity in simple tasks like interaction in the team bus, then they become markers,” he said.Quiz: Who is that IPL player? While most of them are considered a prudent exercise for physics and trainers, in the case of Bumrah, bowlers know themselves perfectly about their body and understand that they need to push themselves. Desai said, “I know him since the ACL injury in 2014, during his days with Gujarat’s home team. He is always trying to understand how his body reacts under various circumstances.” There was enthusiasm in the media contingent here when Bumrah bowled for 40 minutes and batted for a long period in the nets on Saturday after leaving the practice on the previous day. “The selectors and team management sit with trainers and physics and take out the site-specific schemes for each bowler during a long series. The bowlers are prepared accordingly. It is unlikely that the same bowler will carry out the same charge at every place,” Desai said.
However, things become even more complicated when it comes to a person like Bumrah, especially now that there is a lack of cutting in support of pacers around him. “There is a fixed number of overs fixed for bowling per test for Bumrah. Anyone can go beyond that range five-seven overs, but it needs to be seen how those extra overs are bowled. In the previous test chain in MCG, they bowled those extra overs without more mantra. This led to a spike in his charge causing a back injury to the Sydney, ”he said. According to Desai, any change in initial plans takes place two days before a test, especially when there is a long break between matches. “It then comes down to the team management and bowler. This is his call. If Bumrah feels that it is a significant twist in the series, he usually reflects the plan again. Interestingly, Bumrah grabbed himself back after bowling a total of 43.4 overs in Headingley, while he bowled in MCG last December last December compared to 53.2 overs. The team management would hope that Bumrah seems to the Edgbaston Test at the top of his game.
